After much waiting around, my rig is finally ready to jump.

VSE Infinity container/harness
Performance Designs - Sabre2 170ft main canopy
Performance Designs - Reserve 160ft
Cypres2 AAD

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8805/rig002tv2.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8154/rig003ow8.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8689/rig001wm8.jpg

Ended up costing me $6.5k.

Hopefully the Sabre2 doesn't put me in a wheelchair :O Otherwise fits like a glove and is super light, all the flaps and covers are bomb proof and setup for freefly.

Should be fun :D

I await the 'For sale - Parachute: Only used once, small stain' joke.

CHUB: SUPERCOOL

what a rip off for a backpack.

CHUB youre so dreamy.

I bet the chicks will be impressed.

where are the knife holders?

but srsly, i wanna go sky diving =(

where are the knife holders?

Knife holder is on the left leg strap.

Serious ;)

6.5k?!

holy crap, I thought it was expensive when I took up scuba diving, glad i didnt go the other way.

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6.5k?!

holy crap, I thought it was expensive when I took up scuba diving, glad i didnt go the other way

Yep, it's rape.

All the other gear is easily $1500... helmets, altimeters, jumpsuits.

The 9 jump AFF course costed me $2000, probably spent another $2000 on top of that since (jumps were costing $80, $40 to altitude / $40 gear hire).

It's f***off expensive, very addictive though. At least from now on I get $45 jumps to 14,000ft so I can go every weekend.

Does it OC?

/expecting a pc thread lol

so did i, but then i realised chub's too povo to buy a decent pc.

wheres the pocket for ur flick knife ? incase of mid-air battles?

he doesnt need a knife, goes in with fists flying. literally.

was expecting a different thread..

pretty sweet nonetheless.

yer u need to change the title to New overpriced backpack (with pics)

costed me my dad

I got a backpack in samui for 2 bucks, still goes good.

care cup is so f***en empty it aint funny.

\_/

wear that s*** to school bro would be so f***ing legiiiiitttt

GOOD JOB infi

You sure showed him!

i wish you a merry parachute non-deployment day

looks wicked dude.
how longs does it take to re-pack a chute?

if you are gonna be a pavement pizza you might as well do it in style

U so better not get Austudy.

looks wicked dude.
how longs does it take to re-pack a chute?

Takes me between 10 - 15 minutes, this one possibly longer since it's my first zero-porosity canopy and they're impossible to bag up, slippery and hard to get the air out. Bonus? They fly WAY faster then F1-11 canopies and lands with a lot more power.

costed me my dad

Been working 6 days a week at Post, all mine ;)

U so better not get Austudy.

As above, they cut off my Centrelink months ago.

Bonus? I get to break my legs.

Fixed for you.

There's definitely a learning curve to zero-p, but the extra speed just means a stronger flare on landing... basic physics, more speed, more lift when you angle the wing.

The Sabre2 is semi-elliptical too, going to absolutely spin up like a motherf***er.

Taking it out to Toogolowah this weekend for full altitude hop n pops, deploy straight out the door at 14,000ft... good 20 minutes of thrashing around the canopy in clean air.

basic physics, more speed, more lift when you angle the wing.

wow, ur so knowlegable chub. its like you make this forum entertaining and educational at the same time...

chub.. i hope tou repacked it right before your first flight... would be a shame if you didnt post anymore cause your 'new shoot' failed

also yes.. scuba.. i spent about 3.5k on decent gear.. and the chance of freefalling to my death is a lot more limited... although i can always pull a lonigan and snag the innsurance moneys

chub.. i hope tou repacked it right before your first flight... would be a shame if you didnt post anymore cause your 'new shoot' failed

Parachutes WANT to open, some people trash pack them and stuff them in the bag in a mess of s*** and they come out fine. This opening should be buttery smooth, ~1000ft / 5+ seconds.

You always have a reserve, that has to be packed by a Master Rigger (takes them ~2 hours), Brett who packed it has been in the sport for 33 years and has 15,000 jumps.

Also inside your reserve is a Cypres2 AAD, $2000 computer... measures your altitude / speed 30 times a second. If you're over 78mph (either still in freefall or a massive canopy malfuction) at/or below 750ft (5 seconds to impact) it has a pyrotechnic cutter attached to your reserve closing loop and it automatically opens your reserve container.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2606/rigbd7.jpg

Awesome Chub Ive been meaning to do a jump every time I go back to NZ. My Nana did a another couple for her 55th birthday, so I cant let her show me up :)

Where do you suggest I do it here in aus? Rough price for a first timer?

I'd want a lot mroe than 2 parachutes. I'd have one on each leg just in case.

Where do you suggest I do it here in aus? Rough price for a first timer?

You can do a tandem for ~$300-$400 at any of the major dropzones or the beach dropzones are quite good. Redcliffe is a very experienced mob, most of the guys there have 5000+ jumps, Cookie the chief instructor makes carbon fiber skydiving helmets... very nice ;)

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/1381/cookie003br5.jpg

Sunny Coast skydivers are good too, they take off at Caloundra. Ramblers also have a beach dropzone at Coolum.

I would definitely go for AFF Stage 1, it's risen in price due to fuel lately, around $450 - $500. My home dropzone is Caboolture Skydive, we are a student/fun jumping facility, no tandems.

http://www.skydivecaboolture.com/images/longpic_aff.jpg

~6 - 8 hours of ground training and you get to do your first jump with 2 AFF instructors, monitor your altitude, fly your body and deploy your canopy. Then you fly down with the help of chief instructor via radio.

Definitely worth the extra $100, million times better. Plus everyone gets addicted and comes back :D Every jump gets better in AFF, in a few jumps you will be throwing 360's, backflips and tracking across the sky... tandem you're just a drongo strapped to someones chest and he's doing all the flying.


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