Skydiving: Jon's Cat8 Jump

[cruiser277777]

if you go from the belly down position to pointing your head down and arms back i.e a dive, do you actually go any faster?

[JonskyGBR]

@cruiser277777 Hell yes, in belly to earth postion I average about 125mph, by "diving" I've managed 180mph. The record for speed diving is well over 300mph now :)

[cruiser277777]

@JonskyGBR no ****, nice. i was thinking terminal velocity but there you go :p

[JonskyGBR]

@cruiser277777 Well terminal velocity is just the name given to the speed when you stop accelerating due to the drag force you're creating equalling the gravity force. But if you change position you change your drag profile and will slow down or speed up accordingly. So adopting that dive position reduces drag a lot.

[itzko1]

whats the name of the song?? soudns liknda like a porno song.

[JonskyGBR]

It's a version of

"Blackout - Gotta have hope"

[01stursa]

umm i did RAPS course in 15 jumps 2 x Static line 3 X Dummy pull's 2 X 3 second delay's 2 X 10 second delay's 2 X 15 second delay's move to king air

1 X knees in breeze(got cleared for turns)

1 X unstable Exit + backflips

1 x Dive exit +tracking

1 x CAT8 jump

[JonskyGBR]

Show off :P

18 jumps minimum at Peterlee. Don't do unstable exit and backloops together. Nor Dive exit and tracking together. I did 3 stable falls to sort my spinning out, see "spinning around"

[01stursa]

lol wow , you should come to dunkeswell and jump the king , in theory i did it in 15 but i did one more dummy pull just for fun.

[jamesaddison81]

pretty sure it has to be minimum 18?

[01stursa]

"john 'Jonsky' got his Cat 8 in a mere 28 jumps" skydive the mag. august 2007

what does that mean?

[JonskyGBR]

My Cat8 jump, this one, was my 28th jump. Category 8 qualification along with Canopy Handling 1 (CH1) qualification gets you your skydiving A' Licence. I'm led to believe the average is a bit higher than 28 for RAPS students. It's possible to get cat8 in 18 jumps.

[rich2468]

awesome! :) are you a qualified skydiver now?

[JonskyGBR]

I am indeed :)

[rich2468]

Doody! Are you gona get your own rig ? and go on a packing course? :S just an idea i have when i have completed my AFF course so skydiving would be cheaper?

[01stursa]

well done.

[JonskyGBR]

Thanks :)

[01stursa]

i need advice for my 1st 3 second delay , any advice :P?

[JonskyGBR]

Good arch works wonders, don't forget to pull :)

[01stursa]

you legend cheers dude , im at dunkeswell u?

[JonskyGBR]

I jump at Peterlee, have you seen ukskydiver dot co dot uk, it's a good website for skydiving etc.

[01stursa]

do you know someone called harry, goes birmingham uni, quite posh , beerd , glasses young lad wb

[JonskyGBR]

Afraid not.

[01stursa]

oh rite , he came down to dunkeswell and jumps at peterlee.