matt91078 0 #1 November 15, 2005 What to do with a 13.5 year old beat up sabre 170 with unknown jump #'s that needs this done to it: Reline: $185.00; Small surface patch on the right stabilizer x2, left stabilizer x3, B 6x3, B 4, B 1, B 7 x2: 12 @$21.00 each; Small patch on B 8, T 8: $21.00 each; Replace pilot chute attachment: $19.00; Medium patch on B 1, T 1: $31.00 each ;Replace links: $11.40 or slinks $24.95; and a free replacement slider. Obviously I am not paying to have it fixed since it is almost $600 in repair and I have long ago moved on and it is not worth anywhere near that. It is currently labeled as unairworthy until everything but the reline is done by PD since the canopy is fairly messed up from hard openings. The slider was too small by 108.5 square inches, hence the hard openings stressing the canopy and my body - I only could handle jumping it about 20 times, if that before I switched to a Sabre2 170. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 November 15, 2005 So you're wanting to perminantly retire the canopy and make sure its not jumped? Cut the lines off, including the attatchments. If you just cut the lines someone might just get it relined and go, if the attatchments are severed, just about no rigger will reline it with out asking serious questions first.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #3 November 15, 2005 Use it as a car or motorcycle cover. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #4 November 15, 2005 Is there a local master rigger who trains people? It might be an awesome training aid, and if the master rigger is a good guy, it won't be jumped unless it IS fixed completely and properly, and then only by some impoverished rigger. Or you can ask Dave DeWolf (who gives rigging classes) if he wants it for one of his classes. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #5 November 15, 2005 Don't forget to note the fact that it's unairworthy on the warning label. Kolla from PD on how they do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt91078 0 #6 November 15, 2005 That's another thing, the label is completely worn but I had the serial # from the really old data card. Robin Miller said those repairs other than the reline must be done by PD since the damage was so extensive. I will not sell it for jumping purposes. If anyone wanted a sabre 170 they can buy a much newer and safer one than this for about the same as the repairs or just less than its cost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avenfoto 0 #7 November 15, 2005 use it as a cutaway canopy on a under-rig harness, deploy subterminally... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #8 November 15, 2005 If you have a den or sports themed room at home, that canopy might be nice to hang up in one corner..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr17Hz 1 #9 November 15, 2005 Make a kite! Make a 'message from outer space' capsile and drop it someplace far away from the dropzone? Turn it into a giant wind-sock? Make an inflatable holiday decoration? I could think of tonz of fun things to do... I can't wait until I get ahold of an old cypres, too.. i ahve a bit of a background in hobby electronics and i'd love to turn it into some kind of a toy. (to be used safely, of course).Matt Christenson mattchristenson@realskydiving.com http://www.RealDropzone.com - A new breed of dropzone manifest software. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrogNog 1 #10 November 15, 2005 Use it as cheap raw material for anything you want to sew out of that fabric, like a kite or a jacket. -=-=-=-=- Pull. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #11 November 15, 2005 give it to Curtis in Eloy, he will make a pretty candle with it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #12 November 15, 2005 Well mine is 15 years old (DOM 3/91), unknown jump #'s (probably >1000) and flies fine. I think it was relined somewhat recently...and I just had a patch fixed nicely! I probably won't stop jumping mine for 6-12 months. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjchis 0 #13 November 15, 2005 My skydive instructor Mundy trained this 200+ pound skydiver who had a hard opening on one of her later AFF jumps (five or six?) but her weight combined with opening shock caused her main to basically... pop like a balloon! Her reserve opened fine so it's ok to laugh about it. Now here's the cool part: she took the shreaded bits of parachute material, and sewed a dress that she wore to a holiday party later that week! Apparantly she was very talented with making clothes and it looked awesome! No pic... but she's still the talk of TTS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #14 November 15, 2005 Hang it up from the ceiling in the hangar or training area as a training aid. Cut the lines below the cascades, so students can still see how the lines are rigged. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #15 November 15, 2005 Cut the lines and hang in up at the DZ. It makes for a good illustration of a canopy and its various parts when you are teaching a FJC. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #16 November 15, 2005 Quotegive it to Curtis in Eloy, he will make a pretty candle with it... Exactly what i was thinking when i saw the thread title. Burke sent us the info on how they rigged that up and the trials they went through to get it to burn right also. We have a canopy that is set for just such a fate when the weather (we need rain) cooperates. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #17 November 15, 2005 Quotegive it to Curtis in Eloy, he will make a pretty candle with it... Ya, I was going to say the same thing... I saw him loading a canopy with all sorts of stuff last weekend for a night jump, but he never lit that one on fire... Darn... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benforde 0 #18 November 15, 2005 QuoteQuotegive it to Curtis in Eloy, he will make a pretty candle with it... Ya, I was going to say the same thing... I saw him loading a canopy with all sorts of stuff last weekend for a night jump, but he never lit that one on fire... Darn... Not enough time, but I'm sure you enjoyed the Magnesium jump... that was 8 sticks of magnesium. That was surreal, looked like a chunk of the space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere.. or some kind of comet, I am sure 911 got a few calls. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #19 November 15, 2005 take it apart and make a windblade out of it. I'm doing that now with an old skymaster that was landed in a tree.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #20 November 15, 2005 Ya, the Magnesium jump was cool... I saw they "sticks" were wrapped in masking tape with an electric igniter... How was the magnesium configured inside the tape? A stick? Powder? Not that I am going to do it any time soon, but it could make for some fun 4th of july stuff on the ground. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #21 November 15, 2005 Quotetake it apart and make a windblade out of it. I'm doing that now with an old skymaster that was landed in a tree. Or a pair of parachute pants or shorts! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #22 November 15, 2005 that is a perfict canopy for WATER TRAINING ..59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packerboy 3 #23 November 15, 2005 I can think of a good recipe. Few gallons of high octane fuel about 20 or so pallets 1 oily rag 1 campfire pit 1 match 1 case of beer 1 unicycle 1 paramedic mix all ingredients and enjoy -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
87SupraT 0 #24 November 15, 2005 Give it to me, so I can make it remote controlled ~Dale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #25 November 16, 2005 QuoteI can think of a good recipe. Few gallons of high octane fuel about 20 or so pallets 1 oily rag 1 campfire pit 1 match 1 case of beer 1 unicycle 1 paramedic mix all ingredients and enjoy Now why would you want to put a perfectly good paramedic in the fire... I would say go with the hanging the old canopy idea.Divot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
