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Sabre 135
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Spaceland
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Licensing Organization
USPA
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Number of Jumps
700
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3
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Years in Sport
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Freeflying
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Second Choice Discipline
Formation Skydiving
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Stowed brakes, front riser - turns opposite
ciscobird replied to potatoman's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Yeah, I experienced the phenomenon while demoing a Storm. I'm taking what I posted on their Facebook group page. By the way, I was probably loading the main at about 1.1-1.2. Start of the post: Just demoed Storm 135 at Spaceland this past weekend: Nice snivel and plenty of flare! Side note: after opening & before unstowing the toggles I pulled on a forward riser expecting to enter a diving turn only to have the canopy turn slowly into the opposite direction. I repeated with the opposite side, same response. Did the same thing again on the next jump, same thing it either would turn slowly into the opposite direction OR stay straight until I pull more on the riser. But once I unstow the toggles and pull on each forward riser, it would enter in a normal diving turn in the proper direction. Might be insignificant but it was interesting to discover that cross control is possible, especially on a Storm. End of post. Due to the low rate of turn there was never a concern. It made for an interesting observance. -
Will the training still be offered at no charge as it used to be in the past? Thanks
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GPS HUD from recon now for skydiving
ciscobird replied to jeb's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
"The screen refreshes at 1 frame per second..." Everything related to skydiving/base happens much quicker than that... I think I'll wait until they come out with the 2nd or 3rd generation model, if the first makes at all... Thanks for sharing, tho... -
Hmm... Wouldn't wrapping some gaffers tape take care of that? If not, I might just splice wires together... That should be secure enough, wouldn't it? I did take a look at Lazslo's website... Didn't see anything (I probably didn't spend enough time or effort to find what I needed, tho)... Also, I'm gonna be wearing a deepseed sock so the cable and adapter should be shrouded in the sock, away from the wind. Thanks for the tip, I'll certainly will keep that in mind!
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Skydivers missing upper limbs
ciscobird replied to jessicamarie's topic in Skydivers with Disabilities
I really appreciate Skydive Temple, they were very accommodating to my deaf friend and myself. Helped us get our A license. Good people! Edit: Forgot to add that I know Mike B personally (he's deaf as well). Nothing wrong doing on his part but I know that on one occasion the grappling hook on his prosthesis got tangled with a fellow bellyflyer's suit sleeve as they docked together. Couldn't shake apart so the bellyflyer opted to deploy with the suit sleeve still twisted in the hook. Thankfully the sleeve gave away and they all had uneventful deployment and landing. There's a photo but you'll have to ask Mike. -
Ding ding ding, we have a winner! Just purchased two (still cheap)! Many thanks!
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Been searching for one... Anybody know where I can find one? Or possibly take a straight neck N3 plug and modify it to a 90 deg plug? Planning to take a generic blow switch and splice it onto a N3 plug. I am aware there is a product that does the job (blow switch with Nikon N3 plug) but it's way overpriced ($90 last I checked). I know I can do the job myself much cheaper with a straight neck plug but would prefer a 90 degree plug if it exists. Thanks
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Just FYI to anybody digging this up... Purchased the Deepseed sock sized for a 400-450d... It fits... Not that I'm going to fly with the heavy lens but the opening was able to clear a 12-24mm. Tried with a 10.5, fits well. All is good... except that the sock does not come with provisions for the mounting thread and shutter cable so those will have to be procured on your own.
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Nope... I don't think so... My experiences have shown that it usually takes longer to hear from small companies/manufacturers, especially those from out of country... In this case it only took a couple of hours before somebody replied here. It's not uncommon to wait a week or two before receiving a word from an offshore company, if at all. Sure, I could have contacted chutingstar but did not because I do not expect them to drop things right there and take a long walk through the warehouse just to look up the size of each sock to determine if it might fit a random camera. Also, before I made this post I tried searching the forum for similar information to no avail so I did my homework... Also, I feel this is the best place to ask, especially if somebody knows of another brand or party selling similar products...
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Thanks! Didn't think of finding and comparing dimensions! Seems like the closest size would be still too short (about 10mm) in the grip length... Will the sock have plenty of play/loose fit in it to stretch that much? Or is there another camera sock/armor by a different manufacturer that I should check out? Thanks again!
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Anybody knows if one of Deepseed sock models will fit a Nikon D5100? Checked Deepseed and Chutingstar websites... All options are for Canon models... I'm positive that one of those will fit the Nikon but which one? Thank you!
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When I first started out, I would encounter sharp pains, especially right after deploying, in my ears. For an hour or so afterward I would be constantly spitting up thick bloody mucous. It had gotten to the point where I was seriously considering quitting. I couldn't bear the thought of dealing with that kind of stuff on every jump. It would especially get worse on the 3rd or 4th jump of the day. However, I decided to stick with it. Fortunately, it got better with time and experience. Bloody mucous stopped after I completed AFF training and started doing solo dives. Best of luck.
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What do you wear if not a jumpsuit?
ciscobird replied to rss_v's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
After 5 years of freeflying, still haven't gotten myself a decent freefly suit... been meaning to do so but I have something sorta like ocpd, couldn't decide on a brand... Anyway, during summertime I simply wear shorts and tuck my shirt in and tighten the belt as much as I can... otherwise the shirt will come up... rarely does anyway... During cooler time of year I simply wear jeans with tight rolls... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_rolled_pants It's very important to make sure that pants are tight rolled, especially when doing upright freeflying, otherwise the pants will balloon up and slow you down... Going off a bit here but still meaningful... I had a RW suit that unzipped all the way when I was doing a headdown dive... No biggie except when the time came to deploy... I couldn't reach the hacky because the loose fold of suit was blocking the access... I had to reach out and around the flapping piece of fabric for an uneventful deployment. -
That one brings back alot of memories! Back in the 80's every summer I would play alot of Atarti games on a black and white tv in the back bedroom on my grandparents' farm. Had that very game, one of my favorites! I figured out that the lower you open the more points you received (as long as you landed on the target, the wind would vary between levels). I had gotten so good that a cousin was accusing me of cheating so once when I was far ahead of him Granny made us swap our joysticks midgame. True enough, I was able to not only beat my former score but to surpass it by a large margin. The cousin got visibly upset, throwing a small tantrum, while I laughed in his face. Thinking about it, I think I had more fun playing the Atarti game than the one that comes with Wii (the resort... the skydiving segment sucks).
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Any surviving footage from any of go pros (see at least 2 go pros on his helmet)? Any idea for the cause of hesitation? Difficulty in finding the hacky or...?