Ripcord

[OmriMon 0]

I always wondered, When u did your AFF, where did u put the ripcord after the chute opend?
Free Skies,
Omri

[cyberskydive 0]

Shoved it in My jumpsuit
D.Chisolm C-28534
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[AggieDave 6]

Throw it and try to hit your JMs (I'm only joking, put it in your jumpsuit )
AggieDave '02
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Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!
BTHO t.u.

[OmriMon 0]

Almost forgot, did u ever dropped it? Free Skies,
Omri

[AggieDave 6]

Nope, but I would probably throw it (by accident) now that I've been jumping with BOC for quite some time. AggieDave '02
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Blue Skies and Gig'em Ags!
BTHO t.u.

[skyhawk 2]

down jumpsuit first few times i was worried about losing it eventualy i kept on getting worried once i landed cause i didnt rember doing it but it was always there

[SKY 0]

I just held on to it. I t really didn't interfere with my steering the chute

[cyberskydive 0]

I didnt ever drop one until I was jumping a brand new student rig that came in and had a canopy in it I wanrted to jump-LOL- about 100 jumps off student status- go figure.
D.Chisolm C-28534
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[Stacy 0]

i dunno, never had a ripcord... had BOC in AFF. =c)
Stacy
http://astro.temple.edu/~sweeks

[jumpergirl 0]

I just stuffed it in my jumpsuit. I did loose one, but since I was the only girl jumping at that dz at the time, they let it slide! :-)

[airtwardo 7]

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I always wondered, When u did your AFF, where did u put the ripcord after the chute opend?

Free Skies,
Omri

Couldn't tell ya...the chute never OPENED!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[NickDG 23]

Most put ripcords inside their jumpsuits, or just stuck them back in its pocket. Putting it over the wrist, as some said, was a bad idea, and broke a lot of wrists on landing . . .

Then there were, "ripcord stops." these allowed you to pull the ripcord far enough to clear the pins, but not far enough for the ripcord to come completely out of the housing. That worked until people started getting killed when during emergency procedures the "floating" and "attached" ripcord fouled on something else.

Ripcord stops made a brief re-appearance when cheap newbie DZOs placed bungee cords on tandem student handles so the student couldn't drop and lose them. The way they were configured was even more dangerous then the original idea. They lasted until enough old timers convinced them how dangerous it was.

Ripcords were cool, and probably (at least the metal handle part) are on there way out as more free flyers move to soft handles. Maybe in a few more years the only place you'll see metal ripcord handles will be on pilot's rigs.

Too bad too. That sixties TV show about jumpers probably wouldn’t have been so popular if it was called, "Pud."

NickD BASE 194