SkymonkeyONE 4 #26 January 21, 2005 QuoteDerek, I do not know you, nor can I judge your "frame of reference".... due to an incomplete Profile. I doubt you know me, however, I will stand by my statement. Tim Tennant Team Paraclete Derek was the former moderator of this rigging forum and co-moderated the swoop forum with me for quite a while. He did extensive live testing on the common version of velcro slider stowing and found no hesitation whatsoever on his cutaways (with his tertiary reserve for safety). Ultimately, the risk of chopping a main that is already flying cleanly and which you have already had time to pull down and stow the slider is infintesimal at best. If you run headlong into someone and get into a canopy wrap you might find yourself in that stowed configuration and having to chop, but Derek's testing results should alleviate anyone's concern about being hung up by the stow. It simply is not an issue, nor have I ever in my life heard of an actual instance where a velcro stow failed to release in a cutaway. When I was still using a non-removable slider I wanted it stowed as low and as tightly as possible. Not only to reduce the parasitic drag and to allow me full harness freedom, but to greatly aid my peripheral vision. Any of the "riser tit" options (like I have on my Sabre2 97 BirdMan rig) are fine for getting the slider low enough that my harness opens up upon chest strap loosening, but they still let the slider ride up high enough that it hangs up on my camera (when worn) and really hampers my vision to the sides. Feel free to get with the program, mister Master Rigger, and let's build you some smacky-booty removeable sliders! No charge for that tip, monkeylip. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #27 January 21, 2005 QuoteQuotePS: I still do not advocate "attaching" myself to an open (and flying) parachute by any means... you would have shit yourself then if you had seen this guy at the holiday boogie. He had a carabiner on his chest strap he attached his slider to. How do you delicately correct someone like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #28 January 21, 2005 How did the system work? Find that out before you become too delicate.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #29 January 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteDerek, I do not know you, nor can I judge your "frame of reference".... due to an incomplete Profile. I doubt you know me, however, I will stand by my statement. Tim Tennant Team Paraclete Feel free to get with the program, mister Master Rigger, and let's build you some smacky-booty removeable sliders! No charge for that tip, monkeylip. Chuck Chimp...I mean Chuck...No, I really mean Chimp..I now have a frame of reference on Derek and it will reflect in my responses/correspondence. I do not see a removable slider in my future. Tim T. PS: Where's my pizza and beer BIIOOOCH? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #30 January 21, 2005 QuoteHow do you delicately correct someone like that? Oh, I would start it off something like ..."hey jackass.." LOL"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #31 January 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteHow do you delicately correct someone like that? Oh, I would start it off something like ..."hey jackass.." LOL If it's that obvious, that would be a nice subtle start Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #32 January 21, 2005 Quotethat would be a nice subtle start Yeah well, you know me...master of Subtlety"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #33 January 21, 2005 QuoteYeah well, you know me...master of SubtletyLaugh I thought you handled stuff like that by saying, "Someone un-fuck him!". Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #34 January 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteYeah well, you know me...master of SubtletyLaugh I thought you handled stuff like that by saying, "Someone un-fuck him!". Derek Oh, I see you have been around during one of my subtle moments LOL"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #35 January 21, 2005 Wouldn't have missed it for anything. Talk about putting lead on target. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #36 January 21, 2005 Thread drift...oh well BREAK Derek, I meant nothing ill in my earlier post and hope to meet/correspond/agree/disagree w/ you in the future. Tim T. Team Paraclete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #37 January 21, 2005 QuoteDerek, I meant nothing ill in my earlier post and hope to meet/correspond/agree/disagree w/ you in the future. No worries at all. I completely understand. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #38 January 21, 2005 QuoteQuoteHow do you delicately correct someone like that? Oh, I would start it off something like ..."hey jackass.." LOL he was in the AFFI course so his shit was too hot to touch. Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #39 January 22, 2005 Quotehe was in the AFFI course so his shit was too hot to touch. See, that ought to be grounds for failure right there.....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #40 January 22, 2005 Build one like this, works great, opens the canopy up and doesn't go back up the risers. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSBDeath 2 #41 January 22, 2005 John, I hope this is not for you...................I can not understand how someone with a cranium as big as yours would ever have any problem with something coming out from behind da-head Who loves you man!!! ArvelBSBD...........Its all about Respect, USPA#-7062, FB-2197, Outlaw 499 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #42 January 23, 2005 I can not understand how someone with a cranium as big as yours would ever have any problem with something coming out from behind da-head --- More thread drift...we're back to John's cranium size... A fun topic, no doubt... John..corrrect me if I'm wrong..Factory Diver XL + an inch (may have been .5 inches...) I don't remember exactly... Tim T. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #43 January 23, 2005 QuoteI don't remember exactly... You always remember, if not exactly. I guess that's the point. It's XXL/L for those waiting for Alex Trebec to call.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usskydiver 0 #44 January 23, 2005 QuoteQuoteI don't remember exactly... You always remember, if not exactly. I guess that's the point. It's XXL/L for those waiting for Alex Trebec to call. I'll make a note of it....and lose the note...and ask again... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #45 January 23, 2005 QuoteIt's XXL/L Man, that's like a Boston whaler with a visor on it"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
