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Thanks everyone for your advise. 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 want to get it for my son (15 years old) as a plinker he can use for general target practice. Fortunately he has a friend where they can use it at their house. What mfg/models do you recommend/which should I avoid? My father has a really high quality Winchester target rifle that I used for many years, but it is 2500 miles away from me, and it is a really heavy. I was looking to get him something fairly lightweight. He already has a 12 and 20 gauge shotgun. Is buying online worth considering? Is the price typically much better than can be found in local retail stores? I've never bought a gun, always used my father's, so I'm not knowledgeable about such matters. Thanks for your help! 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 suggested just having what is already published by the container mfgs collected into one place. 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

This would be especially useful for people looking for used containers, but not caring too much which, they just want it to fit a certain size canopy. Offering a convenient place where the compatibility charts of all the mfgs are located in one place would be nice. Nothing more than just what the mfgs recommend, which means no reference to the PIA volume charts. 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 reserve is better suited for a deployment while unstable. 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

Plenty of airbags have activated when they should not have. Not a high percentage of course, but they are not without incident. 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 said you were not even stating an opinion, but there was plenty of your opinion stated, You said it was sad, please tell us why? You said it was interesting, please tell us why? Please tell us why we must check who else agrees before posting the words of others. You should be eager to defend The quade doctrine. 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

Sorry sport, but it wasn't just the source that matters to you, but also who else used 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

At least some (Honda) have requirements in the owner's manual that they be serviced after 10 years. I don't know what is supposed to be done at the time (I should know, really). I suspect many other mfgs require such at least officially in their manuals, although it is usually ignored of course. 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 is not what was wrong with your comment. Sorry sport, but the only comment I made had to do with tracing it back a bit through history and finding out how others have used it. For it to end up in the #2 spot on Google from a KKK site says Google has crawled that web site and found it to be relevant to it. If you want to read anything in particular about that; it's on you, not me. I was simply stating a fact . . . not even my opinion . . . a fact that's verifiable by clicking on the link I provided. Sorry sport, but there was a lot of your opinion in that post. Sorry sport, but I find it "so sad" that now, according to quade, one must check out "who else may have used it" before copying something. Why in the world would it matter who else agrees with it? That is some twisted fucked up shit going on there. Sorry sport, but that was not the only comment you had. You imply much more, because: Sorry sport, but please explain to us why that is so interesting to you? Perhaps because it fits the template of your intolerance of conservatives. but of course you deny that you are making any accusation that others are "members" of the KKK, perhaps just supporters, eh? I do not believe a person would write such a comment as you did without wanting to have readers make that conclusion. If you want to say the OP and anyone that agrees with him are racists, then at least have the guts to just do it directly instead of with such a disgusting implication. Sorry sport, but please explain to us why that is so sad? Perhaps because it fits the template of your intolerance of conservatives. If you want to say that holding the views expressed in the OP makes me a racist just like KKK members, then just do it without hiding behind the lame "interesting" and "saddest thing" crap. Sorry sport, but the quade doctrine of no more, "just take whatever they find on the internet and repost it without regard for where it comes from or who else may have used it." will be ignored for very good reason. 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 is not what was wrong with your comment. 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

Oh ya! The best short clip I remember was the redo of the "That Girl" opening video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyE8l_BPryk 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's some really fucked up shit. If I happen to think the words came from a goat fuck stupid individual, I'll know you did write them. Really bad form, especially for a moderator. 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

Good idea, thanks! I will do 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

My son needs one as a model in order to make his own (he can't use a pre-made/bought one) for a physics project. Please, if you have an old unairworthy one, or just one that you don't care about, please PM me and we'll work out paying for you to ship it to me. It doesn't matter if it is a kill line type, as that feature is not needed. I would let him use mine as an example, but that is not practical due to him being at his mother's place most days, and that is where the sewing machine is. Thanks! 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

As I already said, I don't know the component list of *any* current or previous AAD, so it therefore logically follows that I don't know that answer to that question. Since I've already said that before, why do you keep asking this question? You came into the conversation later, so maybe you missed the point while the conversation was getting sidetracked into the hows and whys of designing highly available and reliable technology. This line of discussion started when Dave stated that he found it hard to believe that a device could be made that could be relied on to work without regularly scheduled testing and maintenance. My initial comment was that there a several ways that this can be accomplished, but I also commented that whether the A.A.D. has done enough to warrant their maintenance claims remains to be seen. To date, as far as I'm aware, there's no evidence to suggest that Airtec's maintenance schedule is "better" or that A.A.D.'s is "worse". This whole line of argument is little more than FUD. No. I'm arguing against FUD. You want me to say that I think CYPRES 2 is better than the Vigil 2? I do think CYPRES 2 is better than the Vigil 2. I've already said twice in this thread here and here that I prefer the CYPRES 2 to the Vigil. I've also commented on numerous occasions such as here and here about design deficiencies in the Vigil and Vigil 2. I think Airtec has a better design philosophy and as a result has produced a better design and a better product. If I was in the market for a new AAD, it would probably be a CYPRES 2, but I can't abide FUD. The only people it helps are the manufacturers. It almost invariably disadvantages the consumer at large, which is us. My mistake, I thought you were asserting that the vigil self test is able to do things that it cannot. I do think that the evidence in favor of the 4/8 year checks does exist. Every time it takes more than the usual 2 weeks to do the check - when it has to get sent back to Germany/when a customer has to wait an unusually long time to get it back, that is when something bad was discovered that was not (probably could never) be found by a self test. Airtec, if they wanted, could show us the extent of the adjustments made to typical units. I think it would be very interesting, but will probably never happen. 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

Exactly the same way that voting logic works, but it's a simpler problem. It does require being able to make the same measurement in multiple ways and comparing the results for agreement. Two sources of measurement allow detection of a problem, but no way to decide which may be correct. Three or more sources of information can provide enough information to not only detect a problem, but also function correctly in spite of a malfunctioning information source. This is where voting logic comes into play. To detect sensor drift, you would need more than one way to determine altitude. Multiple barometric pressure sensors would be one way to do that. I don't know the component list to build any of the existing AADs on the market. It wouldn't surprise me if they only had one barometric pressure sensor. It also wouldn't surprise me if any of them had more than one. FUD. The vigil doesn't have multiple sensors, does it? So then, how does that pertain to this discussion? You seem to have been arguing in favor of the vigil based on a design it does not utilize. 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's an example, yes, although voting logic is probably more complex than is necessary. It really only needs to be able to detect sensor drift How in the world is it going to detect sensor drift? Are you assuming there would be more than one? Again, that is a design that has not/is not available, so it is not relevant when discussing alternatives to the cypres. I've already commented about how we don't know the extent to which a vigil would be tested if it was to be sent back voluntarily. Does it compare to the very rigorous testing done for a cypres? If it is a rather simplistic set of criteria without environmental extremes, then it will not uncover faults that should be found, that need to be found. Without knowing that their testing regimen, to say that a person can send it in voluntarily still does not accomplish what the 4 and 8 year cypres check does. 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

From my knowledge of highly available and reliable systems. You may be speaking of the fact that it could have been designed with triple redundant sensors with voting logic. It could have been designed that way, but it was not, isn't that correct? No it's not. Any device can fail over time, but it is possible to build devices that can detect failures in their components without the need for human intervention. The vigil can't detect the changes that occur over time in components any better than a cypres. You suggest that it is smarter, or it could be smarter, but the fact is that it is not even smart enough to filter out obviously impossible scenarios that its primary competitor does. Not very smart at all. It matters not that it could be designed to do more. 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

Do we know exactly how a vigil would be tested? We know what happens to a cypres when it gets tested. It must activate when it should, not activate when it shouldn't (quite close to the edge of when it should activate). It gets subjected to and tested while at to the temp and vibration limits for which it is claimed to be capable of withstanding. When tested like this, faults that would never show up on an ordinary day from a self test can be found. A particular unit may never encounter the cold temps or vibration that can cause a bad/cold solder joint to rear its ugly head - cause the unit to not work. So, perhaps a unit that fails at SSK would never have failed in ordinary use, but I would rather that it be found, and that the mfg get the benefit of the knowing more about their product. If a vigil isn't subjected to such thorough testing, then it still isn't able to find that bad solder joint or other failure that only happens when cold/hot/under vibration. 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

From what do you conclude that it can? Redundant or complementary sensors? From where are you getting this? That electronic components have failure mechanisms associated with time is not unique to a cypres. It has nothing to do with how rugged the design is. 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

Meeting in the middle is of course vital. Nobody can fly well if they're near either extreme of their speed range. There are ways to accomplish that goal of getting your comfortable speed to where it should be. Fast and slow fallers need to just do it so that we can all get along. It is much better to be sure you have as fast a suit as possible and simply add weight. You can't count on keeping your arms in all the time. You will have a lot more fun if you're flying in the middle of your range. 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 fallrate needs to be reasonable. That is all that is important. Large people need to get a high drag jumpsuit that allow them to fall at a reasonable rate comfortably. Small people need a really tight low drag jumpsuit, and possibly some extra weight so they can fall at the same rate comfortably. It seems like about 115 -120 mph (SAS, as measured with a Protrack) is a reasonable speed to expect of recreational jumpers. 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 had forgotten about that. Was there ever any follow up, I thought it amazing that such an advisory to not leave it out in the sun would have had any other reaction in the marketplace other than a complete rejection of their product. 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

We should be telling Muslims that citizens in Afghanistan/Iraq/Iran/wherever should also be free to burn the quran without fear of punishment. They should be told that such TOLERANCE is essential for freedom. They should be told that freedom of speech/expression is meaningless unless very unpopular speech/expression is allowed. 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