StreetRiding ? your fine with just about any street tire.. If you like the twisties, then grab a set of Pilot powers or similar. If you do the occasional track day, I would still say Pilot powers or 2cts if you feel like spending the extra money.
Congrats... I guess your wallet will be empty for awhile with the new addiction. Not only will your wallet starve to death but I feel the pain for your CC as wel;l
I assume you mean in the plane.. Yeah I could do that but I rather do that with peoples keys in their hands.. having to grab it before it slams the dash as Im pulling out of a dive isnt worth it to me. I will just tape it to the dash or to the ceiling to get a nice front cockpit view while "playing around" Of course there is only so much you can do before pushing the limits of a non-aerobatic rated airplane. If I could find an aerobatics plane for rent, I would love to take it up and get some footage. No one will rent a citabria or decathalon without going up dual. Understandable of course.
yeah exactly where I was thinking. obviously I would mold some styrofoam behind it so that the pen cam is flat in the foam and the foam is then contoured to the shape of the wrist.. that way it should hold pretty well and you could get more duct tape on it. Hell they may not even let me do it as they could consider it a risk.. Oh well. I already have vids of a few of my jumps and I cant go on this one anyway. I am going to take it flying with me the next time I go up and have some fun with it. (Flying myself that is.. not commercial flying. )
It generally costs more to drop / start a policy then it does to keep it year round. you get discounts for the longer you have had the policy. By the way, if you have no ins in the winter, what are you going to do if it gets stolen.
Well I have one of these (see link below.... and I could wrap the recorder and battery pack around my stomach with an ACE bandage and then run the pen camera down my sleeve and then just duct tape the camera to my wrist. That way I could get some footage from my jumps without paying a videographer and also have the ability to move my wrist around to aim the camera and still not have any cables to blow around in the wind. I think it would work pretty well if you had it on your wrist facing down. Just a slight rotation of the wrist and you could video yourself under canopy and it would already be in the right location during freefall to see the ground. Obviously strap it to your left wrist so it doesnt get in the way when you go grab the ball to throw out the chute Here are some better pics to give you an idea of the size of the recorder and pen cam. [ATTACH]390[/ATTACH] And by my drivers license for some size comparison.. This is the what I used for my vids from Mid ohio last time.. the non youtube versions are even better quality. [ATTACH]391[/ATTACH]
Has a dropzone been picked yet? I cant do the 29th but you guys will have fun. The next time I jump, I want to strap my camera system to my wrist and get some footage.
I would suggest removing those feelers on the bottom of the pegs first and see what you think.. It gives you a ton more clearance. They just screw into the holes and can be removed with a wrench fairly easily.. Or course they will most likely have a ton of locktite on them as well...
Nick, I meant to tell you this but if your catching your pegs on the ground, remove those damn 2inch long feelers from the bottom of your pegs. It will give you a ton more room.