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I can fly much farther in tracking pants. The horizontal speed is insanely faster. My fall rate tends to be in the mid 80s with them. Very cool things.

You know I always answered that question with a yep to. I qualified it though: "If they did it successfully and lived" I would say. Funny how things come true :)

I did it all for the nookie...

Are their any rules regarding packing for money at Rantoul? Is all you need a sign? Thanks

One has 27 cells and the other has 21...

I'll be there all day Think its going to be my new home for a while.

Vapor Pressure lowering. Pi = imRT I think that is why could be wrong though.

^^^ Aren't fatality reports required though? I know they have forms for injuries but why not go ahead and require them (assuming fatalities are required)?

Was thinking about USPA requiring an incident report for an injury somewhere above a broken leg but less than a fatal. Is there some reason they don't do this? I've seen several serious injuries (many many months in hospital) that people could probably have learned from at different DZs the past year. I think it'd also be an eye opener to those people who only think in terms of fatal skydiving accidents and justify safety based on that alone. Granted it may be in the body of skydiving's best interest not to have this reported...

I am just hinting at getting a new container. I currently have an M2 G3 with a PD 143R and Velocity 96. I was curious if anyone has a MO with a PD143R in it? As for the Microns, what size container would fit that canopy combination? Doesn't look like anything fits to me. Side question: How many jumps have you put on your non ZP pilot chute? I currently have 800 jumps on my ZP one and its holding out great.

reg+ed 909 jumps @ 2:1 (150 jumps at that wingload)

Sounds like the bulk of what I was saying was overlooked. In a fantasy land where everyone is qualified to jump what they do that would be practical, but everyone thoughs this not to be the case. My main point is this: Different situations require different approaches to exit order. I think you must take into account: type of jump(freefly, rw), wingloadings, pull altitude, and the uppers. There are times at our DZ when strong uppers had the freefliers going out last. I never have an issue with RW groups opening close to me there and I've done hundreds of jumps going out before RW groups. We've had/have super hot 4-way competitors that jump insance wingloadings and pull consistantly at 2000 or below. In this case they would go out first.

At our DZ the freefliers exit first (yes we are one of the only ones). With the increase in canopy collisions and such I was rethinking the policy of freefliers out last (because I tend to agree freefliers last is a better idea). Most of the freefliers jump at wingloadings above 1.6 at my DZ. When going out after the RW groups at other DZs I've noticed that its easy for the freefliers to overtake the RW groups. In a lot of cases it isn't a problem holding in brakes waiting for others to land but... This causes extra landing clutter when part of the RW group has a much lighter wingloading. When freefliers exit first at our DZ I almost never encounter the RW groups. Instead of totally depending on the competancy of the pilots, outright prevention seems a better solution. I think the way to go about it would be better load planning: taking into account opening altitude, wing loading, and type of jump altogether is a better idea. Maybe take into account more separation at intervals having two types of jumps (ie rw and freefly). What does everyone else think?

Any special considerations other than usual ones when jumping in non standard jump suit. Ie look out for your handles etc?

death. If skydiving ever comes up several questions repeat a lot in the slew of stupid ones, but one in particular is sometimes hard to deal with. Has anyone ever died or have you seen anyone die? Anyone in the sport for a long enough time period has had a beer with someone who is no longer with us. In addition you may have even been present when something happened. How do you typically avoid this question or sugar coat it, perhaps by explaining the risks in driving smoking? Other times for me I just out right don't like to talk about it, which is why I hate to talk about skydiving in the first place. Anyway, if that ever comes up how do you handle it?

Gatorz do look cool but the best for freefall were a Nike brand. They by far worked the best. Only $35 too.

3 in 100 jumps and I didn't pack any of those. 1: Horseshoe real nasty (the bag baglocked and hit a car on the highway causing 1600 in damage to the car) 2: Stuck steering line 3: Total No cutaways in 800 jumps after that :)

Also, tend to get multiple opinions from anyone whose opinion you respect. If you ever think you are doing anything right you likely are not, so ask other peoples opinion about your performance (this can be frustrating). People have a tendency to talk shit behind your back more than to your face, so quiz people about what you are doing wrong and really examine your abilities before trying new things. That is just unfortunate but it is the way things go sometimes. CSS DZ.com person #3

You know what they say: "The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math."

0:9:1 :) no money left on the jump account for me...

De-interlace the f*#*#* pictures :)

If you have a rig to borrow I can take you around :) Email me if you need local jumper contact info. Justin.

Yes almost exactly that, but I don't think he invented it :) I think they've been doing this in BASE since the early days.

Don't know if anyone has ever seen a BASE jumper do this. Basically its a mushroom made out of the pilot chute and the bridle s-folded on the inside of the pc pack job. I've been doing this skydiving now for about 200 jumps. Some advantages I've noticed: * Quick inflation (more prudent to BASE) * Easy to extract but not easy to come out prematurely, unless... * ...you pull on the bridle (ie a horseshoe) which would make that malfunction more likely to clear. * I've noticed less wear than the burrito folding in the same number of jumps. What are everyone else's thoughts?

Go to all the local spots you frequent and tell them your dilemma. Selling donuts and showing video in a populated area of campus might also work too