flydude

there shouldnt be much of a problem. create a person whos 1.90 and weighs 50 kg... He just flies. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

I too have a number of jumps on Raider 220. Almost half of my jump#, Id guess.. The Raider perform somewhat as a student canopy, but may not be as forgiving for some maneuvers, as some of the newer student canopies. The one I jump (my dads) is no fan of quick moves, both on toggles and risers. Ive tried and it does some rather strange things. It shakes you all about, till you let go and it will fly perfect again. But when handling it nice and calm, it will react nice and calm, maybe somewhat late at times, but thats what large canopies does... Its no bad canopy for a person with not too many jumps. Ive jumped Sabre2 170 and 190s too (and thats what Im getting within the next month ) , so I do have something to compare with, if someone thought different. About 15-20... A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

No. You need to get a line trim chart from PD and measure the lines. You mean that actually having it up in the air wont make me feel if it flyes pretty normal? A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Oh, damn! That looked like...ballcrusher. You can see how fast the slider comes down. Its down already when the student is just feets over its instructors.. Is he still skydiving? A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Yes, I do look for a canopy I can GL with (even though Im not thred-starter..) The canopy wouldnt have been too bad, if it wasnbt for that the holes where bigger and far more than both me and the rigger at my local dealer first thought.. The chute wasnt more than 4-5 years, and I know how it flyes, since I flew such in my studentperiod. But because the holes wherent what we first reconned, Im not going to buy it... So still looking for something cheap and flyable.. Im planning on kiting and testing, the canopy I end up with, at first. Wouldnt that be enough for checking its in reasonable trim? A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Maybe as in creating lift, so he can land it, without the chute..? A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Actually I have thought about the same thing, without using the energy to really ask it... BASE jumping is done at high speeds as well. Jumping of, for example, Trollveggen with its 1700 m / 5500 ft, you get terminal velocity, but they still dont use any bag.. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Its a 220 PD Navigator. Not Sabre, as I first said.. I dont know how old it is, but it is no more than 10 years at the most, since the model was released in -98. The bottom and side-walls are F-111, but the top 0p. Aint that somewhat good, beacause its easier to fill at launch? Its a grounded chute for skydiving, cause someone landed it in a tree this summer and it got some holes in it. It is reairable, but my club thinks the chute is not worth it. The one in my local dealer, who is a rigger, means it would hold for GL, since you dont get the opening shock. He has never done GL before, so thats hwy I also ask here.. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Tomorrow Im going to the local dealer to look at a chute Im planning to GL, if I purchase it. Its an old thing, so I just get some experience without ruining my skydiving-gear. Its a 220, I think a Sabre (1). ITs big, I know, but its very forgiving. Its an old student-parachute. Would you say this is stupid of me? Ive never GL before, and only have 65 jumps. I know its not much, but Im going to be very, very carefull and finding open spaces with nice landing-zones. Maybe even snow. I just want the experience of getting the chute over your head and maybe take-off for a couple of seconds.. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

I learned one thing. Any lines broken -> Chop! It may fly well and without a problem. But something can happen or change without notice when youre too low to use your reserve. If I find anything broken over my head, its outta there and up with the next one. If youre in doubt, youre not in doubt ! A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Someone not far from me have made their own club just to jump tandems from helicopters... http://tandemhopp.no/video.htm (Norwegian, but just press the pictures and videoes should come up. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

I usually say it clear. If someone asks when I plan to open, Id either answer "Wave-off at X ft" or "Pull (my PC) at X ft". IF I ask someone else and get a answer which makes me uncertain of what they mean, I ask them directly if they mean wave-off or where they actually pull. But Im from Norway, and we usually say something like "When do you pull?", and the answer you get from that is maybe more direct than "Im opening at X ft" A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Is there anybody here who knows how to build such a cardboard-box-landing-matress? Im kinda interested to try it out, but couldnt find it on the www. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

Maybe if they go lower on the jumps, they can make several more jumps... And also planes always gets faster and stronger.. A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!

The link on the site is'nt operative yet.. Have you gotten it from another place? A skydiver's famous last words: - Hey! Hold my beer, and watch this...! - If that guy can do it, so can I...! - In 9 out of 10 this will work out just fine. Don't worry about it...!