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Besides the great big shadow!... look at the size of the D-bag compared to the canopy..LOL!!!! Where, and how, do I sign up!... Have fun:) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Quote "Heres a picture the thing opened like butter a little touchey but all in all pretty good reply] Wow...so what you'e saying... it opens facing the ground Where and how do I sign up for that? Nice picture! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Safety and cosmetics... F*** the cosmetics. If it's loose just tighten it back up. It will not miraculously expand. Lets Talk Practicality. Dude, I have witnessed way too many unpleasant events to be politically correct about that. Tighten that shit back up. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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That guy lived. It's now used in a training video My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Even the inventor of the AD has missed. The one I frequent the most does not allow it. The other 3 do. AD #28 none dropped..... yet. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

That's what I meant. 30 or 40 is a rather Low guestimate. Smaller than 90 is becoming rather common. One can only guess that larger sizes will come about fairly soon. (soon being a season or 2) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

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It's the National Guard.. And by toys... well sure there are C130s and helicopters and of course weaponry... I was thinking more on the rigging lines. They have a Fantastic loft. The packing floor is a 3 inch foam Wrestling Mat that would make any packer jealous. I'd venture to guess, that's not top secret My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Interesting. ... That many people can be counted easily. Hmmm... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

This is my personal opinion so take it with a grain of salt For the most part, a handle, whether it's a pillow type or a d-ring, is a handle. Most pillow "TYPE" reserve handles are not very pillow like. Mine for instance, is a metal pipe. It's very easy to grab. Most handles are designed quite well nowadays. After having reserve rides of my own using both type handles, the difference was not readily noticeable. Here's something I've done on multiple occasions. Several rigs, mine included, were ready for repack. The owners agreed to let the newer jumpers, or just one new jumper, pull the handles. The handles were both types. *different size rigs *different handle types *small person under most circumstances. Each emergency procedure was performed and on some occasions the jumper was blindfolded. We picked them up by the risers and made it as realistically difficult as possible with out the use of a hanging harness. The handle type made no difference. It did emphasize peeling the cutaway pillow prior to pulling. Hands slipped off or just couldn't pull the cutaway pillow the first try. The reserve handle was never an issue. Granted this was a controlled environment. But I regularly have new jumpers pull the handles on various rigs whenever possible. THe type of handle has not mattered. It emphasizes training. Lack of training or practice on any system is asking for trouble. Don't ask for trouble, train the brain and the muscles to do perform emergency procedures properly. You won't care what handle you have. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

OH believe me, I'd like to pack it different! Check this out. The parachute must be placed on the left side before stacking . If you Lay down on the right side and it's not legal You don't even want to know what the book says about line stows. Please note: It's done this way because of formalities not because the riggers on the team want it done that way. The Para-rescue team does have some non-standard rigs also. Vector? Ever heard of some Non standard rig called VECTOR? Made by Relative Workshop or something like that? Those can be packed however you want. There will be a Pro-packing lesson involved. The Loft Manager is a talented rigger but is not very familiar with a Pro-pack. You should see all the toys they have! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Um....Ive been known to freefly a bit,.... Can you show me why you do that when I see you next? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Bite My ass... you NorCal FREAK!... ...oh wait.. I'm from Nor Cal... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Maybe so but It still kicks ass and the develpement of the system seems to be a very plausable and probable asset to the skydiving community. Honestly I'll probably never have one (I say that now....), but I'd sure like see my students using something like that. Time will tell By the way Kelly, thanks for the Quick info about stainless. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

http://www.relativeworkshop.com/sales/pdt_skyhook.html plus adding the url tags. ------I finally got to surf the site. That's some really cool stuff. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'm a fisherman. It has nothing to do with that crazy stuff you guys do. (I'm Not really a fisher man) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

One more reply. Unless you see how I use them it's irrelevant whethere I say I do or not. I can easily pack with or with out weights or clamps. This has no bearing on whether you should. My Preference is to use them. I would suspect, any person who saw the how I do use them, would not worry whether or not I left a clamp in the pack job. It's not possible. Ok.. it is possible, but I'd have to remove the clamps, put the parachute in the bag, and then put the clamp in the bag. None the less. It's a choice. It's not Neccessary to use clamps or weights. Now that I've put more thought into it, I would suggest to you, as a new rigger, to use a few tools as possible. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Don't need em... But I like em. I didn't use them for a long time. Now I use them again. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Bill Actually I was informed about that in a different post. I knew there was some corelation to RWS and the scorcerer but failed to research what it was. My apoligies. Thanks for posting the Background to where that Techoligy comes from. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Cool, I knew it was something like that, but I'm lazy . Thanks My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

f***ing a fake sheep. Why? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

This is a video of a Sorcerer BASE rig in use. EDIT: Bill Booth originated the Idea. A similar use of the Technoligy was used in the scorcerer. You'll need quictime to play the movie. It's 1.34 MB so it's not too large. I recomend rt clicking the link and selecting Save As.. Play it when ever you have time. ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/base/sorcerer.mov Edit: keep in mind there is no slider on the second parachute, so the opening is extra fast. Enjoy My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Check this out from... it's a video of a Sorcerer in . It's a good video. It's Skyhook LIKE and it's origins are...well..... read Bills response below. it's 1.34 megs so it doesn't take too long to downoad. You can play it or save it to hard drive and play it by... Rt Click the link and save as, Then you can play it when ever you feel like. Quick time is needed. ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/public/base/sorcerer.mov Enjoy My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto