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  1. mjosparky
    And some people are immature, self-centered, rude and convinced you are there just to accommodate their every wish. It seems there is more and more of this in skydiving and society as a whole every year. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Why don't you just show us pictures of you getting yours?
  3. mjosparky
    And some people want skydiving to go mainstream. Thing sure have changed in the last 10 year. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    The few jumps I have made out of a CASA the door was closed on take off. I have heard but don't for a fact that a Skyvan gets a large percentage of its lift from the shape of the fuselage. If that is a fact it might also apply to a CASA. Can a Skyvan or CASA driver jump in here and confirm this. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Thanks Rob. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    But it can land like shit for those with little 7 cell experience. True, practice practice practice. Mick. And where would a new jumper go to get practice landing a swift? I know, Mick's house. Party this Saturday, bring you own mix.
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    Ditto. The more I know, the better. Well it looks like Mick had to clean the bathroom. When you are joining two pieces of like material together the joint should have enough inches of stitching to equal the strength of the material being joined. When joining 2 pieces of Type VIII webbing with 5 cord (40 lb.) at 5 SPI you need a minimum of 22.5 inches of stitching to equal the strength of the webbing. (4500 lb.) If you make a 3 inch 4 point or W W pattern you will get 27 inches of stitching which gives you more then the required stitches overall for the joint. 5 X 40 X 27 = 5400 pounds If you were using Type VII webbing, 6500 lb., you would go to a 4” pattern, which would give you 36 inches of stitching. 5 X 40 X 36 = 7200 pounds By wrapping the joint with a piece of something like Type 12 or Type IV you reinforce the joint against the load force being applied in a non-sheer or peel motion. I hope this help more than confuses.
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    Ditto. The more I know, the better. Ask Mick; he will gladly take the time to explain thoroughly. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    John I agree with you for the most part. Hell, you probably don’t remember me, but I was on a demo with you a few years ago. Dec. 16th. 2003. The good old days are gone and with them with them the old ways. Some were good and some were not so good. Its time to deal with life in the present My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Well done Mick, now explain to the non-riggers what all that mombo jumbo mean. SPI x inches of stitch to webbing strength and so on.
  11. mjosparky
    But it can land like shit for those with little 7 cell experience. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
  12. mjosparky
    When you make choices in skydiving equipment you should a least get components that are compatible. Playing mix and match with life safety equipment is not the smartest thing to do. There is a reason manufactures have size limits on containers. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    This is what is used in the military now. http://www.mustangsurvival.com/products/product.php?id=350&mc=57 http://www.mustangsurvival.com/products/product.php?id=341&mc=57 My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    Good and Bad. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    This is worth repeating and repeating and repeating..................... My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    100+ donut shot from the ground.
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    Hey, I resemble that remark. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    If the rig I had was the one with the AAD, I would turn it on. I can remember at least twice that I had a cutaway on big ways and went to my back up rig. And I was doing big ways over 50 as early as 1980 or 1981. Big ways are safer than some people think. On big ways the jumpers are usually very experienced and disciplined. Nick Lucas is the only guy I can think of off hand that went from a collision on a big way. But I can think of a few that got killed on a 2 way collision. On the other hand if I was flying near the outside and assigned to track to 2000 with a Spectre main I would leave the AAD off. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    I had 2 rigs, one with an AAD and one without. The rig without is what I would use when involved it drop testing which is often done within the operational window of AAD's, 1000 feet at 180 KEAS. The other rig, the one with the AAD, I would use for fun jumps and demos. During fun jumps I turned it on in the morning and forgot about it. It would shut itself off. On demos I would never turn it on. There are just too many variables involved with a demo and an AAD is one less thing to have to deal with. I jumped from 1976 until 1996 without an AAD. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    i've never heard this. why? and how do you pop your ears when going to altitude if not "valsalva"? Trust me; this guy knows what he is talking about. He works at the high altitude (hyperbaric) chamber in Texas. There is no relationship between your ears “popping “from altitude and “swimmers ear”. One is pressure differential on either side of the tympanic membrane, eardrum, and the other is water in the outer ear cannel. To clear “swimmers ear” put a couple of drops of alcohol in you ear and break down the surface tension of the water. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
  21. mjosparky
    Several years ago a guy a Perris landed out on the far east edge of the DZ and after he had touched down a DD came through, picked him up and slammed him back down. It killed him. They scare the hell out of me. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
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    *** Just a quick word of caution on using something like that... If you need to use it, open your harness some first. (after splash down) If it's 'under' a tight harness and gets inflated it doesn't expand out, but rather 'in', and that can make it real hard to breathe. The "infatabelt" type work really well if you are wearing a rig. Goes around your waist and if you need it you take it out of the pouch and slip it over your head, snap the chest buckle and pull. Not much good if you unconscious though. But then unless you leave the A/C with it inflated none of them will work for that. Try to one with at least 30 pounds of flotation.
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    What power setting do you think it took to taxi back to the hanger?
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    Sometimes it is almost easier to by a new helmet.
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    It has been my experence that even then it is usually something else that gives first, not the harness. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals