skychock

JUST A NOTE: You'll find PopDoc on another thread asking about Katana's and Velocity's. 200 jumps in 4 years?? And thinking an altimeter is as accurate as a radar altimeter. Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me!! Of course I've been busted up befo' New to the sport? Analog is close enough for gov't work and Yous the eyeball altimeter below 1000, and for god sake watch for traffic!!!!!

Skydive Rick's had a decent turn out for a small DZ. Basically a structured BS session. The usual suspects. It was too cold to hang anyone, which we usually do at the end of the session. However, It was a good meeting and we all got together to start the season off right. Anyway the runway is still too wet to use.

I would also like to know how you trigger the camera. I have one but need to know how to "press the button".

I agree with leaving 18"-24" unstowed. If not the lines are too taught and spin the bag out of the container on opening. I jump a lightly loaded spectre 190 and get line twist if I don't leave enough slack. Just be neat in packing the slack that's all. Of course it's not a cut-a-way predicament for me, just a nuisance.

I bought my Cookie about three years ago. At that time it was between the Rawa and Cookie for me also. I was looking for lightweight and comfort. I tried the Rawa on and it seemed comfortable enough but you had to put the camera box on yourself. I'm lazy. Cookie sent me a helmet that was ready to go out of the box. Also when I tried to contact Rawa (at the time) I would have needed to learn Portugese to comunicate. With Cookie all I had to learn was Austrailian. The helmet I got has the cutaway system on it. With the three ring (2) realese. You'll never get it super tight on your head like camera helmets of old because of that. However it is plenty tight enough. i have no complaints with the helmet, and I'd purchase another in a heartbeat.

DZO is friendly and helpful. All there will go out of their way to help out. Not charged "an arm and a leg" for anything (if you get charged at all). Reasonable jump rates. Canopy control DZ, will teach you ALL you need to know about canopy control at low speed. Yes accuracy still exists and it's not as easy as it looks, it's downright scary at times. Three planes, no long waits.