mjosparky

The picture of the ID panel on the one we are discussing shows DOM as 1975. Since F-111 was not around then, I would say "yep". The first RWPC's were made of 1.5 rip stop. As Wendy said, they may have changed over by 1983. But I have a feeling they were not selling many PC’s of any version by that time. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Yes!

When a good friend (also a French Canadian...) dropped a toggle on his Velo 96 last year and broke his pelvis in something like 8 places... Canuck Pain is always a good teacher, even if it is some else’s pain. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I think you meant to say, She may not always be right, but she is never wrong. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Flying flags in freefall can go to hell in a heart beat, been there done that. Work out every detail before hand and then go over everything again. You asked for advise. If you got some form Airtwardo you would be smart to follow it. He has been at this shit a long time and there is a reason he is still around. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The cable housings are made the same way they have always been made. During manufacture there is a cutting oil that is used and there is a residue left on the inside. On new rigs I run a length of 750 braided nylon through the housings a few times and this will remove most of the curd. But due to their design, coil wrap, it will continue to seep out of the coil laps for sometime. And this is true on all rig, including Racers. Scary statement when talking about parachute type things. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

From CA, $260.00 and that includes shipping. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Jumping a ram-air with out any reefing, i.e. slider, is brutal. You are lucky you didn't bite your tongue off. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

My agent says anytime your name is in print it is good. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

If the static line attachment is at the top of the door, it is the same a cutting 3+ feet off the static line. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

If you want it to continue to be recreation, this is good advise. How many full time instructors do you see make fun jumps on the weekend? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I agree with that, for sure. And maybe a little ego involved. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I have no advise to offer, just glad to hear you won the battle. Would hate to lose a fellow zipper racer. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Just so you know, the company of that man currently recommends 3-ring maintenance at least every 90 days("three months", pg 74 of the latest version of the Vector3 manual, off the RWS website). Thank you, I had not noticed that part of the new manual. But that is followed by this: So would you say that every 30 days is acceptable? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Now that is stretching is a bit far. Sparky Hey we bearded men get all the attention! That may be so, but Attractive? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

No one said anything about small block or big block. They said Chevy V-8 block. Last time I looked the 396 was a Chevy V-8 block. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Rob, I was one of the guys jumping my main with out a bag and "free stowing" the lines in the pack tray. It was called "trash packing". I made about 500 jumps that way. I also had a line group half-hitch on the main inspection flap of a Streamlite. At about 1,000 feet I fired the reserve into it. The P/C got by the mess and I am convinced the fact I was using a diapered round saved my butt. And yes, that was my last jump with "free stowed" lines. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

No! Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Their DZ, their airplane, it is their business. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You forgot the 305, 307 and 400. Bonus points for getting the 302, though. And you forgot the 396. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Now that is stretching is a bit far. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The rigs covered by the SB are at least 8 year old and would have to have other work done to bring them up to par with what is maufactured today. You would be better off buying something a little newer. jmo Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Jim, Look on post 12 of this thread. I posted some pictures. It is just like a normal bag but with a line stow pocket on the side. The pocket works the same way the line stow pocket on a reserve free bag. I have around 1,000, plus or minus, jumps on the same bag. I have replace the pile Velcro twice. It is about a 10 minute job with a single needle. I have Dacron lines on all my canopies and have not noticed any excessive wear from the Velcro. I get 700 to 800 jumps from a set of lines, but then the canopy is jumped out also. I jump sharpchuters that are made of F-111. I made it because I hate running down a rubber band every time one breaks, I am lazy and I hate to pack. I use tube stows for the locking stows just to hold the bag closed until line stretch. The use of line stows has nothing at all to do with how the canopy opens. The canopy is still in the bag when the lines are coming out of any stows on the bag. Canopy opening does not start until after line stretch and the bag is gone. To repeat what I said in post 24. As far as I can tell the bag has had no effect on my openings at all. After jumping this bag for several hundred jumps and making about 500 jumps without the use of a bag of any kind, I am convinced that there are only two things that affect the opening of a ram-air canopy. 1. The fill time, which is a function of design and can be controlled by how the nose is handled during packing. 2. Size and design of the slider and how it is handled during packing. (referring to how hard it opens) Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I have never seen or heard of one twist up and have problems cutting away. But then again not many people put a small elliptical on Type VIII risers. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals