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Thoughts?

Pendulator is cheaper, easier to set up and more useful as a training device.

Bungee is probably more fun in it's own right, though.

Thank you Tom, would you mind explaining what a pendulator is? I've never heard of it.

Cheers

A Pendulator is a still air launch simulator used to practice BASE exits. It was first developed by Ronnie Risvik and the Stavanger BASE Klubb about ten years ago.

It's really very simple. You basically string a rope between two trees and rig up a pulley on the line attached to the jumper. You belay from the bottom end of the rope so you can lower the jumper to the ground. You can crank out a practice exit every minute or so very easily, so that you can fix problems with the exit quickly, without having to wait an hour or more between attempts.

I'll see if I can find a video somewhere. Or if you're near Twin Falls, I'll set one up tomorrow afternoon for the course I'm teaching, and you can stop by and see how it works.

Similar system can be seen in the beginning of this Pressurized FJC video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQdeXkGE-sU

is here anybody can help me with more details about this device , any diagram or plan ?
i would like to make it here in iran .

I'd think you get the same results with bungee. Plus it is a whole lot of fun. <a href="http://www.freemanxexperience.co.nz/land-adventure-tours/bungy-jump-swings/">FreemanX Bungy Jumping</a> - <a href="http://www.freemanxexperience.com.au/land-adventure-tours/bungee-jump-swings/">Bungee Jumps & Swings</a> across Oz and NZ

The best way to practice BASE exits is thru meditation and visualization...

hej my first post here, youre asking about bungee so i guess u got no skydiving licence? otherwise i would say balloonjumps are cheaper than bungee :)