Buckaroo

I don't think hard openings are going to effect the pacemaker. However, most pacemakers are fitted close to your left shoulder. And the wires from the pacemaker to the heart, are inside blodvessels. When you raise your left arm over your head, you are straining the wire, and can potentially dislodge the wire. If dislodged, you might become bradycardic again, or even worse, get som kind of dangerous arytmia. Raising your left arm to some degree over your head could be ok,,, but you should never hang from your arms, especially your left(if pacemaker fitted on left side). Please consult your cardiolog, regarding such maneuvers. Yours sincerly, Bent Jøran Olsen Skydiver and ICU nurse.

I use Hatch NS430L(winter edition), great dexterity while still being warm enough.

Dont make it to narrow,,, U risk making a lineover if u do so. Done that

It's blue and beautiful here at 70 degree NORTH also, just a tadd colder.

I asked, but they ain't letting me on that plane. Need some stinking C-licence for that But then again it's excelent conditions for scuba diving. >130 feet viz. -Bent Jøran It ain't cold untill you can see stiff nipples throu a heavy winter coat.

What??? I have to relocate now. Where I live a case(24 botles) goes for about 45 US $. But if I does, I'm going to become an alcoholic.

2 months, 2 months, it's only 2 months till I can jump again. Last jump was october 26th. The cold isn't the problem. Stumbling thru 2 meters of snow while dragging your main behind you is worse. And also the lack of light. Yesterday the sun came above the horizon for the first time in the last two months. Anyone got a timemachine I can borrow to travel 2 months forward in time? And my rig doesn't arrive untill end of march, so I haven't got anything to practise packing on. And I feal that watching skydowing movies doesn't help either. The timemachine anybody????pleace.. -Bent Jøran

I second that. Jumped a PD 280 and a Drakkar(295 sq.feet) for my first 20 jumps. Since then I've have jumped a PD 260 and my landings got much softer, ie good stand up landings. (my exit weight is about 260 lbs). Now I've just ordered a Vector 3 with a Sabre 2 230 main and PD 193R. Yes and a Cypres 2. It will be ready in the end of march, when we start jumping here again(I live at 70 degree north by the way). Good luck.

Quotehrmm.. why would you need mroe jumps before you could use a full face helmet??? I belive the reason for this is that it restricts the field of vue(not completely sure if I spelled it correctly). Gives you more dead-spots....

Will that work for me??(Ship abroad ?) (I live in Northern-Norway, not US) (at 70 degree north, where the weather now is a little shady. Snow in the Mountains above 500 meters, so the season could be cut short at any time!! Normally the snow doesn't com untill late september :) Please tell us that person isn't an instructor... No he isn't... But I think he got some points right though(even he is taking it a bit extreme). Smaller chute got shorter lines => lesser drag=>more speed=>more flare. ZP is faster than F-111(or at least better glideangle) ZP vs. F-111 gives better flare, especially considering that the PD 280 got near 500 jumps on it and it isn't that much flaring left. What is worst loading a worn 280 f-111 at 1:1 or a new 240 ZP at 1,1:1? If you look at PD www I was loading the PD 280 at a ADV level(close to recomended maximum) from jump 1(came in on 30% brakes and did a PLF for first 3 jumps), but now I would be loading the 240 Navigator at a INT level 40 pounds below max load.

So you're what, about 250 body weight? At that, assuming 20 pounds for gear, you'd be wingloading a 230 at about 1.17, a 260 at about 1.03. When I started jumping my bodyweight was 255. Currently my bodyweight is 230 pounds I'd suggest staying closer to 1.0:1 until your flaring technique is perfect. When will my flaring-technique be perfect??Never.. It will get better, but perfect???? But I get your advise. Jump a Sabre2 260 a few times. The shaping and the fact that it's 20 sq ft smaller than what you've been jumping will make it turn faster and feel more aggressive. You mean I should go for the Sabre 2 260 instead of the 230 ? How will you handle it under a Sabre2 loaded at almost 1.2? ??????? What I meant here was that someone has recomended me a 190, but I will not go that small with my current experience... I have no wish of intentionally hurting myself badly. Would be much cheaper to climp up on the roof where I live and jump of While I under perfect condition probably could land a 190 without killing myself and walk away mostly unhurt, it would just be a matter of time before that would not be the case

Today with all the gear I weigh approx. 255 pounds. Have talked to my instructors, have go om both canopies, its up to me. If I buy the Sabre 2 230 it will be hard to sell(when downsizing after ~200 jumps) because of the size. The Navigator I can easily sell as a student main to a clubb/dz whatever....

I'm in the marked of buying my first rig.. Only got 30 jumps. Up till now I've mostly been jumping PD 9 cell 280 loaded 1:1 (yeah I'm a big gay 6"4), with about 400-500 jumps on it. My flaring teknique isn't superb, but most of my landings has been ok stand-up landings. Have done PLF when I've been uncertain. Have found the PD280 very boring to fly(pull a toggle all the way down, wait 1 second, and the thing slowly starts to turn). So I want a little more aggressiv chute, but not a radical one. Finding used gear in the right size isn't easy, so I am prepeared to at least buy a brad new main... Have been looking at a PD Navigator 240 and PD Sabre 2 230. The Navigator will I be loading about 1,05:1, and the Sabre 2 just under 1,1:1 (Have started training 5-6 times a week and lost 30 pounds of fat, and gained 10 pounds of mussle since I started jumping :) On a good day, no wind or just a litte, I could probably land a non-radical ZP 190 upwind just fine, but I feel that a chute at this size wouldn't be enough forgiving the day I fuck up and land downwind and "forget" to flare of whatever reason(someone cutting my off, etc)... How different would these 2 mains be in handling? By my understanding the Sabre 2 is more aggressive than the Navigator.. What do you recomend? And am I way of target here? (should I get something bigger?) ---- -Bent Jøran Ps...sorry for any mispelling, grammar and abuse of the english language

Total of 17 jumps. 11 S/L. First jump in june 2001.Then 1 year away where I couldn't jump. New S/L course july 2002. Now I'm on 10 sec. FF. Hoping for a A licence before winter comes. Shouldn't be a problem