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so I gues youre ok from that tube dive? ...

shut up and go back to bed you bastard. ok so I am drunk psoting so how have u been ...

Blake, put the beer down and step away from the keyboard... ...

The audible singla like a smoke detector means you now have 23 rigs beeping in the plane and you need to distinguish between all of them and tell which one ran out of battery, which one is ok and which one is malfunctioning, which one is on wingsuit mode etc. Claiming that a desing takes cover under the parameters that it solved or acusing it of being a bad design is just a irresponsible approach. If you commision an architect to design a house and provide the parameters for the design to solve, and he provides the best solution possible for those parameters, but then a year later you decide that you want to work out of your house and blame the design for being unsuitable for this, you would be laughed at. The design is not flawed. The user is intending to utilize the design for something that it wasnt intended. The fact that you did not set the parameters right for the design to solve, does not mean that the design is flawed. The cypres solves the parameter that it was tasked to solve, and the manual states the parameters clearly. If you wish to use it knowing that those parameters are different from the ones you require, then its your decision and your fault. If you choose to use it without knowing the parameters, then its still your fault. If you wish to improve on the desing because it does not solve the parameters of your problem, then yes come up with a better one by all means, and that one will have to state which parameters it solves, otherwise somebody will show up in a year claiming that its flawed since it didnt fire while riding a motorcycle in a highway as he was about to impact a car. So then a well designed sportscar (design with the parameters of a sportscar) should be able to act as a all terrain vehicle and go on trail roads if you decide to go off roading? Would you blame the design of the sportscar, or would you realize that your parameters have changed and therefore need to find and pay for a better design that solves your new parameters? or which one is it? there is a huge difference between being deficient and could stand improvement. One means it does not solve the issues that it was originaly tasked with, the other implies that it could go beyond those. no it shows that it works. and it does "make up for some of the cases that slip through" I believe its not the prmary means of deplyment, since the reserve pulls without a cypress outnumber by far the ones by a cypres. ...

Im at working overtime so its a nice break as well

no response for the other questions? well lets see your comments and maybe you'll address my other simple questions and maybe these. "reducing the number of important decisions to a certain frequency, so they become neither routine/tedious nor foreign, so that the human brain is better able to process them without making mistakes," you mean like practicing your EP's, keeping current, knowing how your gear works, and pulling on each skydive and withing certain altitude? Yes I have a hard time remembering how to program an offset since I dont use it, if I jumped at a dz where it would be needed, I would be dumb if I couldnt remember, kinda like remembering all the extra components on a tandem rig. Or do you also intend to make a rig that serves for all occasions? Then again I have jumped at dz's where the LZ was at a different altitude, but at the same time I didnt know the exact altitude airport, and didn't trust the locals so I chose to jump without turning it on. I have it, I dont rely on it. I keep jumping while it is in service. I do rely on my training. The information is obvious if you familiarize your self with your gear, read the manual and/or keep current. If you are not that current and forget, reread it, just like you re-train EP's when you go uncurrent. right? Both my containers have the display in my back, next to my reserve pin, I see it every time I check my reserve pin, reason why its located there. If I see the display in error I will know its not ok, no need for a beep. An audible signal would limit the hearing impaired, and I believe we do have more hearing impaired than blind jumping, wouldnt you agree? I wouldnt want for the sequence of turning it on to be easier and for it to turn itself on when riding the plane down, or do you want it to recognize a steep plane dive as well, and are you willing to pay for that? ...

just a couple of observations and simple questions I have seen a birdman cypres fire, on a low pull after he deployed; It worked then. If you are looking for a cypres that will fire for sure when using a birdman suit, get the student one, I highly doubt that you fall slower than that. If somebody does not know the parameters, its in the manual. Jeb is trying to land a wing suit and by doing so he is pushing the envelope and using his money/research/time and figuring out how to get there. He is not stating that rigs are flawed or need to be improved because they need to include wings that will allow any person who jumps out of an aircraft under any situation to land without deploying a parachute (regardless of skill, knowledge, will to live, physical condition) . Do you really think that landing a wing suit will be for everyone without requiring any skill, learning and knowledge? And by trying to make it for everyone will we end up with hmm lets say a personal plane, which does require skill and learning and understanding of what you are doing, since humanless flight is not an affordable option even for comercial use at this time. And will you still then call it skydiving? How far will ergonomics go? Do we ask for a self installing ADD, with no rigger interface, since we want to eliminate human error from killing ourselves while skydiving? There is a chance that the rigger may install it improperly and therefore it will not work, or shall we say it will work within the parameters (it'll fire) but not effectively extract your reserve and save you. Are we still talking about an ADD that has computer like circuits, which never malfunction or crash since they are designed/produced/programmed by humans? And now you are asking it to interact with other computer devices in the ground that will be also turned on and off and maintained by humans, therefore increasing the chance of failure by increasing human interphase and not decreasing it, which was the initial objective? ...

get good at using the standard push button record it sucks to say that, but one of my set ups has the lanc broken and its easier to do that than get a new camera. ...

The shutter is probably stuck. No not kidding, it happened to my original rebel. ...

The azimut's cutaway is a very similar system to the retrofit from bonehead for the old flat tops that do not have a cutaway hinge. ...

From the RW site: After cross-training from Eclipse, Parachutes de France, Racer, or Strong, ground school, video & the 2 cross training jumps, are successfully completed: " Blue Tandem Instructor Rating Form, signed " Waiver (Experimental Test Jumper Agreement), signed " Test Answers to 65 question Tandem Vector Examination " $25.00 Certification Fee _______________ " FAA Medical Certificate (photocopy) or Foreign Equivalent " Date of exam: _______________ Class: _______________ " USPA D-License or Foreign Equivalent (photocopy) _______________ " Instructional Ratings _______________ " Copy of Eclipse, Parachutes de France, Racer, or Strong Rating " Proof of 25-100 Eclipse, Parachutes de France, Racer, or Strong jumps For Sigma certification, please include the following in addition to above: " Test Answers to Sigma Instructor Exam " $10.00 Sigma Certification Fee _______________ After completion of probationary period, 25 jumps: " Yellow Training Logbook - endorsed twice, with at least 25 jumps logged " Any paperwork which was not submitted after initial training not really sure if the probationary period is true for this as well but might want to write them. ...

we actually saw several flocks of birds going somewhere between 3000-3500 feet last weekend in San Marcos, while we were climbing. we were all thinking that it must suck to hit one. They didnt stick around that long. ...

bigger flyer... no not you josh... ...

Yes, very large and out of shape tandems. I dont have a problem with weight as long as youre fit. A tandem student that I showed up with a couple of beers on him. An most recently a lvl 8 coach jump at the end of a busy sunday, I was just worn out and completely exhausted. Couldve pulled it off, but I rather have someone who would devote 100% attention and effort with him. ...

bwahahhahaha try 84 on saturday with 6 instructors and 88 on sunday with 4 1/2 instructors, yes we were tag teaming to catch a breath. 2 packers ...

I have probably put around 700 jumps on my spectre, and it has about 900 on the same set of line and even though, the brakes were seriously shortened from use, I had nothing but nice soft openings. I am currently on a firebolt and loving it. Its good to pull and be able to smile while you look at it open.

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Why not incorporate with the college club? - cuz he doesnt have to? in all seriousness, who knows what his reasons are but still, why is that poaching? or a scam? ...

its fun specially on a day where not much is going on.

I used to have a pair, and after 3 years the hinges broke off clean. What sucked was that they wouldnt even honor the $40 fix it all fee, cuz they discontinued the model, so their response was sorry better luck next time. Can't say I feel compelled to buy anything of theirs since their lifetime warranty/guarantee is only as good as they decide to keep your model around. ...

I know have had one mine for about 3 years with no problem and the other one for 1 year with no problems at all. both mine are cut and spliced and put back together since I use minoltas which dont take the std plug. All said and done I still have a brand new one as a spare just in case. ...

take a look over there, and yes I am the one who did it so yes it can be done successfully. Have fun. Taking it to a guy who airbrushes is a good idea if you are willing to drop $100- 165 worth a paint job on a $20 helmet. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1592437 ...

PC 101, and TRV-70, both really good cameras. ...

Try just one wing comming off and you having to fly like a pretzel just to keep it in frame and stable while the TI points and laughs! Dark sunset, and you are wondering why isnt the flash going off anymore, in the middle of the dive, just to see your remote cable flap in front of you one second later. ...

laser sight centered with the still camera. I used to switch the still between helmets and the position for the still varied. It saves time just to align the red dot in the middle of the camcorder. Trust me I almost laughed when my buddy showed it to me, but it works and it save me time and effort. ...