Hooknswoop 19 #1 October 18, 2003 USMC Looks like the USMC is buying Cypres's. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBCOOPER 5 #2 October 18, 2003 Haven't fielded them yet.They have to set up the 6 month long school that will teach them how to turn it on. Parris Island Graduate "73"Replying to: Re: Stall On Jump Run Emergency Procedure? by billvon If the plane is unrecoverable then exiting is a very very good idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #3 October 18, 2003 Everyone is pretty much at the same point in the fielding of the military cypres. Normally, you can judge how long everyone else has had a piece of equipment by when you hear of the Marines getting it because they usually get it last for some reason. In this case though it is simply a matter of the paperwork and contracting to go through before delivery is taken by the masses. In fact, this issue was pretty much a done deal for the Army about a year ago."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #4 October 18, 2003 Are they going to use them for training only? Real-world HALO jumps you don't take off where you are going to land and it may take a while to fly to the DZ, right? The Cypres can't do that, at least not the civilian version. Will the military continue to use their current AAD's for missions?Is there a military version? Do you know if they are getting Cypres1's or 2's? Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #5 October 18, 2003 QuoteReal-world HALO jumps you don't take off where you are going to land and it may take a while to fly to the DZ, right? The Cypres can't do that, at least not the civilian version. Will the military continue to use their current AAD's for missions?Is there a military version? Do you know if they are getting Cypres1's or 2's? I know the civilian model cypres can be set for different departure/DZ offsets right now. I'd have to look at my cypres card to remember the steps but I know the ability exists on the current civilian cypres you and I have. So the military cypres will most definately have those features and once it's fielded, it will be used for all HALO/HAHO missions training or real world. I believe cypres is calling it the military cypres right now and I know the military will assign it a nomenclature and so on. I would guess that the technology inside would be of the cypres 2 generation and I'm sure it has a few things different from the civilian model being how it has to work in a different environment than that of civilian skydiving."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #6 October 18, 2003 From the USMC link: "The AOD will deploy a parachute automatically in the case that a jumper is unconscious or otherwise unable to open the chute himself." So they are calling their units AOD's, rather than AAD's...that's an issue the civilian community wrestled with many years ago and we changed to AAD to better reflect what the unit does (activates rather than opens). Tom BuchananTom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #7 October 19, 2003 QuoteIs there a military version? Sure is...it allows flight in pressurized airplanes, long flights, all that stuff you would expect. http://www.airtec.cc/Air_CYPRES-2_Military_20030805.pdfPeople are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
