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QuoteQuoteseconded...
Thats right, I forgot you have been in the sport for like 5 minutes but you know everything about me and the history of the manufacturers in this sport. You know it's funny, I rarely ever post in gear and rigging and almost every time I have, you have been there to challenge me. I just want to say thanks for being here. We need people like you around. As you can see from what I quoted above your posts are very informative.
WTF? Maybe you should take a deep breath and figure out why you feel like I "challenged you". This isn't a "mine's bigger than yours" issue. The issue I have is that people in this sport demonstrate a continued propensity to blindly play follow the leader, and often don't take the time to demo canopies made by people other than PD, because it was beat into their head by some equally uninformed person than PD is the end-all-be-all of canopy construction. Sorry but they aren't. There are plenty of kickass canopies out there that PD didn't build.
I hate to burst your bubble, but the idea that I am somehow e-stalking you is preposterous. If I disagreed with you before I probably had a reason. Maybe you shouldn't take disagreement as a personal attack on you, because it isn't.
As for the above mentioned reserves, I'd happily pack any of them into my rig. The R-Max does not have much in common with it's older Raven bretheren, in fact the spanwise reinforcement on it is said to be exceptional. As for Tempos, dash Ms, and old Ravens... I'll pass. Do I think they should all be burned, thrown away or that they are death-traps? Nope. People jumped them for years successfully despite their minor (or not, depending on your opinion) issues. Of course, maybe people that had issues with their Ravens should have payed attention to the placarded max exit weight listed on the canopy.
The fact that a large portion of skydivers don't do any gear research or even read those big orange labels is a problem in this sport and people that reinforce that behavior by saying, "if you don't jump canopy X you're gunna die" certainly isn't helping anyone.
If you disagree with me, great... that's the point of a forum, to hear other people's points of view and experiences. If you'd actually ready any of my posts, it's obvious I have more than _5_ minutes in this sport so I don't know what the point of that comment was other than an attempt to flex your skygod muscle on a new-er skydiver.
NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
QuoteThe fact that a large portion of skydivers don't do any gear research or even read those big orange labels is a problem in this sport and people that reinforce that behavior by saying, "if you don't jump canopy X you're gunna die" certainly isn't helping anyone.
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Excellent point.
When asking for advise on something like this, it's always a good idea to question if the advise given is based on facts or opinion trend.
I remember being told jumping a throw out pilot chute would surely be my demise!
~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~
QuoteBandwagon.
Are you cold yet?
Sparky
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
Nope. Didn't I tell ya we got heat here?
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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
Amazon 7
QuoteI saw her landing on that reserve ride. She knows of what she speaks
You gotta admit.. that was a SWEEEEEET BUTT slide.
No way I wanted to try to run that puppy out.
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Sorry, but I am not bright enough to make the connection.
The R-Max - that I jumped recently was made entirely of white F-111 fabric.
I have also packed a few Raven Dash MZ reserves that had ZP top skins.
What am I missing?
Sorry, my bad...my eyes and brain were doing 2 different things.