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Or a Guzzi where the oil filter is INSIDE the motor Some old motorcycles had centrifugal oil filters, like a centrifuge. I don't thing those were ever intended to be cleaned out. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You don't have to work fast, the ramps will not collapse under the weight of a civic. You should replace the little washer for the drain plug every time on a Honda. They sell them at the local auto parts places here, but not many people buy them. Get them from a dealer if nothing else. Another alternative to using oil change places where you don't know what idiot is doing it, is to use a traditional repair shop (not just a quicky oil change place) where you can get to know the mechanic, and be a bit more certain of their ability to not do something stupid. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There is no more cost for batteries on the cypres II. They do not need to be replaced at 2 years, and are included as part of the $160 maintenance. It is very tempting to see the lack of a mandatory costly maintenance check as an advantage for some AADs, but consider that the start-up self test function simply cannot confirm the accuracy of the unit (it can't provide a change in pressure to the sensor to simulate a jump), and can't confirm that it will withstand environmental (temp/vibration) extremes. All the self test can do is confirm that the electronics still work (to the extent they can self diagnose) and that there is continuity to the cutter. The self test is just not good enough for a device where accurate function is so critical. Given the fact that some units with no self-test errors have to be sent back for a major overhaul after failing the std maintenance test (perhaps failing the vib, temp, or accuracy tests) series makes me not want to trust the Vigil or Argus self test as the only check during its lifetime. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Quite right! There are very good reasons to want to have the unit checked out, unless cost is all important, and even then, given history of AAD performance, it can be a false economy. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I suggest that your goal of lonest lasing/less service freq/maint intervals is only a good idea if cost is your primary criteria. Try reading this: http://www.cypres-usa.com/The_philosophie_of_reliability.pdf People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Perhaps they have concluded that they are more likely to get people to buy the more expensive reserve if they can get them to demo it, so only offer the optimum for demo. It makes great business sense to me. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

That could have happened many times over, a long time ago, but peace with Israel isn't compatible with them, so they choose to not agree to it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

If a group repeatedly tries to destroy a country since it was created by the UN in 1948, and repeatedly fails, then shouldn't they expect to have suffered? The Israelis have repeatedly shown they are willing to live in peace with their neighbors, as shown by their actions when Sadat decided that peace was the right path, as shown by the Oslo agreement that Arafat chose to reject (when his own negotiators said it was a good deal) because he didn't want peaceful coexistence. The other side have repeatedly shown they only want it to look like they are willing to live in peace. They want to be perceived as the innocent victims of a bully while they try to hide their real objective of the destruction of Israel and killing Jews. Actually, they don't hide that objective very well, despite help from the BBC, NPR, and others, and that says a lot about those that choose to not acknowledge it. I think any monetary aid to the palestinians should be contingent upon it being matched with the money stolen by Arafat - make his wife give it up for the good of their cause. Those states and groups that want to kill Jews and destroy Israel want to do that not because of what has happened in the decades since 1948, they wanted it since the beginning of Israel (and even before). These islamofacists do not fit the mold of the oppressed group that is fighting back due injustices done to them. They just don't like how WWII ended and what the UN did after that. Repeated wars haven't worked for them, but they don't want to give up land/sovereignty when they lose the wars, they want a perpetual do-over until they get what they want. I think it can end in a positive way if and when some Sadat-like leaders emerge. Sadat didn't have his change of heart because the Israelis were apologizing, he changed because he saw that war wasn't serving his people well, he realized his people could live in peace with the Jews. War pushed him to that realization. Peace in the region depends on some more guys with the wisdom of Sadat on the Arab side. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

My audible lets me know when I've hit certain altitudes. I find that to be very convenient. I've never had such an audible until this year. It doesn't tell me when to turn, it just tells me when I've reached a certain altitude. I don't see the need for all the fuss. BG's article can be rightly criticized for certain wording, no doubt. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Post #67 of this thread seems to show to me that Airtec is admitting that they are stumped, but are asking for help in gathering the circumstances (had not at the time received that help), and want to solve this mystery. The fact that a firing was previously recorded that seems to not have actually happened (at least in terms of the unit still powering up normally), does make the lack of data on the final jump where the reserve activated more understandable - in terms of something seriously being wrong with this unit. Airtec is left with being in the position of wanting to recreate what happened, but can't simply expose it to a set of well understood conditions such as the door of a plane opening, or a plane pressurizing, or an electromagnetic field, or trying to cut a loop with no tension or lubrication, or swooping. I find it reasonable that they have never seen this type of failure, and would truly like to be able to figure it out. The comment about losing data from impact is strange though, but I do not think it means Airtec is dismissing this failure (again, see post #67). That does not support the conclusion by some that Airtec wants to sweep this under the rug. That does not compare to the Vigil response at one time to avoid hot temps, or that the device can't be expected to differentiate between being in freefall and the opening of a door. That does not compare to the Argus response that their cutter can't work reliably unless the loop is lubricated or under tension, or that a metal ball was in the way but we won't show you detailed pics of it. Big difference. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The trunk stays a lot cooler than the cabin of the car (no windows allowing sunlight into the trunk). A closed car will still have some air flow from the cabin into the trunk and to the outside of the car through the outflow valve that exits the side of the trunk area, but you will still have a lower temp in the trunk than the cabin. You could put a thermometer in the trunk on a hot day (hotter than the day you left it in) to check it out, and report your result. Unless your rig is a racer, I think all the other modern designs have freebags with the safety stow of a type where the actual rubber material is inside of a sheath - the rubber isn't really exposed to the grommet (perhaps others will expand on this point). As another suggested, your rigger that packed it could set your mind at ease without a full repack. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

No, but a rigger can put in an expired unit (cheap) if they are so inclined. If nobody at a DZ actually tries to operate it, or confirm it is actually on, they could just put in the control pad with a bit of the cable still attached. If nobody at a DZ visually confirms it is there, you could just say it is there on the packing card. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

These work great for many: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4083263;page=unread#unread People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Ya, I know, but I think Shepherd or Sheepherder will be the term of endearment I'll use. We're told it will take 34. Only about 2400 hp to turn the fans, as I said, it will have to do... Definitely a good weekend to use earplugs. I also wonder if it has a similar happy vibe seat like the smaller Skyvan. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Now we're told that we won't have even one of the Caravans for this holiday weekend. I can't even imagine how backed up the loads are going to be having to rely on this thing - shepherd/sheepherder/something or other...might have to switch dropzones if I'll have to trust such Irish produced junk. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

His profile says it is a Katana loaded at 1.6, they have a reputation as being ground hungry, so it would seem that they do indeed have enough of a descent rate to fire in student mode. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

That means you had a hook knife on your first jump, and so he would also want to have it available. I trust that you didn't mean that. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You've never been around CRW, have you? I did a lot of it in my early days, but I was addressing a person that hasn't even jumped yet, so he doesn't even need to think about it. I didn't say there was no reason for anyone to ever have one, just that he didn't need to think about it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It was never used as a method to get rid of the main canopy. Release mechanisms have evolved, but the knife was not one of them. Appropriate circumstances for the use of a hook knife are much less likely than you have speculated. You don't need to even think about the use of one, seriously. It is good that you asked the question, rather than carry around the misconception they are often used. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

NRR-24 - quite low... My experience has been that the performance of those earplugs is excellent for what we need. Many other experienced jumpers in the thread I linked agreed. I really like that I can put them on very early in the gearing up process/take them off late, and not hinder my ability to hear others - dirt dive/debrief/listening for others coming in to land/hearing someone yell at me under canopy. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Even your avatar has everyone that I can see clearly in that pic with a rather wide stance. We've disagreed about this before, whenever I see pics of the best in the world at RW, they are definitely not doing anything close to a 'knee touching drills' stance. Perhaps you could post some examples, I've attached (again) a typical one that shows a wide stance. I can't understand that at all. I can't understand that at all. I haven't yet tried to intentionally change my old habits, I admit that I should give it a try, but I think advocating knee touching drills to be going too far, when you say about shoulder width is right. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Consider these earplugs People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

12 dummy pulls! There must be a story there worth hearing. There was a regular at Marana, real small guy that jumped a dactyl in the early 80s, he told the story about how he counted so fast during his first few SL jumps that he would pull his reserve - I think it was his first 2 or 3 jumps. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

SC is the speaker's corner forum. 5 static line jumps in '80, at Wild Horse West (Larry Hill's), and Sky-Hi Pioneers Sport Parachute Club (Charlie Merritt's). People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The argus design cuts by shearing, very different than a knife coming down against a flat surface. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am