mjosparky

And your point is?

I am the wrong one to ask to start a new "voting". I don't need the grief. I do agree with you that most people would choose wisely on an issue like this. The problem is that most people do not frequent these boards. I fear it would be yet another waste of bandwidth the me, me, crowd wanting more data and more studies and the crowd trying to make things safer forced to defend common sense. A lost cause on both side. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Need pictures. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The process is the same, swage. You can call it crimp, press, swage or what ever, it is cold forging using pressure instead of heat to join the two metals. At one time pins were soldered on the cable but I have never heard of a TSO'd system using a set screw. You say you have a customer that uses a terminal pin, how do you tell if it has slipped? Can't have it both ways. The military use dozens of different types and lengths of ripcords that must be manufactured to the specs. on the master drawings. These drawings do not allow for a + or - anything. They have required lengths such as 42 7/16" with a pin spacing of 5 9/16". The only time I have seen + or - a quarter of an inch is on non-critical soft goods. The company I do work for made some of the H/C systems for the space scuttle and they were only allowed + - 1/16" anywhere in the drawings. This was all fabric, with metal the tolerances are 0. If these measurements should never be used then the manufacturing method needs to be changed. Critical parts for everything from planes to medical equipment are manufactured every day to exacting standards. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

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And they are both forms of cold forging by using repeated blows or pressure. In either case it causes the pin to "flow" in the cable. Each ripcord should have a known "finished" length, and pin spacing where needed, that takes into account amount of cable inserted into the pin, pin elongation due to swaging and that which is produced by proof loading. By measuring against this "known" you can determine if the cable has shifted. Right off hand, I can't think of any sport manufacturers that use a terminal pins. Could you help me out? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

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Thanks for providing some profile information. As Tom said, US TSO requires the following information on the ripcord: But as we learned with the recent Capewell pin problem, very few manufactures are complying with this requirement. Did the cable come out of the pin or did pin break off at the shoulder? Phree, There a 2 different types of pins. Terminal and intermediate. The method of swaging is the same. As the name states, the terminal pin is for use on the very end of a ripcord and the intermediate is for use on ripcords with more than one pin. I have only seen the terminal pins used on some military applications. See attachments. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Most of the time you have to land them, and it is not your decision where to land. I guess thats why they call it testing. I prefer land on land over water. On land, once I touch down it over. On a water landing, once you touch down things can start to get busy in a hurry. A couple of years ago I was involved in testing a water activated canopy release made by Koch & Sons for ejection seats. I spent 2 days being towed around Big Bear lake behind a boat. That gets old in a hurry. The land portion of the testing was a cake walk. Towed behind an ATV, dry, warm and I could stand up and have a donut between setups. It is amazing what a PLF will do for an old man landing a nylon hammer.

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I am going by Hank's house today, I'll let him know he has achieved Saint Hood. Harrraaaarra.. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

They won't let me drink beer while test jumping. You how some people are. Sparky -------------------------------------------------------- You old guys dont drink that much anyway. bozo I resemble that remark!

Try looking on this site. http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgSTC.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet You have to file a 337 STC from for that specific aircraft. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I would say yes, pretty much like hitting the ground. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Even if you are breakfast? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Just an all around nice guy. You must be fun to play liars poker with. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

They won't let me drink beer while test jumping. You how some people are. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

No, it will be the first live jumps on it, not just my first. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Start at 5,000a feet. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You are right, I know. Sometimes the frustration level gets a little high. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

And that ladies and gentlemen is just about the most informative post you will ever see on the subject of "Demo smoke". Good job Airtwardo. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

How I long for the "Good old days". Just got a call and in about 2 months I will be test jumping a 24' con., the GQ 6000. It is going to be used in the seat for the JSF. Should be fun. Yea, right. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Mark them with an arrow and a little sign that says "This end up". Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I guess that means tandem jumping is not sport? I've got hundreds of jumps on canopies with dacron lines without having a malfunction caused by the lines. But then, I pack my own rig. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Larry wasn't wrapped real tight on some things. He cut the other 2 reserve risers off of his rig. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals