 Parachuting, Base jumping, HOW difficult!! |
 Nov 10 2003, 01:47 AM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499  |
Ok This is kind of a follow on thread to my one about spirits.
You see our little prankster (well call him Tag) needs a bit of a back up plan for when he painting the side of a building (still 140 floors up appox 500m) So i was thinking a LALO parachute, for the purpose's (if need or for fun) of base jumping off of said building. (I'm one of these people that has to have to character actually able to do his/ her chosen hobby) So i decidded to have a reread of the parachuting rules. I have discovered that Tag is looking at Tn's of 12+ :eek: to just OPEN his chute let alone not hit any buildings on the way down! ( 6 (10-4 (for 400m opening) +2 LALO, +4 Tight terrain, not including any weather effects) Is it me or does that just seem a little on the high side? Now granted i haven't done any parachuting myself so i might be suffering from the effects of hollywoodism. But if not how good (ie skill lvl) do you have to be to be able to base jump! (Let alone as good as swoop from drop zone). And as a side note. Again is it me or is 30kgs a bit on the heavy side for a LALO parachute? |
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Shockwave_IIc Parachuting Nov 10 2003, 01:47 AM
TinkerGnome Hmm... it does seem like it's insanely hard to... Nov 10 2003, 02:07 AM 252 I can tell you parachutes are fraggin heavy I thou... Nov 10 2003, 02:08 AM Siege Take a look at this webpage and give it a skim for... Nov 10 2003, 02:20 AM mfb personally, i think that the parachuting roll shou... Nov 10 2003, 02:21 AM Kanada Ten I would think parachuting from a plane makes it ha... Nov 10 2003, 02:30 AM Shockwave_IIc Well i've just been to a fw sites and found ou... Nov 10 2003, 02:35 AM Dim Sum Shockwave, BASE jumping is a little more involved ... Nov 10 2003, 03:01 AM Shockwave_IIc @ Dim sum, I don't doubt it's more diffi... Nov 10 2003, 03:14 AM FlakJacket The parachuting TN's have always been a little... Nov 10 2003, 03:18 AM Dim Sum QUOTE (Shockwave_IIc) @ Dim sum, I don't dou... Nov 10 2003, 03:28 AM TinkerGnome Adapt the grenade rules to the parachuting rules. ... Nov 10 2003, 03:58 AM Dim Sum Not a bad call, TinkerGnome. I like it. Nov 10 2003, 03:59 AM mfb if you break the roll down into two parts, you sho... Nov 10 2003, 04:02 AM TinkerGnome You don't even have to add new rules for succe... Nov 10 2003, 04:09 AM Shockwave_IIc QUOTE (Dim Sum @ Nov 10 2003, 03:28 AM) This ... Nov 10 2003, 04:10 AM Game2BHappy In 2002, 750 people jumped off of the 876' New... Nov 11 2003, 09:12 PM Shockwave_IIc So anychance of some one coming up with a new set ... Nov 11 2003, 09:14 PM Game2BHappy To be honest, I might not have responded had I not... Nov 11 2003, 09:30 PM Siege Bah, he'd have to be moving pretty fast to lan... Nov 12 2003, 04:40 AM Doctor Funkenstein QUOTE (Game2BHappy @ Nov 11 2003, 03:12 PM) I... Nov 16 2003, 10:38 PM Kagetenshi Thanks
~J Nov 16 2003, 10:45 PM Shockwave_IIc But when the rules are clearly wrong/ lacking you ... Nov 16 2003, 10:57 PM Doctor Funkenstein I agree completely, actually.
I liked MFB's s... Nov 16 2003, 11:01 PM apple Well, it would not be the first time that Fanpro/F... Nov 16 2003, 11:08 PM Zazen QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) I figured that since th... Nov 16 2003, 11:31 PM Kagetenshi Perhaps I should clarify my position:
When the ru... Nov 16 2003, 11:35 PM OurTeam Consider also Cave Jumping: Photo or Article Nov 16 2003, 11:53 PM Shockwave_IIc ok since no one else is going to do it, here's... Nov 17 2003, 03:26 AM Kagetenshi 8S? So it doesn't matter if I'm falling of... Nov 17 2003, 04:41 AM Shockwave_IIc Well i came up with this figure from 2 angles. Th... Nov 17 2003, 04:54 AM tisoz Why not scrap the 10- base TN and set it at 4 for ... Nov 17 2003, 05:22 AM Kagetenshi Oh, I'm not arguing that the chute would help ... Nov 17 2003, 05:29 AM Shockwave_IIc Because the terrian your falling into shouldn... Nov 17 2003, 05:32 AM Kagetenshi I'm not going to use it at all. Thus far no on... Nov 17 2003, 05:37 AM Shockwave_IIc Well how detailed do they have to be? Too much det... Nov 17 2003, 05:47 AM Kagetenshi Nope. Currently the only use of Parachuting I... Nov 17 2003, 05:55 AM
Dim Sum I have to say I don't really bother sticking e... Nov 17 2003, 06:15 AM  |
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