mjosparky

It was not my intention to rain on your parade and I am sorry for any incontinence I may have caused. My “Honorable Discharge” means a great deal to me and I am proud to have earned it. Thank you for reconsidering your membership requirements. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

There is a happy medium between too tight and too loose. Since there can be a 10% difference in pack volume of 2 canopies of the same make and model I think the closer you can be to that happy medium the better off you be. But skydivers have always tried to pack 10 pounds of shit into a 5 pound bag and I doubt that will change soon. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I agree with your sentiments. I always feel a little uncomfortable when there are those "secret tips" on how to pack a certain rig the proper way. It's a little different if the company emphasizes particular things in the manual -- at least the new rigger doing it by the book can pay attention to those cautions. I'm all for demonstrating my skills and taking pride in my work, using both force and finesse, but sometimes it is a bit of a contest, rigger vs. rig, man against nylon. It just seems silly to have rigs where you need "a really good rigger" to make it look right. On more than one occasion I have declined to pack a reserve when the canopy was larger in volume than the container was designed for or in my opinion it was just too tight. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

For those who do not know what AS8015-B is here is the section he is referring to. Sparky 5. COMPONENT QUALIFICATIONS: 5.1 Parachutes may be qualified as complete assemblies or as separate components (such as a canopy, a stowage container [pack], and/or a risers. The airworthiness of a parachute assembly, including other separately approved nonoriginal components, is the responsibility of the manufacturer who performs the certificating tests for the parachute assembly. The manufacturer shall publish and make available a list of nterchangeable components which have passed the following tests in 4.3 when tested in conjunction with the assembly or component(s) being certificated. 5.1.1 Canopy Including Suspension Lines: 4.3.3, 4.3.4.1 (or 4.3.4.2), 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.9 My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Sorry, I would no longer be interested. But good luck to you. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Absolutely NOT that! I'm surprised at you. To smulder... This: http://forum.altimaster.com/content.php?167-Galaxy-Product-Page&s=c8e1ebdce741550985ab3bfc832ee6f6 Pop, this would proably be better. Sparky http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/mount22.jpg My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The amount I get for SS is hardly something to enjoy. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

My apologies, I misinterpreted you post. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Blame it on the "old school generation". I had to do it for D so you do too. So do we eliminate or waiver everything that is unpleasant, inconvenient and just make the requirements fit what the individual feels like doing? Why not just do away with license all together? Every 8 to 10 years we require less and less form people coming into the sport and then question why their knowledge of skydiving sucks. But then I enjoyed jumping at night. I was on the first night 8 stack, actually 10, in 1980. You right I am “old school” and proud of it. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You seem to have a fixation on this "fear" thing. Wasssupwiddat? Oh...you're in the "I had to do it so YOU have to do it" camp, right? No...I'm from the "if I can do it ANYBODY can" camp! Night jump experience is just one more simple tool to have in the toolbox that just might come in handy some day, whether you PLAN to need it or not. The only fear fixation I have is with the carnival ride aspect some take in regard to preparation for involvement with the sport..."its' too hard to pack so I'll pay somebody...water jumps are stupid...night jumps unnecessary" If that's the kind of skydiver one wants to be then okay, go for it...don't get the Master license, don't be a TM...just don't try to dumb everything up to make the rules fit your desires. What's next, don't train for certain types of malfunctions because they probably won't happen? Half the day is made up of darkness, there's a pretty good chance if you stay with the sport for any length of time, having made a night jump will be beneficial in some way. +1 I blame it on the “entitlement generation”. If you want a “D” license, earn it. No one is forced to complete the requirements. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Three things that I got from that video. He mentions at 2000 feet you have 14 seconds to impact. Actually you only have about 10 seconds and the last 3 or 4 don’t count. He refers to soft handles being hard to feel especially with gloves. He was the one that invented the soft handle. Finally he mentions a 1 second PC delay on a AAD deployment. The major cause of reserve deployment is the container with tight corners and up to six flaps for the PC to push through. What does Mr. Booth manufacture? During deployment of a ram air canopy all lines load more or less at the same time. What difference there may be is not enough to change line trim since most trim specs. are plus or minus ¼” to ½”. It is not the size of the lines that slows the slider down it is the surface texture of the line. When did you decide that the test requirements for TSO certification were arbitrary? It has been determined over years of development and testing that these “arbitrary numbers” will ensure that a canopy or H/C system will survive forces developed during its intended use. The test numbers are 120% of Max. operating weight and speed. Loading a reserve at 1.23:1 with 240 jumps is an issue you should be looking into. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Which says that at least 20% of jumpers do not have the confidence in their own ability to handle emergency situations during a jump. Maybe they should consider an activity with less chance of injury or death. Just a thought. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

30 way exit from a DC-3 were what I lived for. Thanks for posting it. Sparky http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/DC-3exit-1.jpg My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Piglet II system? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

One of the best I have ever seen was Kent Lane with Visions/Coors. It was like he had suction cups on his fingers. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

No one is saying you can’t use any AAD you want. Certain manufactured have said that you can’t use a particular AAD in the gear that they designed, tested and market to the public. Do you think you or any other jumper has the right to make business decisions for this company? I don’t think so. You are right not all AAD’s are the same. Some are better than others. But that is just my opinion and I don’t try to sell it as fact. I am not sure what you mean by perception over fact but I tend to pick my gear by the company’s track record. A decision “adversely affecting” a large group has yet to be proven. As for the small group making decisions, wake up and look around. There are 535 members of Congress making decisions for 308 million citizens and the Government has already banned a motorcycle, the Honda 3 wheel ATV. Hello McFly. Skydivers do have the right to question decisions that have been made but do you think the rights of “skydivers” trump the rights of International Company’s to conduct their business as they see fit? Make up your mind, is that rubbish an opinion or fact. Can you even identify the author? If not why would blindly support something that is blatantly biased that it is almost appears to be a joke. Show us where the facts are, substantiate just some of it. If you can show where there have been even 10 deaths caused by a Cypres or any other AAD for that matter I’ll eat my words. Until then it remains “rubbish” and “lies”. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It happens all the time. Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was an American airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. He was featured in Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II. Vesna Vulović (Serbian: Весна Вуловић; born 3 January 1950) is a former Serbian flight attendant. She holds the world record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 meters (33,330 feet).[1][2] And here are 10 more. http://www.oddee.com/item_96967.aspx Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

QuoteThe tread author talked about the L&R Line Release that he found. I also recently found a set on a canopy I was looking at. PN: 500 FAA-PMA, El Paso, Texas. This is a way to do a 4 line release without cutting the canopy lines. Sparky http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/4line3.jpg My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You need to step away from the key board and take a deep breath. Do you even know who wrote the silly crap in your first link? I am not a lawyer but it seems to me there is very good cause for action against the author of that rubbish. libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image. It is usually a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant).[1] Whoever wrote it knows he is lying and still made it available on the internet. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Yes the Sharpchuter is 245 sq. ft. I have around 2000 jumps on them and feel they are a great canopy for demos and for every day jumping. If you have the “H” mode done to the nose they open like a dream. Contact Red at Flight Concepts. They do not have the drive or the flare power of a high aspect 9 cell but with practice they will put you were you want when you want. As with Mathew I can’t help you with the harness/container system. Sparky http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/CanoplyHmod1.jpg http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp55/mjosparky/Skydiving/parachuteflagjumper4-2.jpg My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It is still a silly fucking post. jmo Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Do you have a source to back up this statement or is it just your opinion? Good maybe, adequate maybe, great I don’t think so. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

If you don’t have the balls to identify yourself at least have the common sense to keep you fucking mouth shut. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

They are part of the same IP address. http://www.flyaerodyne.com/fly/support.asp Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Aerodyne has banned them. Sparky http://www.flyaerodyne.com/fly/support.asp My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals