Peace!

Joe_Newk · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:

Rock On, I will be here waiting #Beer

Nice jump, be careful up there

Good Luck Bro
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all-star · Registered User Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 177

im going sky diving for my first time on sunday. gonna be hanging off the wing of a plane then letting go when the jumpmaster says so, lol. then my chute line is attached to the plane so i got about 3 second of airtime, then i have to maneuver myself down, while a guy on the ground is directing me

hopefully its gonna be fun

You'reinSoup · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject:

So a static line jump? Are you jumping out of a Cessna? I met a guy this summer who did some civi jumping and it sounded so sketchy. The whole "heaviest guy has to go first" and "you have to climb out onto the wing and then get into the right position" thing makes it all seem so improvised.

Should be fun though, I'd like to try jumping with a square canopy. The ones we used are meant to get you on the ground as fast as possible without killing you, so you can imagine that if you don't have good form, you land like a sack of crap.
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all-star · Registered User Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 177

its called an "Instructor Assisted Deployment" (IAD)

"you and your instructor will fly to 3,000 ft. You will climb out of the plane and hang off the strut, watching the instructor for the "Go!". As you let go of the airplane, the instructor initiates your main parachute opening (this is called "Instructor Assisted Deployment" - IAD). It takes about 3 seconds for your parachute to open - talk about adrenaline rush! After opening, the on-ground instructor will talk to you via a one-way radio, giving instruction to help you fly and land your parachute!

all-star · Registered User Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 177

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

well i did it, it was amazing, words can hardly describe it. the rig weighs about 40 punds so they are serious when they say don't land in the water. lol. the plane was small so we were kneeling the whole way up, which killed my legs. as i was getting out of the plane i thought i was going to fall off cause my legs were numb, but i held on and climbed to the tip of the wing, waited for go and let go.

wow, what a rush for the 7 seconds till your chute is deployed, i thought i was upside down for a second, hahaha

but nothing can compare to the feeling afterwords, where after your chute is deployed you test the steering, so you pull both steering toggles down, and you literallly just stop there, 2000 ft up.

its like sitting on a 2000 ft high invisible chair, its amazing, you feel like nothing can touch you or hurt you up there, its amazing

i recommend it to anyone who wants to try it

You'reinSoup · Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

There's really nothing like the feeling once your chute opens. There's so much chaos as you leave the plane that comes to a sudden stop when your canopy opens up like a sail filling up with air. I don't know if it was the beauty of it all that made me appreciate it or just the fact that I knew I now only risked breaking my ankles on my landing.
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