Altimaster III & Hi Alti. Jumps

[wlie 0]

I'm wondering if my Altimaster III will be damaged by taking it up to 24,000 ft.
It's not the Stratosphere model, and it doesn't say Galaxy on it, but it's one with a user replaceable lense.
Any comments?

[GroundZero 0]

won't be damaged by going higher, but it won't start moving on the way down 'til you get to about 17,000'.. (that coincides with where it will stop moving on the way up, neat, eh?)
Chris

[freeflir29 0]

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that coincides with where it will stop moving on the way up, neat, eh?

As long as it DOES start moving again......."Here I come to save the BOOBIES!"

[kopelen 0]

your altimeter will stop around 17k then start back down when you dscend below 17k, I have seen it stick sometimes. Also you can geta chmaber test done on it to find out where yours stops approx.

[wlie 0]

And I hope it starts moving after descend past 17,000. I'll be going to Alaska for the Summer boogie. First DZ outside of my home DZ and I'm not going to be familar. I've only got one alti. so my backup plan is to dump on the first sight of an open parachute. Or better yet - jump with other people and do some 2+ ways.

[lazerq3 0]

Alt 2's web site says the ALT 3 stops at 18000ft MSL and when you fly through that alt it will regain itself!!!
jason

[GroundZero 0]

right... (our local elevation is ~1000' msl...) meaning 18000' msl is where the aneroid ends its flexing expansion.
Chris

[Michele 1]

I know I didn't read this right...

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so my backup plan is to dump on the first sight of an open parachute.

But wouldn't that be pretty low? Say, for example, everyone on your load is pulling between 3K and 2K...By the time you spot one (*if* you spot one), and it's open, it's been open for a little while...so maybe 100 feet of full canopy descent...and it takes about 400 to open...so now, by the time you see an open parachute, you're at 2.5K...then, as was so eloquently explained, you reach and pull which takes +/- 250 feet...so now you are at 2.25K...and let's say your canopy opens again in about 400 feet...which puts you somewhere about 1.85K...do you usually pull this low?
Please, someone explain that I read this wrong...but be nice, I have no idea about distance ratios and air speed, and I don't even consider myself a novice yet in skydiving...
Ciels and Pinks-
Michele
Life is what you make it; always was, always will be.
~Grandma Moses~

[wlie 0]

I guess I was asking for it. My plan of course is to stay alive and in the event that the needle sticks, I'm gonna dump whether or not I see anybody else open. So basically - when I see an open parachute it means that I should have been under canopy too.

[PhreeZone 20]

If you have allowed for proper seperation you should be able to see the group infront of you open as you turn to track on most normal skydives. At 7 seconds between groups that means that the first group is opening as the second group is breaking usually. As you track you should be looking for canopies anyways.
If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will....