peregrinerose 0 #1 December 4, 2007 After 7 very long years of putting 75% of my take home pay toward my student loans, they were paid off a few months ago, so I did what any self respecting person freshly out of debt would do... order all new gear! I got the main and reserve (custom color main, of course!) a month ago, and finally, after ages and ages of waiting, the container showed up yesterday. Isn't she pretty???? Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #2 December 4, 2007 Pretty! Congrats! Use it well!_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #3 December 4, 2007 Sooooo... is this your FIRST fully custom ordered rig? You know what that means!!!! ... and thanks for no "packing fairy" pictures. Oh, sorry, and "Yes" thats a way cool looking container. Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #4 December 4, 2007 Quote Sooooo... is this your FIRST fully custom ordered rig? You know what that means!!!! Wink ... and thanks for no "packing fairy" pictures. I just paid my beer penalty on the canopy, so will definitely pay up for the container too. It's the only way there's any decent beer at the DZ anyway... everyone else buys light beer crap! And I have better than Packing Fairy pictures now anyway... I have it on video Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #5 December 4, 2007 Quote And I have better than Packing Fairy pictures now anyway... I have it on video I am sooo glad I do not have high-speed internet access. I think I'm going to stick with my dial-up so I don't download/launch such a video by mistake. OBTW... will this be the FIRST time to you've assembled and packed a brand new rig for yourself too? Lets see... should also have a FRIST jump on new rig coming up soon and... soooner or later... FIRST reserve ride on new rig... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #6 December 4, 2007 OBTW... Javelin, right? Did you get it without the Skyhook option? Can you still get a new Javelin WITHOUT a Skyhook?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #7 December 4, 2007 You CAN get a new Javelin without the skyhook, but they are all skyhook ready and the new yoke design. I don't think they'll build an old design one but you could ask. You can find the cost of adding a skyhook later in their rigging rates. You might check the relative cost and decide to order it but not put it on so you can more easily resell it to a brain washed newbie. ( Did I say that out loud!!!! @*%$# Damn, gotta watch that.) Just kidding (mostly) about the brain washed newbie....... There are brainwashed old farts too! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #8 December 4, 2007 Quote beer penalty Penality? It's not a penality, it is a wonderful thing that I miss. What I wouldent give to be able to have a reason to go to a DZ and have a reason to put a case in the cooler for the others. Congrats on the gear, looks great...Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JENNR8R 0 #9 December 4, 2007 But... but... but... It doesn't match your Pelthead Helmet!!! What do you call a beautiful, sunny day that comes after two cloudy, rainy ones? -- Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #10 December 4, 2007 Quote You CAN get a new Javelin without the skyhook, but they are all skyhook ready and the new yoke design. I don't think they'll build an old design one but you could ask. You can find the cost of adding a skyhook later in their rigging rates. You might check the relative cost and decide to order it but not put it on so you can more easily resell it to a brain washed newbie. ( Did I say that out loud!!!! @*%$# Damn, gotta watch that.) Just kidding (mostly) about the brain washed newbie....... There are brainwashed old farts too! Terry, Thanks, good to know. I guess if I saw a new one it would make total sense, old yoke vs. new, but what changed? How would one not "put it on" if one got a new Jav with Skyhook, but wanted to pack it up "old school" style... without opening a potential can of worms like want went round and round with Javelin's and their RSLs here awhile ago... Terry... I went and read Sunpath's new users manual and see the instructions on how to pack up a new Jav without the Skyhook. Makes perfect sense now... but looks like you still wind up with a rig that has the reserve pin on the end of the RSL and the reserve rip-cord becomes just a pin-puller in that configuration even... ala-Bill Booth-RWS-UPT-Vector... I dunno, it works, I know, but never was much of a fan of that, just doesn't feel right, but that's just me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mirage62 0 #11 December 4, 2007 Quote Isn't she pretty???? Yeah and the rig isn't bad either Congrads you deserve it now be careful and have funKevin Keenan is my hero, a double FUP, he does so much with so little Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrightskyguy 1 #12 December 4, 2007 It's always good to see someone repaying thier student loans, congrats! John Wright World's most beloved skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #13 December 4, 2007 Terry already answered the skyhook questions, but yes, I did get Skyhook, and every other bell and whistle I could possible put on that thing... when I saw the order form, I think I ran the pen dry of ink from checking every possible option box I even got the matching gear bag and mini-rig bag. Jennifer, it may not be the same color as my pelt, but don't you know that fur can go with anything The best part of the rig is that the leg pads hit parts juuuust right when I walk. So if you see me wearing my rig even at night, or if it's raining, or to the grocery store, or to the gym...... ya'll know why Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squarecanopy 0 #14 December 4, 2007 First off, Doctor, Congratulations on working hard and paying your student loans back! That is way cool. And congratulations on the new rig! Good for you!! Jump it in good health and blue skies- Bill Just burning a hole in the sky..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #15 December 5, 2007 There's a rig in that picture? All I see is... a huge smile. Congrats. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #16 December 5, 2007 Quote The best part of the rig is that the leg pads hit parts juuuust right when I walk. FOUL! TMI!! That will be a penalty case of beer!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #17 December 5, 2007 You can use a traditional terminal pin ripcord. See page 75. But, you end up without an RSL as well as without the skyhook. If you want an RSL you have to use the marine end ripcord with the pin with the eye. I've never liked the system either. Larger housing, pin that can act as a ripcord stop, thicker pin, etc. I still always smile when I remember how anti RSL Bill was until he had a reason to sell one, the skyhook. Bill always maintained that you had to decide whether or not to release the shackle and disable the RSL before a cutaway in the air. Maybe that's why you need a skyhook. To make up for the time spent deciding not to release the shackle.There are differences in the yoke and main riser covers necessitated by the collins lanyard and the skyhook. As well as an extra flap. Haven't packed a Javelin with a skyhook yet but was just looking at my notes from the PIA symposium demo last night. I'm for RSL's, but not sold on the complexity of the skyhook. Anxious to see other solutions come out. Of course Action Air has authorization to put their "traditional" RSL on anything. Don't know if they're putting it on skyhook ready Javelins or not. But that is one way you could have a swagged pin ripcord and an RSL on a new Javelin. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #18 December 5, 2007 Jen, Didn't mean to hijack your thread.Yes you do look happy. Can the snakes put up with your smiling all the time? BTW I just got a double needle machine. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #19 December 5, 2007 VERY NICE! Congrats! A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilchief 1 #20 December 5, 2007 I can't see you rig, your simle takes the attetion =D I know the feeling of new gear, and it's great! Enjoy"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci www.lilchief.no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingBlueJay 0 #21 December 5, 2007 Congratulations! Nice looking container! I remember how excited you were about everything a couple months ago at Maytown! I'm glad it all finally made it too you.There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Pick a nice day, and try it. - Douglas Adams Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #22 December 5, 2007 No problem on the thread hijack, it's been interesting reading I did pack one Jav with skyhook at Dave's before getting this, didn't find it all that difficult. The pin is a PITA, but using a really fat pull up cord makes getting it in the loop much easier. To those that missed the rig due to my grin, I'll just have to wait til I stop grinning about the rig to post a new pic. But that isn't going to happen any time soon. ZigZag, I'll gladly pay an extra case of beer for the benefits of those well placed leg straps. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #23 December 5, 2007 I read through that and my thought was not so much how “lucky” you are to have your rig, you worked hard, and worked a hardcore financial priority list to be where you are! I thought how lucky of a guy your packing ferry is to be with such a person! Skydiver chick! Financially responsible chick! Knows the difference between cheep American pilsner, and good beer! Educated, and intelligent! I know the joy you had with the rig, not only for the fact that you have new gear, but that it was a very long and hard earned goal/reward as well. Way to go! Very cool rig as well. It’ll look even better all packed up, and on your back! MartinExperience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #24 December 5, 2007 Quote ZigZag, I'll gladly pay an extra case of beer for the benefits of those well placed leg straps. Guess that means you only need the packing fairy now for... well.. packing! Maybe you should let Sunpath know of this "effect" so they can market it... and think of the whole cadre of female test jumpers they'd need to hire to perfect the option... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #25 December 5, 2007 Quote You can use a traditional terminal pin ripcord. See page 75. But, you end up without an RSL as well as without the skyhook. If you want an RSL you have to use the marine end ripcord with the pin with the eye. Wait wait wait! Remember how the community exploded a few months back here over Javelin's with their RSLs removed and Sunpath basically said if that's done it has to be done by a master rigger and signed off by a master rigger but they STRONGLY recommend not doing that... translation... If you do it and you get a master rigger to sign off on it and you bounce, we're going to hide from the liability / shove it off on the rigger that did it for you. NOW... you can basically order a new Jav... use a terminal pin reserve rip cord (per the manual) and ditch the whole Skyhook RSL. I can't say as I'm disappointed to hear that... just seems like a reversal. Quote I'm for RSL's, but not sold on the complexity of the skyhook. Anxious to see other solutions come out. I'd agree with that. I'm fairly neutral on the "great RSL debate" and don't want to dredge it up here. Anyway... okay... now back on topic and lets talk more about PRose's pretty new orgasm rig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
