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hehe true that. No matter how good you think you are, especially if you think that "I managed to live through Katana, so why can't I do the same with a Velo", an xbrace at 400 jumps is just not logical, it really isn't. Onya boy! Swooping / canopy piloting isn't like freeflying for example, where you can have a few skydives, but hours in the tunnel and still be awesome and safe in the sky. Please, please, please, don't do what I did, because at this time in your career, the risk to reward ratio is not in your favor and is totally not worth it.. Sure you can "fly and land" your Velo, but for how long until something happens that you can't handle, because you were too confident and too proud to admit that you're simply not ready no matter what you say.. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=4192725;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF578oSkrKk I did have a lot of fun with what I did, but in the end, it wasn't worth losing my legs over it since I won't be able to have that fun anymore.. Do you want to be in my shoes? Worst of all, don't ever think that that won't happen to you, that's exactly what I did. Sangi 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

And NZ Aerosports. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Sangi should be able to give you some valuable swooping tips 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Not a hell of a lot of trapdoor effect on a Sigma... 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Units have slow openings 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Have you done a jump yet? 700 odd posts and most of them bullshit. Fuck off back to the bonfire and don't bother coming back to this forum until you've got something positive to offer and some credibility to back it up! You are a waste of cyberspace. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Sweet 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Nice thoughts but at the end of the day a tandem is generally nothing more than a carnival ride - which is what most kids want. And I'm not old as you but I've been jumping longer. And to the orginal poster - may I sugesst you may get more credence if you have more jumps than posts. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

The kind of comment one might expect from an owner operator on his own gear. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Left hand. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

www.youtube.com/v/pd5BMP_41bI&rel=0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

If everything goes wrong, the last thing up yor arse is going to be me..... 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Under canopy watching the only flying Mosquito in the world (2nd World War Bomber) doing a beat up underneath me. One of the special things I've experienced in 31 years of jumping. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Because they are a student, and students don't wear cameras. Makes it OK in NZ then - because they are 'units, and 'units' can wear whatever they like. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

I've done 5000 jumps out of a 172 that has a 180hp engine. 3 jumpers to 12 grand in 30 mins. Good economics. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

High performance canopy will give you a high performance malfunction. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Niner & Squeak, do you have a Y strap on your solo rigs ? Whats that got to do with tandem passenger harnesses? 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

My personal tandem harness doesn't have a Y-strap and I have managed to not drop anyone... For the most part you seem a reasonable, intelligent guy Robert. Are you seriously going to stand by that statement as a reason to not get the "Y mod" If you adjust the harness correctly and don't cave to the pressure to take body types that should NOT be going skydiving them you never need the y-mod. Leaving out disabled tandems who certainly need one, the y-mod is designed for lazy instructors, and out of shape pear shaped students. No one has ever fallen from a properly adjusted harness. Lawyer: Are you aware of the Y mod and how it works? DZO: Yes Lawyer: Do you think a Y mod would have prevented the deceased from falling from the harness? DZO: Yes but it's not my fault because the TI didn't adjust the harness properly!! How do you think the jury would see that? 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

I have never jumped there and I never will. I don't know what 'checks and balances' Lodi has - if any. I do know that a guy turned up there about 2 months ago, did a couple of sport jumps and then did a couple of tandems as the TI. Nothing unusual you may say - except he had done no more than a total of 10 jumps in the preceding 2 years... Not sure what the standards are in the US but I'm sure they are higher than that - and yet Lodi management let it slip through! Not acceptable IMHO 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Ravens are considered by some to be the best BASE canopy to be 'accidently' produced. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Line twists on opening resulting in hardware around the ears. Head clash. Freefall collision with camera jumper. For starters. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

And that fact the Instrucror is not wearing a helmet in the most litigous (sic) contry in the world. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

I washed my 1st canopy and the colours ran. Nothing like a tie dyed main. 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

I keep my wife at home, barefoot and in the kitchen. Means I get a good feed when I get home and that she is not spending any excess cash thet I can use for jump tickets! 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.

Does the ringing in my ears bother you..... 2 wrongs don't make a right - but 3 lefts do.