For skydiving I have used the JVC GR-DVM50 and the Sony PC100. They are nifty little mini-DV palm-corders that easily fit on the side of my freefly helmet.
DVD-format would be fast and perfect for being able to transfer video into a PC for editing instead of the fire-wire I use now but there is no way that I'll delude myself into thinking that this camcorder would be able to keep up with a vicious 200+MPH freefly jump like the JVC and Sony Mini-DV will.
Sigh... I guess I'll just have to wait a bit longer on this one.
Well, I like Chess, I'm a Linux geek and a network engineer but if it is an extreme sport that you are looking for I am also an avid skydiver who puts in 3-10 jumps almost every weekend.
Not all geeks are low on adrenaline.
Remember kids, it's not a real sport unless you can die of massive internal injuries.
I know what you mean. I think I'm going to try the Icarus Crossfire this spring. The Extreme FX & VX are too damn small for me unless I was willing to wingload the hell out of it and at my experience level I would like to keep my femurs in one piece.
Sorry, that's incorrect. Check with Vector or Strong on their tandem systems if you don't believe.
The drogue is absolutely vital to making a tandem jump for both stability (hmm, the sidespin phenomenon comes to mind) and to slow down the jumpers to "normal" trerminal speeds of 110-130mph. If they didn't have the drogue and tried to deploy at the speed they would have it would probably do some pretty decent damage to both the skydiving equipment (broken lines, blown cells) or to the jumpers because of the opening shock.
The drogue in a tandem jump is necessary and required.
Kris
Yes, I am a skydiver
I'm a newbie with about 100 jumps and just under an hour of freeflail, errr, freefall time (I'm in Oklahoma so we do a lot of hop-n'-pops). I'm just learning how to freefly so I have nothing but enormous respect for what she is attempting to fo.
Col. Kittenger's record was never truly recognized by the FAI because of the drogue he used for stability. The drogue was needed because there just isn't enough air at that altitude to work with for stability.
That said, it is going to be very interesting to see how she pulls this jump off, drogueless like she plans to do. I imagine her year of training will probably partially involve hanging with the FlyBoyz and Olav to get some needed total body control.:)
What is really going to be interesting is when someone finally gets around to breaking the freefall time record from about 36,000 feet using a Birdman suit to slow their freefall.
Kris
USPA A-34859
Heh, I think the CRWdogs might have a problem with that one but I agree with you on the freefall, especially since I switched to freeflying 80 jumps ago. Then again, there is something to be said for a well executed canopy swoop...
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For skydiving I have used the JVC GR-DVM50 and the Sony PC100. They are nifty little mini-DV palm-corders that easily fit on the side of my freefly helmet.
DVD-format would be fast and perfect for being able to transfer video into a PC for editing instead of the fire-wire I use now but there is no way that I'll delude myself into thinking that this camcorder would be able to keep up with a vicious 200+MPH freefly jump like the JVC and Sony Mini-DV will.
Sigh... I guess I'll just have to wait a bit longer on this one.
Well, I like Chess, I'm a Linux geek and a network engineer but if it is an extreme sport that you are looking for I am also an avid skydiver who puts in 3-10 jumps almost every weekend. Not all geeks are low on adrenaline. Remember kids, it's not a real sport unless you can die of massive internal injuries.
I know what you mean. I think I'm going to try the Icarus Crossfire this spring. The Extreme FX & VX are too damn small for me unless I was willing to wingload the hell out of it and at my experience level I would like to keep my femurs in one piece.
Sorry, that's incorrect. Check with Vector or Strong on their tandem systems if you don't believe. The drogue is absolutely vital to making a tandem jump for both stability (hmm, the sidespin phenomenon comes to mind) and to slow down the jumpers to "normal" trerminal speeds of 110-130mph. If they didn't have the drogue and tried to deploy at the speed they would have it would probably do some pretty decent damage to both the skydiving equipment (broken lines, blown cells) or to the jumpers because of the opening shock. The drogue in a tandem jump is necessary and required. Kris Yes, I am a skydiver
I'm a newbie with about 100 jumps and just under an hour of freeflail, errr, freefall time (I'm in Oklahoma so we do a lot of hop-n'-pops). I'm just learning how to freefly so I have nothing but enormous respect for what she is attempting to fo. Col. Kittenger's record was never truly recognized by the FAI because of the drogue he used for stability. The drogue was needed because there just isn't enough air at that altitude to work with for stability. That said, it is going to be very interesting to see how she pulls this jump off, drogueless like she plans to do. I imagine her year of training will probably partially involve hanging with the FlyBoyz and Olav to get some needed total body control. :)
What is really going to be interesting is when someone finally gets around to breaking the freefall time record from about 36,000 feet using a Birdman suit to slow their freefall.
Kris
USPA A-34859
Heh, I think the CRWdogs might have a problem with that one but I agree with you on the freefall, especially since I switched to freeflying 80 jumps ago. Then again, there is something to be said for a well executed canopy swoop...