exSRAaron Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hey guys, I just wanted to see who all is still interested in going, so we can book the date for a group rate. I have 2-3 friends coming with me. who's in?Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremygsxr Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I'm not going to make it. I will be in the hospital for a liver biopsy. sorry, take a few airborne pics for me if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenBee Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 AS long as the time is after flag football my family is in that would be three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Wow I hope you guys still have a decent turn out. Seemed like there was a ton of interest in the first thread.I might try to make it out to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 AS long as the time is after flag football my family is in that would be three.Yeah no problem, I wanna make it out to flagfoot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I'm not going to make it. I will be in the hospital for a liver biopsy. sorry, take a few airborne pics for me if you can.Sorry to hear that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachk08 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 i still wanna do it +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think they are hitting Green County.Strapped to your wrist? I don't think I've seen someone do that on a jump. It's been a long while though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I think they are hitting Green County.Strapped to your wrist? I don't think I've seen someone do that on a jump. It's been a long while though.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 chuteHere 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] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 On the thumb side of your wrist facing the ground while in a standard skydive position? Wonder how much the mind would make it shake or flop a bit with it attached there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 On the thumb side of your wrist facing the ground while in a standard skydive position? Wonder how much the mind would make it shake or flop a bit with it attached there.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. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yeah they probably would consider it risk. Would be interesting to see how it works out though.Make it float? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yeah they probably would consider it risk. Would be interesting to see how it works out though.Make it float?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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 i would love to get some footage this weekend..but theres no way I'm paying an extra 100 bucks..flounder that would be a sweet setup to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 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.That sound sounds like a crap load o' fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prakthad Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hi,I'm new to the forum. I have never done sky diving before and was actually planning on going to Lebannon last weekend (http://www.startskydiving.com/) but could not find anyone who wanted to learn Accelerated Free Fall. Any thoughts on this place? Where do you guys go?Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Hi,I'm new to the forum. I have never done sky diving before and was actually planning on going to Lebannon last weekend (http://www.startskydiving.com/) but could not find anyone who wanted to learn Accelerated Free Fall. Any thoughts on this place? Where do you guys go?Thanks.I think we're going to skydiveohio in Xenia..ur more than welcome to come! great condition to meet a few of us too.Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prakthad Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I had looked up the one in Xenia. But to learn there you have to do Tandems. I figured I want the training and I want to jump on my own. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 I had looked up the one in Xenia. But to learn there you have to do Tandems. I figured I want the training and I want to jump on my own. Any recommendations?Not sure which other DZs are close to you. Skydive Richmond might be a bit far for you but they offer Static Line, Tandem and AFF training. That's where I did my AFF training (didn't finish). http://skydiverichmond.com/index.php?the_section=getting_started not sure if their Waynesville location is really open or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachk08 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 ok.. so whats the $ , what time.. details!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 It should be $165. Xenia, OH SkyDive Ohio. They said the spot for a group would be around 1pm. But i emailed them back, hoping to push it back alittle so we can all still play Flagfoot and have enough time to make it down there. Weather permitting of course.Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted June 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 hey guys, based on the unpredictable weather, lets shoot for another day...that way more people have a chance to go this time around.any ideas for the best date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachk08 Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 how bout sat. july 12? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenBee Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Doesn't mater what date to us just let us know and we will be their. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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