Spy38W
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Haven't flown with, or met Chris, but he's helped me out with learning to be a DiverDriver, through email/PM's/his awesome site. Pilots that I have met and been very impressed with are Chad in Caulita, Roger, Jim West, and Ryan (the guy who flies the Beech 18 Westwind) -- Hook high, flare on time
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Preferred video formats for skydivingmovies.com
Spy38W replied to billvon's topic in Photography and Video
The latest (I believe) codecs are in the upload section of skydivingmovies.com, it's called "ACEMCP500PROXP.exe" -- Hook high, flare on time -
Jump number requirements for swooping?
Spy38W replied to listo's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
The USPA has a program in place that directly mimics the FAA on controlling what type of wings a person can fly. Both organizations let the pilot decide what the person decide what they want to fly. I think the FAA puts more emphasis on suggesting getting training, and using judgement to decide what would be appropriate for a person to fly. Other than that, the biggest regulators for airplanes are the insurance companies. A person who lands from their private checkride could go out and buy a turbine airplane and fly it with no further instruction (except a high performance sign off, which could be gotten in an aircraft with >200 HP, usually in less than 5 hours.) So far as aerobatics, no special sign off or training is required, but it is suggested that a person gets aerobatics instruction from an instructor. I personally know a guy who bought a Pitts S2-C (aerobatic) with 50 hours of flight time. -- Hook high, flare on time -
Hey, bicho, if you still want those soft links PM me your mailing address -- Hook high, flare on time
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I kept waiting to see Nathan go by downwind...
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I'm not sure about Mirage Systems, but I know Sunrise either gives the inserts to you with purchase of the H/C, or you can get them for free by requesting them. The Sunrise inserts are a smaller version of the cutaway cable housing. You take out the yellow lolon cable, put the inserts in, then re-insert the lolon cable into the inserts and tack them down. This helps prevent a hard cutaway if the line twists go down to the risers which could bind the cutaway cables into the risers without the inserts. -- Hook high, flare on time
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Damn man, thats scary and amazing at the same time. Glad you made it ok. I recieved my riser inserts 2 days before I had a major spinner/diver, and worry about what might have happened if I hadn't had them. -- Hook high, flare on time
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Mebbe we can get a hi-res picture of each state, and find a person from each state to volunteer to mark all the DZ's in the state. I'll do Florida if the idea sounds good -- Hook high, flare on time
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Check out the Racer manual and see how the RSL is hooked up, and think about what would happen if you chopped your main with a two out and it connected -- Hook high, flare on time
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I love my Rawa, got a PC101 in it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_threaded;post=318214;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC; It does have a little flat top thing, but check out the pictures in the link above and see what you think. Ordering information is posted later in the thread. -- Hook high, flare on time
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Yeah, I think Sebazz posted it the first 2 times -- Hook high, flare on time
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Here's one more for ya.
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Aw crap, the online translator I used to use doesn't work anymore (without paying) and I just tried babelfish to find the same thing... Anyone know of a free online translator? -- Hook high, flare on time
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Yup, you owe beer too.
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Not a clue, a friend emailed it to me this morning -- Hook high, flare on time
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Safe for work Check out the guys HD position in the second pic. -- Hook high, flare on time
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Yah, very cool guy. His autobiography is a pretty interesting read "Yeager: An Autobiography" -- Hook high, flare on time
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You could press and hold Shift and left click -- Hook high, flare on time
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Good point, make a copy of the video and play the copy for friends/family so you don't wear out the original -- Hook high, flare on time
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Whew, just got off of work, time for a nap.. -- Hook high, flare on time
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And here's one of it hooked up and outside of the D-bag... Was hoping to jump it today, but after I dropped off the boss I flew to the DZ and found that the winds were too insane to land an airplane, much less a canopy, so I just spread it out and did a full line check and tightened the rapide link from the canopy to the d-bag/PC to the canopy. Funny, I really hated the colors when I first opened the box, but less than 48 hours later it's starting to grow on me.
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Because I have to fly early tomorrow morning and I know if I go out, I'll hurt myself. I keep getting calls from some friends at a local bar, but don't want to go there because they always feed me insane amounts of alcohol there for free. -- Hook high, flare on time
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Hrm, perhaps you should seek counseling?
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Say it isn't so!!! Buy some SLINKS dammitt!!! Got them for the riser attachments, just haven't gotten an extra set for the d-bag/pilot chute yet... -- Hook high, flare on time
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Awright, here ya go...