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Rhino: it's still in developmental stages, and i'm sure Dan, and the Atair team will demo the heck out of it before releasing it, but it sure looks like a "winner" to me. i want one!! "The Onyx Here" --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Dude: you know those are "classified" photos...quick, run...hide! thats one ugly plane! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

LOL! no "pun" intended? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Rhino: i don't know, i believe that at around 1000' AGL he'll be in "sensory overload" stuff justs be happning too fast! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

and i thought it was just me. it might not kill him, but it won't do him any good either. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

1) not jumping that canopy 2) you knock him unconcious 3) tell the nimrod that's going to lend him the canopy to "back the f**k up" 4) advise the S&TA, and the DZO of what is about to occur. 5) hand him a colt commander .45 ACP and tell him it's less painless that way. beyound that, i don't know what to tell you. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

it would afford you validity. right now you strike me as a "troll" i could be wrong, but we've already got another running around in here saying he's done a base jump with a quilt, you see where i'm going? why would you NOT want to identify yourself? if you've nothing to hide? you'd be better recieved if you were to fill out your credentials, but whether you do or not, posting here about your buddie wanting to jump a pair of panties for a parachute isn't going to save his life. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

your question may be valid, but without you posting your name, etc...in your credentials, it's hard to take you seriously. how do we know your not talking about yourself? mr. "don't panic" you guys crack me up! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Kev: i could be wrong, (i'll be wrong again) but i don't think so, and i'm sure you'll get more informative responses after this on. if it's a line on your main, a senior rigger can repair it, if it's your reserve, a master rigger must make the repairs, which in most cases it is a good idea to send it back to the mfgr. downside there is 10-14 day turn-around. as to your question of either chopping a line-over, or cutting the offending line, "if" it cannot be "cleared" before hard deck, id chop it, instead of cutting the offending line(s) then you just looking at a reserve repack, not a line set as well, then you have both canopies down, instead of one. i could be full of it, i'm no rigger, this is just "my take" good luck. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

man, talk about a dim dark view!

here's the way it was explained to me by my agent: "if you know there is a good chance that you could die during a sky diving operation(s) or a sky dive, then you knowingly, and intentionally assume the risks, and liabilities" everyone, read the "fine print" in your policies, i was under the same impression, and i can afford the best of insurances, but there are intentional "grey areas" in the policies them selves...might want to check it out. i've seen contracts before and an insurance policy is just that, a contract, that has taken my legal team a week to figure out. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

no matter how you feel, if something happened to you, i'd help out, no doubt in my mind. we, as sky divers are a "family" unit. if we don't look out for each other, who will? if i could buy insurance that would cover me, i would. there's a lots of folks out there who don't have insurance, not because they can't afford it, but because it's not offered. i guess if you had an automobile accident, and was (god forbid) a quadraplegic, you wouldn't want the insurance coverage? simply because it was your decision to get behind the wheel? c'mon dude! show me some love!

i've read mosts of these posts, and i hope that you people are speaking from what you know, and not what you "assume" read your policies carefully. my insurance dropped me when i started sky diving, and the insurance i have now will not cover a sky diving related injury. i'm no insurance professional, but i know people who are, and i don't understand if ya'll are getting this protection, why i can't? even if i get killed sky diving, my life insurance won't pay off, they claim that would be considered "suicide" serious business. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

ok, i'm going to answer your question from a very recent experience. just this last weekend, i deployed at 2600' (so my ditter says, it's prolly right)instant, line twist, all the way to the risers, my chin is pinned to my chest, i can't look up, but finally do, i see 2 red diamonds, and my canopy is fully inflated, i'm on my back, i know by looking at it, it's unrecoverable, i didn't bother looking at my altimeter because i knew i was running out of time, i chopped and deployed my reserve, never thought twice about it. now, i'm NOT saying chop every line twists you have, "unrecoverable" is the key word here, i knew i couldn't land it, i was spinning, and i also knew there wasn't any need in trying to undo them, not to mention it had my left ring finger pinned in between the risers, which i had to yank free first. i've had line twists before, bad ones to, but never this bad...ever. in any event, even if you have line twists that aren't severe, and recoverable, and your "past" your "hard deck" why haven't you initiated your emergency procedures? my "hard deck" is 1800', yours should be higher, do not get caught below your hard deck with any type of malfuntion you cannot land...period. take care, be safe and constantly rehearse your emergency procedures. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

this is my theory as well. if it was bad body position, it'd be a far more recurring thing. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

that's good news, his looked a lot like mine, only my toggles were spun up behind my kneck as well. any idea what causes this guys? i've had line twists before but sheesh! thats rediculous! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Levin: did Pablo have to cut-away from that line twist? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

to the dozens of people out there who have reserve rides because you forget to cock your pilot chutes, you deserve the reserve ride. there, i told them. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Shame on all of you with your minds in the well, i think it's a gigantic RAT, but you can call it a mouse if you want! J/K --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

LOL at Dave! your nutz dude!! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

Jess: wouldn't you want a collapsable pc? that way you could see if your pc is "cocked" or not by visually inspecting the "green" or "blue" in the "window" it gives me the warm fuzzies anyway. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

i do them all the time, at least 4 or 5 a month, i haven't experienced anything abnormal yet, other than a really soft opening. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

JT: your probably right! but the "outhouse" actually has some interesting history to it! the only reason i know the answers to the questions i asked is because of my grandfather. --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

who invented the "out house?" and why was there a "moon" shaped hole cut in every one? betcha ya'll don't know the answer to this one!! oh, and which way was the door to face? east-west-north, or south? --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"

that brand spanking new Heatwave didn't look like "gutter gear" to me! looked pretty doggone good, way better than my stinking Cobalt floating to the east like it did! --Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist"