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All the towers are registered with the FCC, with contact numbers for leasing. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

If it's salt based, put it in a clean trash can, with a water hose irrigating it. Periodically taste the lines and canopy for salt. Once it's clean, very,very,very carefully handle your canopy while it's wet. Do not hang it in the sun. The UV will destroy your canopy. While it's wet, you can greatly damage your canopy while pulling on it. Hang it from the tail in dry dark room, possibly with air conditioning, since air conditioning is a great dehumidifier. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I posted a detailed reply on how to handle salt water landing and salt a few months ago. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I was at 600 feet last night climbing a tower. GS Vision Velcro Rig, wearing the harness fully but loosly. I'm standing on a beam to rest and I hear my velcro pop, even though it's not tight and the velcro seemed fine, and a weight come off my back. The canopy fell out of my rig and there was about a 10 mph wind. I clipped my quickdraw caribineer immediately onto the tower to keep from being dragged off, with the other caribeener clipped into my chest strap. The canopy stayed small because of the locking stow at the tailpocket, pulled the stash bag out, clipped the stash bag to the tower, and reeled the canopy into it. Climbed back down with canopy in the stash bag. I feel humbled and very lucky and somewhat stupid. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I prefer women's snatches since I don't want to have a drag! Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

A good training program should screen potential jumpers and eliminate potential poor students. I have had to say no to a teaching request before. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

well duhhhh!!!!! someone should teach these boys to write. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

You guys... Of course I'm not trying to remove the severe responsiblity for your life using your skills with an automated base ditter system... It's just a failsafe system in case things go incredibly wrong, and it's with the best of intentions. I posted this trying to get feedback if I should actually go production with the item, with essentially no profit except to have fun and to prevent hazards for our community. If I decide to do a release, I am for something cheap, less than $150 or so. Failsafe dudes, not a Cypress... GIVE ME FEEDBACK, SHOULD I DO IT OR NOT? OTHERWISE, NO! Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

This would indeed be possible since I am a radar scientist. I have friends who design these systems for fighter jets. It may be cost prohibitive though. My little unit (4" x 3" x 1") cost me about the same as a conventional skydiving ditter. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The idea is more for long delays. Short delays are just too simple. The ditter is an offshoot of collecting real velocity and distance data under a variety of conditions, such as temperature, humidity, tracking style, clothing, etc. Weather conditions should vary little over the altitudes of consideration on a base jump, but will subtly influence the fall rate and tracking rate. The variability of falling conditions from tracking, clothing, and exit is simply NOT KNOWN in the base environment. The freefall charts that are quoted are not that accurate, and the France cave jump was a critical example of delay choice. My hypothesis is as such: A barometric ditter is simply not accurate enough based on the altitude variations experienced in base. A comparison of real data will confirm or refute this. An analysis of the data will allow an understanding of the variations due to all the relevant variables. Based on collected data, the microcontroller can trigger however the user wants in such and such conditions based on lookup tables of previously acquired data. Even more importantly, this device would allow an estimate of distance fallen versus time from pilot chute inflation to full parachute deployment. This variation is not that well known outside of manufacturers who constantly do drop tests. The project may simply not be practical for most jumpers. I still do believe in a delay hard deck though. There are also times when delays can become very specific in enormous big way launches. I also realize that this debate will exactly mimic the debate in skydiving years ago regarding AADs. Edit addition: Upon further thought, during the beta testing, I will add a tridirectional gyroscope (integrated circuit from Analog devices) in addition to the triaxial accelerometer integrated circuit in order to obtain directional information while in flight. These sort of systems are commonly used (not necessarily integrated circuits) in rocket navigation. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I am in beta testing of a base ditter. Just like skydiving years ago, jumpers said "why would we need such an item? We should be heads up enough to never have to rely on such a thing." Well, skydiving has come much further because of the ditter. Head down for example. More importantly, there have been several base deaths because of a loss of altitude awareness. Lee Werling for example. Here's how the user interacts with it: you press a button to determine the duration of the delay in seconds. you press another button to have the system repetively beep at you the number of seconds for your delay. If you are satisfied, you press the same button. If not, you press the board reset button. Ok, Ok, you skeptics will complain about it not being user friendly enough. I can add a LCD display in due time. Regardless, it has accelerometer chips on it that are used to trigger the timer once the jumper launches. The timer counts until the desired delay is reached. At that point, the system beeps. I think I need to develop a better way to remind the jumper to failsafe pull besides a little speaker. The system can also collect accelerometer data allowing for a inferred velocity measurement and distance measurement. The chart quoted by many a base manufacturer is is somewhat erroneous in my honest opinion. This would allow a jumper to collect real data under a variety of conditions. To me, distance during opening and distance fallen after pc inflation are crucial unknown parameters, and I hope my invention will alleviate our inferred analysis. are you guys interested??? feedback??? Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I personally have never seen this. I have seen many canopies go into full flight sooner with shallow brakes instead of deep brakes. If the canopy has bottom skin air inlets, these differences should not be too noticable. Confirm this your canopy manufacturers and other experienced jumpers before proceeding. Qouting: depending on your canopy and pc selection shallow brakes is not ideal for this kind of jump...if you go shallow brakes you are likely to have an unflyable canopy for most of the descent due to poor pressurisation..ask Mac about TCs jump from the house .i would get your battle gear on, get the bubble wrap down your trousers and if you are jumping a 240 use a ZP 42" with a half to 1 second delay...this will give you around 6 seconds of usable canopy time...definitely go with deep brakes.either that or get a short line PCA...just my two cents... Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

try it out. find a mentor. since jumpers are primarily men, find one who is humble, honest, and doesn't have a romantic interest in you. I repeat "does not have a romantic interest in you." this is crucial. I have seen several women get put into bad situations because of the machismo factor. your mentor should safely guide you. hope this helps, Chris (BASE 460) Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

42 objects, almost all in my immediate area. I had one student years ago who made his first 10 jumps from 10 different objects! Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

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Things can get very interesting in a good way. This "access" nut can be cracked. Like anything that results in success, find the weakest point in the system and exploit, exploit, exploit... I have solutions roaming my mind. This problem is solvable and when we describe the history to new jumpers when we're elderly, we'll sound like this "back in my day when it was snowing and we had to walk uphill both ways, we had to do illegal jumps at night or not at all, and gosh darn it, we liked it!" Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

BASE will never be legal given all the current approaches. We may gain sympathy from low level people, even the head of the NPS, but they will never go to the effort to fight our battles in order create more work for them managing BASE permits. The monies associated with ABP and elsewhere should be directed to hire lobbyists to focus on particular members of Congress. Some of the right wing politicians would probably be our best bet, since environmental concerns are not a priority to many of them. I live in Texas and the right wingers are pro-bravery, etc, with all the support of the so-called 'wildcat' oil men, who generally were military Airborne types. http://www.house.gov/writerep/ Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

The title BASE is already pretty arrogant. Capitalized and all. But imagine how cheezed off non-fixed object jumpers would be if it was called BEST jumping. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Those of you who are faint of heart can do a short delay May you 52 inflate for you so in your burble it will not stay. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

pour some gasoline on you, light a match, and jump. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

Is that pretty boy Dwain, RIP? Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

a military facility perhaps? Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

And don't forget Brit either. Ya know, now they are all these cool women jumping in houston. i jumped for years in houston solo because there was no scene besides me. and now the old lady is having a fit with me saying to her "honey I'm going base jumping tonight, with a crew of adventurous beautiful women!" doesn't exactly go over well does it. Never thought i'd be in this scenario. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

That's great! My understanding is that Congress determines the value of a letter by how much time the author devoted to it. The value relates to the number of representative constituents. My understanding from National Public Radio (NPR) is that the value goes as follows: 1) handwritten letter is the best. It must be clearly written though. No cursive. 2) typed or printed letters. Include a real signature! 3) email is the least effective. 4) phone calls - generally not effective. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174

I overemphasized x-rays. Arcing is rare, hard on the equipment, and disrupts communications. Any x-ray production (which would depend on how the rf radiation is generated, i.e. like a magnetron with high energy electron bunches that are stopped on a metal target) would generally be confined to the transmitter module housed (and shielded) in a building. If equipment is arcing, it is generally malfunctioning. Tissue heating is the only issue that seems to be relevant. I don't understand how this could be very hazardous since our bodies can get extremely hot for extended periods with a high fever. Looks like a death sandwich without the bread - Steve Deadman Morrell, BASE 174