mjosparky

I got along fine with Bob. We were friends but not tight buddies. As far as what happened to him, anybody's guess. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You are around 50 pounds over what the manufacture says in maximum weight on your reserve. No amount of jumps is going to change that fact. Be sure and tell you family that if it blows up, it wasn't their fault. (The manufacture that is.) Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Place an awl at the junction of the "A" & "B" after you get the "As" tight and before you tighten the "B"s. Come on guys this is not rocket science. You are measuring from point A to point B. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Yes, on the left behind the sign. Driving back from the Nationals in Richmond in 1978.

Yes, I have a pension, or retirement. Have been drawing it since 1997 at age 52. I also started a deferred comp. account through my employer and am drawing on that also. If you are 30 now and have not started you are in deep shit. Sixty is a terrible place to be without a steady income and health insurance. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

OK, now I see your point. What I would do is stake the canopy out on a layout table with the lines under light tension and the "A"s and "B"s stacked in proper relationship to each other and the links on a common anchor. Then measure from the anchor point directly to the "B" attachment point. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The question is, can you safely land your 175 sq.ft. Swift, off, DZ in the same winds? I have spent 20+ years doing tests jumps on various types of canopies and I won't jump a Swift in 28 mph gusts. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Norm is the only one still alive. Randy died of cancer and Perry was involved in a A/C midair over Corona, CA. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

That 10 stack at Perris, Aug. 1980, was the first night 8-stack, I closed 8th. There is a picture of it in the Bombshelter at Perris. Over by the computers. The ground shot lists all the names. I am not at home so I can't look it up in my log books. If I remember right, Norm Kent took the in flight picture, and there were 2 national rated judges in the air watching. Scott Hamilton and a guy who got killed by a train. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

I take it home at the end of every jump day and inspect it there while packing it. No distractions and a controlled environment. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You are absolutely correct. This is a personal pet peeve of mine. If you have the old line set, use a steel tape and measure where the cascade is located. Now you know at which point the lines should cascade. Look in PPM Vol. I, Page 401 if you don't believe me. Or you could always contact the manufacture. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Angle has nothing to do with it. It is the length of the line groups that determine trim or angle of attack. If you measure all the lines from the same anchor point, length is length, cascade or not. If you measure a given line at the canopy end it does not know if it is a cascade line or not. How you figure where to put the cascade is another matter. As far as I know there is no set rule. You would have to go by what the old line set is. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

You measure with all the lines anchored to the same point. You finger trap in all your cascades first, anchor all the lines and measure for the canopy attachment point starting with the "A" lines. All measurements should be "finished" length and allow for any finger trapping. See drawing and don't laugh. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Saskia, I owe you an apology. Caught me at a bad time and I took it out on you. My problem not yours. I am sorry.

Damn, haven't heard some of those names in year. Gypsy is dead, he was in Spike's beach. Jimmy Crawford is dead, got taken out by a drunk driver. Bear just last year hit 5,000 jumps and quit jumping. Don Johnson came out of hiding after 15 or so years and started jumping again last year. Joe Morgan is dead, SIGW. Bill Hallum, heard from him about 2 years ago. Space, no idea. Same with Gary Brown. Oh, forgot the Wookie. No idea. Were you around when we built the night 10 stack in 80 or 81? Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Ah shudup, ya show off. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Have you ever noticed that NB series of bail out rigs have riser covers on the front riser? This is to protect the riser from UV when the rig is left in the cockpit on stand-by situations. The riser is the only load bearing portion of the harness exposed. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Do mfgs give the distance from riser to each attachment point on the canopy directly? In order to determine equivalent line lengths to make a non-cascaded lineset, I would think you need to know the angles invloved for the cascaded layout, and not just the lengths. Most manufactures use differential measurement to determine line length using the length of the "A" line as a base reference. For example: "A" line = 131 inches "B" line = + 9" or 140" "C" line = + 22" or 153" "D" line = + 36" or 167" I just pulled these number out the blue, but that is the way they work. You measure from the inside of the loop at the connector link to the inside of the loop at the connection point at the canopy. If you don't tell the line there is a cascade on the way up, they will never know. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Here is a picture of that first stack I mentioned above. Feb. 1979. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

The first picture is Michael Owens and Bob Ceylea attempted CRW with Piglet Mains sometime in early 1978 The next picture is from Feb. 1979. It started as a 5 stack but the last man on dropped off at around 2,000. It is the first 4 or larger stack built in So. Cal. I believe. We landed it without breaking before touch down. Bad, Bad. From the top: Mark Seckler, (deceased) on a paradactyl, Tim Long on a Strato Star, Bill Hallam on a Strato Star, Michael Owens on a Strato Cloud. The fifth man who dropped off was Burr Gompers, (deceased) canopy unknown. Sparky, I am the one on the Strato Cloud. My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Hey Paul, It was tried over 50 years ago. Nothing new. If the laws of physics haven't changed since then, I bet the results will be the same. Bird Man Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

It was one of the original 12 he made. It is number with my name on the back.

Not while flying, but the opening is the issue. Esp if I'm still flying forward a lot (for instance after getting rid of a pilotchute in my burble) I feel much happier if everything is snug round my shoulders because that's where the opening shock is going to be, with my canopy opening all the way while still behind me. You also get the cleanest deployments while still flying more then breaking, but you also get the nicest bruises on your shoulders that way Anyway my BMI always says to tighten your cheststrap more than usual for BM. But usually I already have mine tight You asked if you were taking a risk. I told you yes, but not much of one. If you tighten you chest strap to the point the MLW is drawn together you are miss using your equipment. If the rig fits you, it will not come of during deployment, and the bruises you get are not the fault of the equipment. It is the way you are using the equipment. In the future if you have a question concerning gear, just ask you BMI and save everyone else time it takes to respond. I am sorry you did not get the answer you wanted to hear. Sparky My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

Is this the Hinckley you are talking about?