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BAWK!! BAWK! this made me laugh - similar to saying a position is a "mute" point - but much funnier thanks, have a great weekend I'm glad you enjoyed that At least I never use mute for moot! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Greetings VT. I can understand your thinking, however to do a thorough job it's a lot more time and effort than you might believe. I chose to just become a rigger and do my own. The ticket has allowed me a supplimental income, plus it gave me a good job for several years and I seldom had to pack reserves either. Think of it this way. A front brake job on a car with floating rotors and no wheel bearings to pack. A person can easily do that in 30 minutes including turning the rotors. I've seen book times of 1 to 1/12 hours. Besides paying way more for the parts than you should, you pay minimum 1 hours labor at shop rate. You can get specials done at some shops like Midas but those type shops are the Kings of finding unnecessary but "suggested" work to pad the profit. When any service is done, a break down of parts and labor is presented. Look at it and pay the man and wonder why you just paid 200 bucks instead of $79.99 Remember, brake jobs are often done by people that are not educated to perform the service or have any form of SAE certification. They do know how to look at a micrometer and determine one pad is wearing slightly quicker than the other. Time to upsell. Example. In my driveway, I just did the brakes on my Toyota including packing the wheel bearings and replacing the rotors in an hour. I took my time since I don't have a lift. Brakes are easy, I'd take doing a brake job over a rig assembly any day. IT cost me something like 95 in parts because I needed rotors. It would have cost another 100 to 150 in labor... and the parts would have been double. Take a rig from start to finish and if you're thorough, an efficient but prime quality assembly, inspection and pack job is at minimum 2 hours and more like 3. You have to be very very motivated to do everything in 2 hours. A listed break down of services would surprise you. What do you get instead of a break down? A simple bill for 100 bucks. While doing the job is not a mystery, the task is very time consuming and physical. If more people broke down the parts and labor charge for an assembly, people would not bawk at it. Hope that helps. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I still use leathers. Either a 2 piece riding suit or a jacket and track pants that zip together. All my gear is armored plus I wear a spine protector. Gloves should be mandatory. Well built and won't fall off the hand when sliding. It needs a wrist strap, not just the cuff. Full face helmet that fits properly. Many years ago I was in a 65/70 mph crash. The first point of impact was my face. The brunt of it was taken by the chin guard knocking me right out of consciousness. My chin required a few stitches. Not bad really. The rest of my gear was pretty shredded but my skin was completely intact. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I stole this snippet from another forum. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Nah, that's not true. if the bike high sides, all bets are off, but if it's layed down, sliders often take most of the damage or at least keep it rideable. Kept my swing arm off the ground. It kept my stator cover and much of the plastic off the ground when mine slid out going a little over 30. Also... the post above mine is good. We're missing something very important though... Riding gear. More to follow... My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Does anyone have an aerial shot of the landing zone he missed after setting up for landing from a few thousand feet in the air? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Good lord ... you're in prime location. You could have it tonight if you wanted to. Get the pass, you already know the people and if some odd reason you don't, let me know, You can even pull high if you want to! My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

OH come on ... there's loads of peeps pushin da whip down 82nd gettin mainy wid it ... ghostridin too. Happens all around you when you're not looking. Just like standup wheelies on motorcycles. He wasn't causing any harm. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Or friends making a funny video My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Just leave it packed. It is not easier on anything to open it. Leave it in a decent environment and come back for it later. In fact, unless you know how to fold them back up nicely for storage, it's completely annoying for the rigger to pack back up. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

DexterBase wrote this and posted it on basejumper.com Chad is a friend of mine so in my own way, I prayed daily for his safe return. Here is the post he put up when the movie was about to air. "Hey everyone, those of you who know me also know that I did a tour in Iraq in 2004. While on that tour one of my Marines (PFC Chance Phelps) was killed right next to me in a pretty nasty ambush in Al Anbar. The Marine that escorted his body back home wrote a very thought-provoking piece about the experience that has circulated throughout the Marine corps and the country in general. HBO decided to make a movie about this Marine and the experience. The movie premieres on HBO tomorrow night. So, for anyone interested here's a link to check out. This was MY Marine that died so it's obviously very important to me. Thanks, Chad http://www.hbo.com/films/takingchance/ " My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

I'll repeat the question If it's a good idea for a pop top, why do you feel it is not a good idea for a rig like a vector? This is an honest question to get your response. Keep in mind that no where is it written that it's a bad idea so please don't use because it's not in the manual as a reason. I don't use that loop by the way but would like to hear a reasonable (or unreasonable for that matter) response. Thanks My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Does this course have a name? My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

If it's a good idea for a pop top, why do you feel it is not a good idea for a rig like a vector? This is an honest question to get your response. Keep in mind that no where is it written that it's a bad idea so please don't use because it's not in the manual as a reason for the question. I don't use that loop by the way but would like to hear a reasonable (or unreasonable for that matter) response. Thanks My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

You probably somehow hurt your ankle and that pain became the dream. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

My monitors are great. It looks exactly like it's going through the cutter. If that's how it was, it's not correct by any means but it would work. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

It would function. The loop would cut, the pilot chute would still launch. The suspension line would probably just slide off but it also may have pulled much of that line out of the stow before doing so. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

And now you have a new *Kitten Assist* Parachute deployment system. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Woops, let's try again. Actually that wasn't meant to attack. Sorry about that. I've been known to sound that way if I am in a hurry and don't proof read... see sigline, not only do I have refrigerator poetry grammar, but insults as well! Seriously wasn't meant to attack. I also mis-read your post. Here's a better answer I have no Idea how many but just a couple years in the mid 90's I watched a few, saw video of a few, just at my usual dropzone. It happened quite a bit as people progressed to faster and more *out of the ordinary* flying. Some Javelins would let pilot chutes escape pretty easily. Vector riser covers would open and let toggles fly freefly... Javelins did that too but the riser covers are short so much less riser was exposed. Racer: If the sides come open, the entire riser is exposed plus it will pull some lines from the main pack tray really causing a mess. I person viewed 1 extremely intense bag lock. The next was a video 5 minutes after it happened. If I recall, he did a double weedeater and the sides blasted open. Hmmm... If Rob Welts still has that video, maybe I can get it uploaded? No promises but I'll give it a shot. I can assure you the velcro was in perfect condition because it was changed the week prior. One girl at our dz broke her arm and messed up her shoulder when a Javelin Pilot chute went under her arm during a sit. I started with a 1990 talon classic. Freestyle and standing was my thing right off student status. By number 20, could hold it and keep it. Probably back slid but it was still a stand. It had a leg pouch. The PC NEARLY escaped so I had it changed to BOC. It would have sucked badly. Freakbrothers jumped whatever they had. It's just what people did until an occasional problem was not occasional anymore. Hopefully that is a much better answer. :) My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Sushi is good. That presentation looks good too. Where do you live? Sushi wasn't appetizing to me until I moved to a sushi rich environment. As for the presentation, that would have been appetizing even before I moved. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

What kind of bike are you considering destroying? Dirt, street... etc? Street bike. Leave your all weather gear up there with the bike, fly back up and ride it down. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Congratulations! I was really happy to hear you worked with Jay Stokes. His skills as a teacher of teachers is downright phenomenal. Most real students are much easier to deal with in the air but when you really need the skills, you'll praise the day you learned them

Sincere question: Do you think that past butt flying on whatever gear was available has any bearing on the reason better gear has come to market? Is butt flying anything like what people are capable of doing today? I would butt fly in a Vector 2 however I won't freefly or do freestyle in it. I've witnessed plenty of premature openings and malfunctions on Vector2, Javelin, Racer velcro rigs. Bruised and broken body parts went along with a few of those. We, learned quickly that certain configurations are not safe. So, Is it relevant to what is safe now? Are those rigs appropriate for how people fly now? That's a rhetorical question by the way since the answer is no. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Cool. Thats your obinion. I disagree. but I do agree with most of you in saying freefly friendly is where your shit doesn't come apart in freefall regardless of body position and speed (within reason). Velcro though can maintain its "freefly friendliness" if its kept in somewhat decent shape. Velcro is strong in many applications. Jarrett. Your rig is micro. I jumped Levin's rig years ago because it's small and secure just like yours. Air wasn't able to just get in and peel open brand new velcro. His main flap was modified to stay mostly shut. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

Here's another serious answer so it may have to be put up somewhere above the not serious answers since that part of questions and answers is over. Natrually velcro is good in many applications. It's a generic statement. "that car is in remarkable condition for it's age" ... same thing. That age may be 28 years with 300,000 miles on it. Not all small racers are like Jarrett's. SOME velcro closed rigs can be decent freefly friendliness and some will never be freefly friendly. In a head down orientation, It is a fact that a larger velcro closed racer will still allow wind to get into the top of the rig where the side closes. It will peel open no matter how good the velcro is. A Tear Drop tends to stay shut. Almost all Velcro closed Racers do not fit that category. ---- Short answer. All parts of the rig just needs to stay shut until you open it. The rig must stay secure against the body. and not have easy access handles for others to dislodge. My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto