Mattias148

Well I would go for Atom, the only con is that it is french... "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

I'm quite sure you have to swap the batterypack as well....but I could be mistaken. Any insight would be nice or do I have to go find my booklet? "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Well, ozon breaks down anything organic (hydrocarbon compound) nylon being no different. So you are right about the ozone. Take a deep sniff in a place where you store a lot of skydiving gear isn't there a slight smell of ammonia???? "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Sorry, will not do base....ever. The problem is not regulations it is just too freaking cold!! Jumping is ok, but landing and packing is a nightmare!!! Try packing a super slick 0-P with numb fingers (...arms, elbows and legs too) and you'll see. (super slick from low air humidity) Diverdriver fan #1 "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Ditto on the waterproofing part.... "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

I thought it was JAD... Jumpmaster Assisted Deployment.... Oh well, at least I didn't lie on my profile form. Thanks for clearing that one out for me all. "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Ahem, IAD??.... "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

What I mean is do something fun but buy your friends that case.... "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

# 100 Alone chuteassis jump from a AN-2, cost me a case of beer. # 200 FS-training jump, cost me a case of beer and a week at the hercules boogie. # 300 Nice 4 way scramble 10 points, cost me a case of beer. # 400 another nice FS-dive, cost me a case of beer. # 500 another nice FS-dive, cost me a case of beer. (last one I have to buy). "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

I am a newbie to this excellent site and a foreign bloke at that so please excuse any spelling or grammar mistakes. However I have found some abbreviations that I don't quite understand can anyone please direct me to a URL that explains them? Yes, yes, I know I should know them all by now but I blame it on the language gap so please don't ridicule my ignorance. "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Exactly my point. "Near perfect airplanes". The word NEAR perfect being the operative phrase here. My point stands!! There is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane (unless you redefine the word good here) and that is why we jump out of them. Sort of practice when the day comes when we have to bail. BTW I have done one mock bail out from an Islander that "lost" the left engine. The pilot in question really need to work on his timing since we landed out all 9 of us.... "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Well the 20 year rule that we go by is meant to mean normal wear and tear of a cannopy. (sun, dirt etc.). But there is no way to see if a piece has been stored or used (except rigg). "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

In an other post under the rigging forum someone was asking about age and gear. People who responded to this thread gave the person some good advice but some talked about jumping gear that was more than 20 years old. Now, where I come from any part of a sports para gear that is 20 years old is directly deemed unairworthy (well not cypres'es but we are talking nylon parts here). This is from the fact that nylon slowly decomposes over time no matter how you store it (correct me if I'm wrong but I'm quite sure about this). This would mean that structural integrity of the fabric would drop over time and after 20 years it has decomposed enough to warrant being thrown out. How does this work in the rest of the world, is this factor considered at all? "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Just a small thing, ahem... As far as I know there is no such thing as a perfectly good airplane. This why we skydive, right??? Sorry to be a nitpick, but still... Glad you found out about our sport, hope you finnish your student course swiftly. "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Guess I've been lurking about for a week or two. I should say hi. -"Hi!" Even though we are settling in for winter I wish all had blue skies and no wind. Diverdriver fan #1 "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

I heve seen quite a few closing aids. And I have bent a few kickplates instead of making the loop a bit longer... The cheepest closing aid is just a 2-3 inch alluminum pipe with lots of rubberbands on it. My best friend uses a modified version of the (hoover pipe) which is the same pipe, but thicker material, and instead of rubberbands he has made the surface rough (machined surface). I use a verry small tube with a hole in one end and a narrow split in the other. The split is used to lock the pull up cord in place and in the other end you put a short rod through. When I twist this contraption with the rod the force on the cord is many times the force I apply to the rod. All three solutions use a metall plate with a slit smaller than the gromet on the flaps between the gear and the mechanical aid. I've seen the old "pull-the-cord-untill-you-snap" method in action on a tough rig. The rigger in question did a backflip in mid air and landed on his feet when the loop broke. This guy weighs about 250-300 pounds and does not have any experience with advanced gymnastics... He is using the "hoover pipe" today. "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."

Well... In our Riggingloft we have a small satanic shrine were we worship our molarstrap. When ever we feel badgered from a tough case of "freebag stuffing" we go and pray for a bit and offer sacrifices ( and drink some softdrinks). Woe to the poor skydiver that expects us to actully use it though. Seriously though; Worst I've seen is my master rigger packing a Javelin and closing all four (!!) flaps over the pilot, man was that an ugly rigg. I like zerox better if it's going to look like that... And I remind him of that day as often as I can. "Pull low, pack fast or boink your riggers girlfriend. 3 good ways to find trouble."