Helmut
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wonder how different it is from the lotus.
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12 hours of tunnel wow thats not a cheap proposition. well done!
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Who is doing freefly coaching in Tampa/Brandon tunnel.
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Body position on high performace openings
Helmut replied to zsombi's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
I had a katana 107 for about 100 jumps was one of the worst opening canopies I ever owned never chopped it. Bought a velo 103 and it opened 100 times better than the Kat. -
Any thoughts on price and number of jumps on canopy?
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The guy is asking 500 knowing it needs a reline. I would like something more consistent than my velo gave me in 150 jumps.
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Looking at an older xaos 21 that has 950 jumps on it been relined 400 jumps ago. Any opinions on the canopy I have jumped and owned Katanas Velos Storms etc. What is one worth that is in good shape. Thanks for any help. Just little experience with anything other than PD.
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Anyone interested in trading a JFX 96 or 99 prefer 99 for a Velocity 103 with about 50ish jumps on it?
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Anyone spoke to the pilot to get his point of view. Would be interesting to hear from him.
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No I would too. pervin out i guess
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I guess I over simplified. Until I got my velo I have never even come close to chopping. I will say it opens better than my Katana did. So would not say its a nightmare but in 150 jumps its been chopped twice. Relax look at the horizon pull symmetrically I dont touch risers while its opening stay centered in harness. My thought on working mans cross brace is making it a bit less aggressive and twitchy. Its gotta be possible. Anyway good thread. I do hope to demo a JFX see the differences.
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Maybe the JFX is the working mans cross brace. A cross braced canopy that is not super twitchy wants to open on heading or aka opens much like a normal 9 or 7 cell. Jumping a velo I pull and hope for the best. I sure dont expect it. I just love flying the canopy so makes it worth it. If someone built something with just a slight loss in performance but better opening characteristics then yes thats a working mans cross brace. We were crazy to go from rounds to squares.
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I am no expert when it comes to canopies. However, isnt it about time that a working mans cross brace hit the market. My velocity feels much more stable and rigid than my storm. I dont know about line trim aspect ratio and what have you but maybe what they have done with the JFX is given you a nice stable platform that has docile opening much like 9 and 7 cell non cross braced canopies. Part of the issue with the velocity being so damn twitch line length as well. Maybe someone from NZ can speak to this.
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Tony U jumps one and loves it. Says it opens way better than his Saber 2 and better on heading. All he jumps is wingsuits. I am going to demo one and see how it goes. When I talked with Tony he loved the canopy.
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I think I might have to send my wingsuit back to Robi clearly I am not smart enough to hang with you propeller heads especially you wood clog wearing ones!!!
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Alot of work just too lie.
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Emailed with Tony and he loves his JFX opens better than his Sabre 2. In fact he said its a smashing canopy. All he does is Wingsuit now. I have wondered who would be first to come out with a working mans xbrace. They are a more stable wing in my opinion and if it flys and opens like Tony says my velo will be going away.
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01 - Scott Bland 02 - Macca 03 - Robert Pecnik 04 - Jarno Cordia 05 - DSE 06 - Tom van Dijck 07 - Butters 08 - Mike Miller (maybe) 09 - Skwrl 10 - Michal 11 - Kallend 12 - Ralph K 13 - Kyle 14 - Simon 15 - J-Sho 16- Jeremy Tyer 17 - Andreea (SuperGirl) 18 - Matt "You snooze, you loose" S 19 - Veno!! (copland007) 20 - Spike 21 - Jackie 22 - Mark "Birddoctor" Duber 23 - Scott "BSR" C 24 - Eduardo 25 - Christian "AirRebels" Waard (maybe) 26 - Stu Lange 27 - Kipp 28 - Smoothie.
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I think the biggest issue and question is where is our moderator going to end up? PF,TS etc???????
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Nice site who did it? Much better than the last one.
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Here is the definition of docking!! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=docking
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I would say I think we KNOW who the evil twin is!!!!!!! Oh ya and it AINT Boris!!!!! Thats how we say it in the US Robi!!!
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Yooooo biatches registration is now up should have been up sooner but Kath has a crappy web monkey and thats me. FND6.0 Registration
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I did not want kids now that I have them I would give anything for them. Its one of those things until you have one you will never understand. Kind of like skydiving until you make a skydive people never understand why its so important to you. Are you strange no but life changes and its changes a TON!!! 5 years trust me at 33 you will be a different person.
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How much are you guys paying per hour in the tunnel??? Including coach?