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  1. Chubba
    Definitely wait till you have done AFF. It looks like reasonable gear, the reserve is a size too small, you should aim for a 160 or larger. You might want to wait a bit and demo canopies like the Sabre2/Safire2/Pilot, Spectre also seems to be very popular. I've flown a Sabre 170 and I weigh the exact same as you. No way would the CI have let me fly it straight off AFF. You will be doing jumps on rentals either way so take the opportunity to demo around. Plus your missing out on the instructors input, they will be the guys who REALLY know what you're capable of and what canopy you should be flying.
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    Holy hell, what a scary jump. I was thinking the same thing as Zoom1. How long you fight the drouge before you deployed the reserve? What height?
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    Well it's simple, if you don't roll it out, you either land with your legs = broken, or land on your ass = in a wheelchair. The human body is capable of rolling out some extreme speeds, especially horiztonal. A lot of the time PLF's look worse then they actually feel. I think it's a simple question.
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    I've been dumped quite bad twice in my small amount of jumps. Both times the winds weren't probably in my jumpable range, but I know that now looking back. Come into final on my Sabre2 (which normally planes out at half brakes for me), flare, nothing AT ALL happens and I drop like a rock. Feet/knee's together and roll is what has saved me from broken bones or possibly not being able to walk again.
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    I didn't really take the logging into account since my Altitrack does that. It's really nice to have your jumps logged, if you got a standard alti it might be worth spending the extra $$ to get an audible that can log.
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    I picked up an Optima a few weeks ago based on 1. Brand, I love my Altitrack and nobody seems to have a bad thing to say about L&B. 2. Price, the Neptune was far to expensive/advanced for using as an audible. The price difference between the Solo and Optima was so small that I couldn't justify the loss of features with the Solo. I don't have much to compare it to, made 10 jumps on it, works perfect and the interface is easy to move around once you read the manual. I don't mind the canopy warnings either, the little beep here and there seems to only increase awareness.
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    I love SL students at the dropzone. You get a couple of them and the C182 is running non-stop doing hop n pops, great fun chilling and watching with an instructor as he dumps a couple of blokes off. Clear and pulls are always interesting, one of the blokes the other week dumped ON the step as he neg-arched, the whole load, even people in the back saw the PC come out. The downside? Less people seem to come back, especially in non-freefall stages. I guess AFF hooks people better from jump1. At my home DZ, most people transfer over at some point, usually 5 - 6 onwards for turns/tracking etc.
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    Get jumping first, it's hard to formulate a proper attitude about gear until you understand it. I nearly ordered a full blown custom rig at the start of AFF. Ended up getting a used rig @ 20 jumps and haven't looked back, happy to spend the next 200 jumps on the canopy... container/reserve/cypres2 (07 model) will last me for the next 5 years. Just because it's used, doesn't mean it isn't quality (pics attached). I guess my point is, definitely do not sacrifice any of your training just for custom gear straight up.
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    +1 When you got some free time on a solo, fly the position for bit, it will click before too long. It should be a stable position that you don't have to rush, you can even turn/make heading corrections in this position.
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    +1 If you got no canopy experience definitely do not try to ground launch. Gear is expensive, buy the right stuff with the help of your instructors. Your best course of action is to simply sign up to AFF/do your FJC, everything will flow from that.
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    Mazz go jump already You will do your head in watching these insane WS/BASE videos all day. Nobody likes an computer skydiver
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    I don't like that way of thinking. Downsizing involves a lot more then size and getting a F1-11 just for the reason that it packs smaller should be avoided. Those PD's don't fly too bad, but in the 170-190 size range a modern ZP (like Sabre2/Safire2/Pilot etc) is a good investment atm, once you have it you can get rid of it anytime at the click of a button for close to the same price. Plus they just fly better in nearly all aspects.
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    I'm around the same weight, I enjoy flying my Sabre2 170. You can really fly the hell out of it, but at the light loading it can remain reasonably docile if you fly it conservatively. Good fun landing in no wind.
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    Indeed, friend doing his ~10th wingsuit jump (Phantom 2) on the weekend ended up practically headdown on deployment. On the video the canopy didn't even snivel, just BOOM.
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    Definitely give the Sabre2 a try before you make a final decision. Sure they're one of the more expensive 2nd hand canopies, but that's because they fly so good
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    Mine was $120 AUD ($90 USD? about there). Assembled/packed the reserve and fitted the Cypres2 before I turned up. Went through step by step assembling and packing the main with him. Great info. If I could go back I definitely would have watched the reserve repack. Have fun on the Sabre2 190, I have a Sabre2 170 and I love it... landings are amazing on it.
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    I'm Australian. TM's at the beach dropzone down the road from me can do 8 loads in a day, that's $650! I work an entire day at a job I dislike for $200 $81 a jump sounds like pretty damn good pay.
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    I watched that video 12 months ago, the VERY next day I did my AFF1, so get cracking I have my money set aside for a wingsuit by the end of the year, now I just wish the weather would stop blocking me from cranking out the jumps. Had 2 AFF stage 1's on Saturday that came out purely because of that video, can probably think of at least 10 other students in the last year (only a C182 dz) that came out for the same reason also.
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    "Superterminal" is the best vid I've seen so far. By far the best tracking I've ever seen, these guys fly so close to the walls. Great watch on DVD/good sound track. I actually like the tracking in this video more then the wingsuits.
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    What's the TM's responsibility? Own gear or gear provided? Packing? editing/providing dvd's? How are the stills provided to the passenger, on dvd also? $80 a jump, that's some serious coin.
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    You may as well ask, it's definitely not a rare exit by any means
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    What if the rigger has 15,000 jumps of his own
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    You can read a wrist mounted altimeter in a track, give it a few more jumps and it will come naturally.
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    I jump it of course, I have complete trust in the work my rigger does for me... top notch bloke. I consider it a bonus, possibly the only 2 times my Sabre2 has opened on heading
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    My understanding has always been: Strong covers/flaps, tight BOC pouch and no bridal exposure. Sounds good to me. I love my Infinity, the thing is bomb proof. The worn out V2 crowd are quite envious