Used Military Sky Diver Chutes: $40!

[JohnRich 4]

See here:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=256213

I love the whuffo product description.
So how many square feet is that?
I'm glad our chutes have "baffles, to catch more air"!

[airtwardo 7]

WHO says skydiving is expensive!?

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

[darkwing 5]

Hey, put a new line set on one of those and you are ready to go! I wonder if they would tell you what the label on it says? Sometimes the military gets rid of gear that normal people would still call airworthy. Then there is the possibility it has some very serious subtle damage...

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[FrogNog 1]

I'd be willing to line that up and jump it... if it weren't baby blue!

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[Broke 0]

ok 245 square foot, and for some reasion I can only count 8 cells. Is that right?

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Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[airtwardo 7]

I count 7...

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

[Broke 0]

OK I see it is just the way he is holding it
a 245 7 cell for 40. I wonder who made it. Can you use military equipment in a civialian rig? It is my understanding that while all civilian equipment is required to be TSOd, and Military equipment dosen't because it is built to different standards. Or is this irrelivant if this is used as a main canopy?

Divot your source for all things Hillbilly.
Anvil Brother 84
SCR 14192

[airtwardo 7]

Or is this irrelivant if this is used as a main canopy?
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Mains are not TSO'd as a rule.

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

[Liemberg 0]

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put a new line set on one of those and you are ready to go!

I dunno, when 245 sq/ft of parachute opens above my head, I usually prefer a slider to soften the blow a bit...

"Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
A thousand words...

[Travman 6]

"Never opened, only dropped once"

[airtwardo 7]

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put a new line set on one of those and you are ready to go!

I dunno, when 245 sq/ft of parachute opens above my head, I usually prefer a slider to soften the blow a bit...

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Wouldn't work...it needs LINES to slide down!

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

[BRYANGOESBOOM 0]

Check out this ejector seat parachute

http://cgi.ebay.com/42-aux-parachute-military-skydiving-ejectorseat-canopy_W0QQitemZ7233672230QQcategoryZ91561QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not only will you look better, feel better, and fuck better; you'll have significantly increased your life expectancy. --Douva

[droquette 0]

that pilot chute will hold my ejection seat really well in the air... im just going to try it on one of my GI Joe's first if thats of with everyone...

HISPA 72 ----- "Muff Brother" 3733

[Liemberg 0]

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Wouldn't work...it needs LINES to slide down!

That's what he just put on to his $39.95 vintage militairy parachute as he was saying that he was "ready to go!"...

Famous last words?

"Not only did I learn to skydive on the internet, I also learned how to build my own parachute in five easy lessons..."

"Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
A thousand words...