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The armor is still fine. There's a crush zone made out of honeycomb aluminum and it's still in tact. Even though the fall was pretty hard, it was probably a lot lighter than the blunt impact it's designed to take. The armor is nice and wide so it disperses the impact to a much wider area. In fact, my spine had zero bruises on it. It was every thing else that hurt. I know my friend still has his and it's in good shape too. Not all the spine protectors have the honeycomb crush barrier but they do all have a padded backing. So a nice thick plastic and padded backing will help out quite a bit under many circumstances. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Yep. 2 people I know.my friend, and me. My friend was jumping in a foreign country snagged a light post and ended up on his back on the sidewalk. With only the wind knocked out of him, he reached up with his hook knife and cut the lines that went over the pole. He escaped unseen and only bruised. The fall I took was the end result of a jump from a low crane into a construction area. The fall was from about 15 feet. I landed on concrete directly on my back in the fetal position. You would hardly believe all the stuff on the ground that I missed. There is no doubt that it would have killed or paralyzed me. My friend who witnessed this, was certain I was messed up badly, but I got up and walked away several minutes later. Everything hurt for a few days but that's it. The jacket I had on at the time was just like the one in the attachment. This is also what Tom has. My friend was using only the spine protector. The jacket I wear now, is just like Chad and Katies but the spine protector is like the one below. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

The design is horrible. Wings is not my first choice of rigs but it's a good rig. That particular handle attachment, however, is very poorly thought out. How many years have hand deployed pilot chutes been in existence? How many more times do pilot chutes have to become rendered useless after it ties itself in a not after deployment? The handle should be sewn down to the apex. The way it's tied on is for ease of manufacturing. Hackey Handles are less likely to snage but present the same type of danger. Both types have resulted in malfunctioned pilot chutes towed behind the jumper. In that situation, the hazards presented when the reserve is about to be deployed are vast. The use of a hackey handle equipped pilot chute resulted in a BASE fatality when the bridle wrapped the handle on a wingsuit jump. I would never suggest the use of that type of handle attachment used in the one pictured, but I would suggest discontinuing its use if you own one. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Here are some things the come to mind: This is often jumper induced. Are you steering the canopy as it opens or are you just letting it open? Often if you "help", it makes the openings more like you describe. If you just let the canopy finish opening without attempting to steer, the opens often become tame. Additionally, do you watch your pilot chute after you toss it? If you do, then stop. Throw it, but not hard, and maintain a heading without watching. Packing has some affect but if it's really squirrely, it's either a problem canopy, or it's jumper induced. Let a highly experienced jumper, take your canopy for a ride and see how it opens for him. Good luck My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm not going to read the whole thread but have skimmed it well enough to read... gear fear... Raven horrors... No matter what parachute you find yourself under, do a canopy control check. If you find yourself under a reserve, remember it's not fragile, it's just a parachute. So do the checks. That includes turning both directions and performing test flares. When you perform the test flares... remember where the flare point is. When people stall the Raven series canopy, it's simply because they get near the ground and cram on the brakes and it folds up. Don't do that. Test flare it and flare the canopy how it wants to be flared. I've landed a 109, a 120, and a 135 and have stalled none of them because I did a control check. You can too. I still prefer a PD of similar size to the Micro Raven due to the flight and flaring characteristics but the Micro Raven will land you fine if you ask it too. (not verbally either) Good luck! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

El Paso to be specific. Brittany, I'm almost home. Only 700 plus a few more miles to go. Texas is not small. Breaks over ... back on the road. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

My guess is, you wish to remove the ability to release the risers. There's no real reason it would be necessary. Connect the risers as usual and use a cutaway handle with the excess being at least 6 inches. Removing the release capabilties has the potential to cause problems. Catch the canopy over a light pole, or stick yourself in a tree and you'll have to remove the harness to getaway. If you land in a body of water, again, you can't release the canopy. If it's a fast moving body of water, you may and probably will drown. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

hehe... I didn't praise windows or anything... I was just cappin on the linux geeks that have nothing good to say I'm well aware that dz.com is run on linux. Windows probably wouldn't handle it quite so nicely My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Who cares You linux whiners My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

First place to look is Craigslist. http://austin.craigslist.org/apa/ Usually there's a map link to the location at the end of the text. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Does it change when you push on the brakes? Put it in park, push on the brakes, if it changes, check the hose, and the vacuum booster. Pull the hose from the booster and plug it. See what happens. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/power-brake1.htm My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Brilliant!!! Though a line over could damage the canopy. Pack it with line twists and one toggle unstowed. That should do nicely. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Do not skip out on the Reserves ... No question. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

"There can be only one" My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Freezing Temperature is 32 degrees F That's kinda cold but it's not really really cold or even really cold... this will be a treat!! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Define "cold" in Houston. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

no... I'm done I was just taking a break and having a touch of fun. It was more for my entertainment anyway. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Just click no when it asks you to install it. I opened the Silhouette link but it was rather slow. Here's a direct link. http://www.performancedesigns.com/silhouette.asp My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nope, that was the only time so far See ya in a couple weeks. I'm still waiting for my hyperactive dial. Don't get used to that stuff. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

with the exception of the names added today, this list is two years old so many of the folks on it will not be there. They have already jumped, partied, and gone home My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

ugh.. whipped cream on a plate.. blah! A friend and I were talking about that just yesterday. Friends don't let friends smash a plate of whipped cream from a can into anothers face. Make it something good. Can's of whipped cream are for inhaling the nitrous. nothing more. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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Depends on which universal plane you're in. In this one the risers come with the rig. Hope that helps. -out My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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