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Hi again... I did a reconstruction. Attached is a picture of how it should look like and how it definitly should not look. If you're unsure of which is correct, then you should not do pin checks before you are sure. As for when to cut away or not, my opinion is to allways cut away. You don't have time to evaluate what is wrong, and almost allways it will be correct to cutaway. The last thing you want is your reserve entangled in your main. The only time I would go directly on my reserve handle, is if I have lost altitude awerness and are way to low. I don't want to pull my main and have the cypress fire one second later. If you're not sure, you are sure. -Fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

I havn't a nickname at the DZ yet, but as a nick for dropzone.com I chose Fudd. One of my co-workers started calling me a fudder when I started jumping. He says it's the sound skydivers make when they hit the ground. He's a former pilote and doesn't under That's it -Fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

The too many connection error that i got showed all details. My username, password, perl version, mysql database name/user/password. You might want to tighten the security there a bit. -fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Hi The second jump on my newly purchased Vector II rigg i made a crucial mistake while packing. I manage to get the bridle under the third flap when I was closing the container. This made it impossible for the pin to come loose. I put on my rigg and asked an experienced skydiver to check my gear. She missed it. When in the plane, another skydiver checked my pin, and he missed it to. When I pulled at 3000' nothing happend. Just a pilote in tow. I realized something was horrible wrong and did my emergency procedure. Cut and pull the reserve. Looking at my altimeter wasn't what I thought of when I hang in my reserve, but I guess I had a fully inflated canopy at about 1200'. I spotted a nice place to land, and landed without injury. Guess I were a little lucky, because my firelite reserve loaded at 1.14 had an incredible speed when I came down. A PLF probably saved me some broken bones. Lessons to be learned: 1. Check your gear before jumping. Be sure nothing stops the bridle from pulling out the pin. 2. When you check others gear and your're not sure if what you are seeing is correct, ask someone else to verify. It's scary that two people didn't see that the bridle was wrong. I guess most people just look and see that the pin is well into the closing loop. 3. Don't jump riggs with too small reserves (unless you know what you're doing). It's pretty stupid to get seriously hurt during landing a small canopy you don't know how to handle. I dare not to think how my landing would have turned out with a reserve loaded at 1.4 I'm still alive , and won't do this mistake again. By posting here, I hope some else won't to, and that you all checks the bridle when checking some elses rigg before they jump. This was my 38th jump and first reserve ride. Shaken but not stirred. CASE!!! -fudd

As I expected, it may cost too much, or not be a good idea. I'll guess I'll have to have a new slider too. The hole that is cut in my slider is BIG. Usually, if not everyone is doing it, there's a reason. Maybe I'll turn the canopy into the dropzones coolest tent... I'll ask my rigger if he believes it's worth trying (coating or tenting). Thanks for all the input. Blue skies! -fudd There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

The lines doesn't look to bad. The DoM is 89, and it got microlines. I think the might have been changed once allready. The canopy looks to be in mint condition. No repairs, spots, dirt, so it looks to be in almost mint condition. The previous owners have taken good care of it. When looking at it, you wouldnet expect the fabric to be worn out, except there is a large hole cut out in the slider. It opens nice if I roll the front cells a little tight when propacking it. (and it is extremely easy to get all the air out when packing to .) I've sent a mail do PD and asked about their recomendations. They probably advice me to buy a new Saber. I'm probably going to downsize sometime next summer, so I only need the PD190 for at most 100 more jumps. Have anyone here actually tried coating a canopy? I'd like to hear how the effect has been. -fudd

Hi I have a PD190 that I think has aprox 500-600 jumps. I've heard talk about spraying the F111 fabric with silicon to prolonge the life of the fabric. My canopy is almost impossible to land smoothly in low/no wind conditions. Does anyone have any experience with spraying the fabric with silicon. Can I do it myself, or do I need to get a rigger to to it? Any information would be apreciated, as I can't afford a new canopy yet. Had a couple of HARD landings, but I still haven't hurt myself seriously... Blue skies... -Fudd