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Realizing that I let myself get tricked by my wingsuit as to how high I was. I thought I was at 500 and realized I was around or lower than 300. I don't think I've pitched a pc so quick in my life. Pretty good groundrush though, even if it was at night. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

People who wear lots of protection but can't fly their canopy worth a shit amuse me. And yeah, I have seen numerous instances of this. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

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Question for anybody who has a Vision: What's the most similar rig you've found today? I love my used Vision and find it more comfortable than anything I've ever tried on (probably 10+ rigs of people who are similar to me). I want to get another rig that's as similar as possible to it. It doesn't matter if it's velcro since I only need 1 pin rig for wingsuit/low freefall, and I'm leaning towards velcro anyways for a couple other reasons. Also, I'm not referring so much to harness fit as I am how the container lays on your back. I have a couple harnesses that are sized to me and the container/back straps on the Vision are what make it so comfortable to me, not the harness alone. I plan on getting a Tree special, but if there's something else out there close enough I'd like to have a look too. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

500-600' with street clothes (normally tshirt & shorts) from 1550 pulling at 300. Take 150 off that height puts me at 600' horizontal pulling at 150 at your object, which would most likely be a snivel-impact. I am a fat american though. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

you people have more pics of me than I do. fucking creepy stalkers A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

I'm pretty sure doing something illegal then posting photographic or video proof on the internet pretty much makes you a retard. btw I'm retarded edit: Also, anybody who gets busted by said evidence on the internet and then complains about it is a fucking tool. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Error Analysis and System Condition in LU Decomposition and Matrix Inversion for Differential Equations It's 3am right now. Seriously wtf A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

itt my self esteem plummets. Seriously, 50%?!? Just wait until the next time I PCA one of you fuckers ... Where's that pic from anyways? A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Any chance you have pics couple frames before that shot ? Looks like pretty good example of the "throw upwards" technique. I'd be very interested seeing those. Nope. Next time I freefall it I'll try and get some earlier pics or better video to screencap. No, that's somebody trying to kill me with their ghetto dbag that doesn't work. The air sucks at PCA'ing It gives me around 2 seconds less canopy time than tieing off to the object does. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

To rerail the thread Exiting on a low freefall. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Fox 245 (vtec) - .60ish - 150 jumps no mals Blackjack 220 (CUS) - .67ish - 100 jumps no mals A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Sweet, a new person to hug and show my cute animal pictures to. 100% not kidding. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Much slower openings and increased access to the nose to slow down the opening. I love this method for doing multiple loads, but I personally would never use it for an intentional low pull since it's difficult for me to consistantly speed up the opening when I pack like that. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

The Cincy way of climbing razor wire - Jam it into your kneecap then use that to pull yourself over! It doesn't work well On the upside I have an awesome Star Trek scar. This pic was taken 2 days after it happened too A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Ok, so it turns out closing a container and taking good, clear pictures of the process by yourself is pretty hard. Anyways, I'll try to explain best I can. Look at the crappy description pic first, the last pic uploaded. Hopefully it will help make sense. Notice that you do the first fold at the top of the tail pocket, 2nd fold at the bottom, then 3rd fold at the top, folding the tail under. Now, on to the crappily taken pics. Risers - I just lay them side by side on the bottom of the tray going all the way down. Fold 1 - right at the top of the tail pocket, you can use the clamps from canopy in.jpg to get a reference. This is the point you can mess with the nose, but I always leave mine wide open. Fold 2 - Make this fold slightly before the bottom of the container, this way the bottom will have a 45 degree angle. See side profile.jpg to see what the corners look like in the end. The amount I'm showing with my fingers is slightly exaggerated to make it obvious. Ears top.jpg - Pull the bridle attachment up and out and seperate the tail into 2 ears, just like you would a skydiving reserve. Those clamps come off now so I can get the ears to come down further. Fold 3 - Fold the tail under, 1 ear at a time. BTW this part sucked the most for taking pics. I had to grab some dumbells to hold the canopy so I could get a good angle. Pullup between ears - kinda obvious, pull the loop between the ears. There should be a channel between the ears just like if it was going into a super long freebag. I don't worry about compressing the ears until I'm closing the top, which is why it's hard to see the closing loop. Top Close - just top part closed, make sure you route the bridle out the middle instead of the top of the container (I do this for all jumps now). Side Profile - Note the bottom of the container and the angle it's at. That's why your 2nd fold isn't all the way at the bottom of the container. Normally the angle the entire container slopes at is much greater without the bulge at the top, but I was getting frustrated with closing and taking pictures at the same time. Closed - so pretty A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

I was having problems with the floorplate as well and had Robert show me how to pack it at Bridge Day. He placed it in the container like a skydiving reserve would go into a freebag, so there's a few folds. First fold is right after the end of the tail pocket, second fold is slightly before the end of the tail pocket (allows the dynamic corners to be at a 45 degree angle), third fold is at the top of the container with the ears/tail being folded under. At that point, you can seperate the ears just like you would to put it into a freebag and then pull the closing loop up between the ears. Once I finish up some homework I'll pack it up and post some pics of the closing sequence. This method works fantastic for terminal jumps and I noticed no heading difference, but heading performance for me was severely degraded when I packed that way slider down. However, I don't have much experience packing BASE rigs that way, so it could be due to my inexperience. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

It's the internet. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Me too I think my Racer got eaten by a squirrel or something. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

I was going off of what I was told by many different instructors, both gymanstic and diving, that I've worked with and limited (~18 month) observation. When doing gymnastics, I mainly work with power tumbling coaches. That could be the reason why they formed that opinion. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

IMO there is absolutely no substitute for acrobatic/dive training when it comes to subterminal freefall body control. This applies even if all you do is flat and stable. Pendulators, swimming pools, and foam pits are basically the quick and easy, but less effective, way to go about it. Have somebody spend 3-5 hours a week for a month doing basic dive/gymnastic training and I'd venture to guess that crappy launches on first jumps would be extremely rare, and the ability to recover from a possible crappy exit would be well developed. For me, the difference in freefall body control before and after seriously training was night and day. Edit: This applies mainly for guys. For some reason girls learn gymnastic and dive skills much much slower than guys do. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

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It's a BASE rig. Based on the pin cover it looks like it's made by Apex or Asylum. A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

I thought I was done with diffy-q after last semester. I have now discovered that 2 of my current engineering classes use them intensively Don't worry, the class will get progressively worse! A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ

Why? I load my favorite wingsuit canopy at 0.60 A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world. -TJ