jrodrod

Sorry to hear that, hopefully it led the FAA to tighten the screws on some regs or idk what may have helped. I think I saw Gopro footage of the 2016 crash at some point if it was the flip-over. Looking back at the news interviews of Dause saying the forgery didn't happen was strange. He can claim ignorance but to be so certain in defending an eventual conviction and prison sentence is suspicious.

DZ was non-USPA so Dause did not ask to see licenses for jumpers either so he certainly did not know everything. He may have asked to see logbooks for newcomers on a case by case basis. But since USPA has no official authority, I'm not sure why checking credentials matters. Even if he did check, he would've had to check periodically because the forging instructor did have valid creds at one point. So even a USPA DZ might not have caught the forgeries in time. Would be curious to hear from the lawyers on this forum on piercing the corporate veil. Doesn't sound like corporate veil is much of a concept if it can be pierced with no criminal conviction on Dause? I saw elsewhere that the instructor whose signature was forged won a $150k judgement against USPA. Sounds like the court in that case established that any wrongdoing was solely on the forger's (Pooley) part. Does that have any effect on Dause' case? I'm assuming he's appealing the $40M judgement. Dause had to turn over business assets including planes but I see from recent online reviews that Lodi is still doing tandems albeit in a smaller plane. How does that work if he claimed he doesn't have $40M and was ordered to turn over planes? Running a new business off of social security funds? Is any of that garnished toward the $40M?

Curious what tipped the scales for the winner in this election? Bigger home dz?

All I could find was: https://www.aviationpros.com/fbos-tenants/news/21227895/skydiving-instructor-linked-to-deadly-2016-jump-at-lodi-airport-arrested-on-federal-charges

Any updates? I guess going through appeals?

Reviews show gimbal-like stabilization with softer colors. Seen anyone jump with it?

Good time filler movie. I guess the Bonehead Aero is Halo certified now. Or was it modified for the O2.

Chin mount, mountain biker: https://youtu.be/V1d8_RyGi1g

You could wear a 2nd one but what do you do with real time speed info? Going for a PR in speed?

Which side mount did you use?

Are you using 2 for 3D? 360? Different angles? Which mount are you using? Since you're mounting further back, is the viewing angle elevated much?

Yes, space reasons in tight planes. This thing doesn't look that different from the Contour that's usually mounted on the side. Top mount also blocks visors from going up. I'm almost tempted to try chin mount. ETA: just saw this, for those with access to 3D printing. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2014787 User also has one for X3000 but this one has mounted pics.

Anyone tried this on a common skydiving helmet? https://www.sony.com/electronics/actioncam-mounting-accessories/vct-hsm1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLoVtuY-JHg

Anyone tried jumping with it? http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/olympus_tg_5_review/

Has this thing taken over new camera purchases or are people still getting GoPro for the form factor (ie chin mount) / inertia?

Mind explaining more about f/stop gel? Is it covering the lens? Do you guys find the live remote necessary? It's very pricey and isn't sold separately from the X3000.

Use the groin mount to avoid snags :)

Interesting jello with the wind. Perhaps the wind is blowing the sensor/BOSS system around. Now I just need a 4K display to play it at full res!

https://www.dpreview.com/news/2702124130/zerotech-to-introduce-4k-action-cam-with-built-in-gimbal

Delayed till at least April, according to the comments. Camera banned from competition? What do you mean?

BOSS is looking very impressive. Mind posting a few pics of what it looks like mounted? Are you using the adhesive mount? Mohawk style probably doesn't look bad compared to a GoPro. Too bad chin mount probably won't be happening.

You're the one saying complicated, I'm just not stuck in the 80's. Looks like USPA is too complicated for you to grasp, you're the perfect lemming they feed off of. I'll give them kudos for that. To the OP, salesman who sold me one said 19k ft trying to upsell the N3, so apologies for getting it wrong and thx for the corrections from others.

The Viso is capped to ~19k feet though. Seems like the Alter is rated at 33k http://www.alter.ltd/ I can't tell on the Ion. The USB charging is nice on newer products and hopefully the UI's are getting easier to use.

What probably helped in your case was using a student/rental chute that was a lot larger than what you'd jump later on. But there was still a higher risk of the chute losing stability over the course of descent as you go through turns, turbulence, etc. Going to a stable reserve would drastically cut down the odds of that. As others mentioned, 4 jumps is very little experience to judge. When I was a student, the wing loading was ~0.65-0.75 (Your weight with rig divided by main canopy size in sq ft). Without the extra size, the speed may have caused injury so you do want to cut away if it's not "there and square", which esp as a student should mean looking only 1 way except for minor line twists. It's true that instructors aren't infallible but I'd roll the dice with their odds until you have way more experience.

I have not jumped in Japan. But you can always find a worse example of anything, dunno what the point would be.