300 Lbs. can I skydive?
ThomasM910
Yup, 300 lbs., 6' 7". I have been told that there are no parachutes that
can hold me.
someone has mentioned a chute called a goliath that might be big enough.
I did some static line jumps under T10s years ago, would like to get back
into the sport.
Many thanks.
Tom Miller, Mpls., MN
Amateur Radio Station AA0UU
JDWskydvr
Yes, but with special care. You may be required to use a specially
modified tandem rig to adhere to reserve loading parameters. Otherwise
the Goliath parachue is appropriate but finding a harness system
compatible with your torso length and leg/chest measurements is going to
be difficult. Best advise is to call to your state's drop zones and tell
them the truth about your special circumstances. Drop me aline if you
need direction about dropzones in your neighborhood and/or guidance in
your endeavor!!!! Good luck and hope you find what you need.
Jeffery D. Willis,
D-14773
BVAsk...@aol.com
Whoa! Never seen any skydivers that big! Yeah, you can skydive. In Para
Gear's catalog, there are a few canopies that would be right for you.
Performance Designs has a PD 300 and a PD 340, both 9-cell canopies.
Precision Aerodynamics has a Falcon 300, also a 9-cell. Flight Concepts has a
Man-O-War 320 9-cell canopy. These are just a few that I know of. Keep asking
around.
Good Luck!
Billy
D18895
Tina Marie
In article <96102401085...@emout11.mail.aol.com>,
And you can load the really big canopies heavier then a Stilletto 97. The
airfoils lose a lot of efficiency when you try to scrunch them down - if
nothing else, you greatly increase the line drag (as a percentage of lift)
when you shink a 300 sq ft canopy to 97.
All this is saying is that you'd probably be just find with something
like a 260/265, especially in ZP. I know they make a Triathalon 260 -
isn't there also a Sabre around that size?
Your troubles, however, will be nearly over by the time you are ready
to get off student status and get gear...but if you buy a new canopy,
make sure the A's and B's are uncascaded and red - just in case you
ever decide to take up CRW!
Tina Marie
(yes, I jump big gear)
--
The higher we soar, the smaller we seem to those who cannot fly.
Charles Thomas
In article <54h6i7$p...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> ThomasM910,
thoma...@aol.com writes:
>Yup, 300 lbs., 6' 7". I have been told that there are no parachutes that
>can hold me.
>
>someone has mentioned a chute called a goliath that might be big enough.
I'd contact "Da Base" down at Skydive Chicago. I'm sure you'd fit right
in with their fall rate without having to wear more than 5 pounds of
weights!
Either that or you could call Mahaffey and he'd teach you the art of
jumping canopies loaded about 2:1, so that you could jump a spiffy
Stilleto 170 and have no problems! Goliath??? BAH!!
Charles Thomas
D-18226
Member: Sky Knights SPC
P.S. Yes, both the above statements were VERY tounge-in-cheek! Good
luck pursuing the sport, tho'.
Harley
thoma...@aol.com (ThomasM910) wrote:
>Yup, 300 lbs., 6' 7". I have been told that there are no parachutes that
>can hold me.
A 285# friend of mine jumped a while back (once...decided it wasn't for him.).
I'm not sure what equipment he used, but everything worked out fine.
-Harley
"Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience? Well...that comes from poor judgement!"
TBir...@aol.com
Good Luck. We have a few guys over 250 lbs. This could make one smoking base.
This will test the claims on Dive-rite suits.
Tom
Rebecca Ridings
Sure you can skydive! It is the Parachute ride afterwards that might be a
problem ;-)
Sorry, couldn't resist that one!
Becca.
Günther Ernst
Rebecca Ridings <rebecca...@lrmc.com> schrieb im Beitrag
<s2700f...@lrmc.com>...
not necessarily. Strong Enterprises has got, what he needs.;-)
blue skies,
Mick
pas...@vir.com
In article <01bbc390$49930760$0b95...@ppp-109.mbis.de> "Günther Ernst" <g.e...@ddorf.mbis.de> writes:
>From: "Günther Ernst" <g.e...@ddorf.mbis.de>
>Subject: Re: 300 Lbs. can I skydive?
>Date: 26 Oct 1996 22:49:26 GMT
A l'ecole ou je saute, c'est 254 lbs le maximum, mais il te font signer un
papier pour ce decharger de toute responsabilites. Mais un de mes amis a
saute quand meme, a 295, et il sait brise les deux chevilles...
Ciel bleu
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Xiaojiang Gao
Does it cost two jump tickets for a 300 Lbs. to get on a load?
Matjaz
Xiaojiang Gao <xxg...@leonard.anu.edu.au> wrote in article
<5513pi$8...@manuel.anu.edu.au>...
> Does it cost two jump tickets for a 300 Lbs. to get on a load?
>
>
Why, are you concerned you're gonna have to pay extra????
jump high
pull low
pack fast
Matt.
Trying2Fly
In article <01bbc4ab$35f1a060$981e02c1@stenar>, "Matjaz "
><5513pi$8...@manuel.anu.edu.au>...
>> Does it cost two jump tickets for a 300 Lbs. to get on a load?
A friend of mine had a tandem operation in Alaska a few years back. I
think his prices were $100.00 plus a dollar a pound over a hundred pounds.
He had his own scale.
Daniel Briggs
In article <5513pi$8...@manuel.anu.edu.au>,
Xiaojiang Gao <xxg...@leonard.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>Does it cost two jump tickets for a 300 Lbs. to get on a load?
In DQ CRW, we tend to put the heavy guys at the top of largish formations.
A few weeks ago, we were doing 17 way out of a pair of King Airs, which we
also had to share with a tandem + video. As it happens, all three of the
tandem group were large fellows, and they were put into the lead plane with
the base. Man what a load of raw meat we had on that plane! It's a good
thing we only had about 10 of us on that plane, or we'd have been over
gross for sure! I suspect the *average* weight on that load was well over
200 lbs.
--Dan .===.
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