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After only three weeks to make a new custom rig - my brand new Racer 2K3 showed up on my doorstep this afternoon - a fresh inspection and first pack with a new Anglefire Reserve as well! I absolutly love it! This is my Second 2K3 - and I just wanted to say Thank YOU to Nancy, Tim, and the gang at Jumpshack for always making such a damn good container. I've done a decent amount of business with them, on both my rigs and my customers rigs - and They've only done top notch work! If you are in the market for a new rig - I wouldn't hesitate to recommend a Racer from Jumpshack.

That was a great trip - I love the vibe that Brian and Lynn have at their Dropzone - and the jumping there this last weekend was amazing! Thanks! =========Shaun ==========

Yeah - I met Rigger David this last weekend at Freefall express - he said something about you going to Dallas?!? Well, we missed you this last weekend! =========Shaun ==========

Well, I'm my own rigger and plenty busy with rigging from the Dropzone - I charge $45, the other guy in town charges $45, and I think over in KC We have a few that are $65. Personally, I like doing my own Rig Because I like to make my Racer look nice, clean, and sharp. It's not rocket surgery, but before I got my rigging license every now and again I'd get one of my rigs repacked and I was never content... =========Shaun ==========

Met a couple principles and superintendents - I'd say about 1/2 of them arn't smart enough to pass their own teachers classes.... =========Shaun ==========

Excellent point... I hadn't thought of that. Either way, the general consensus is that the cutter fired within it's placecard limits, so just as it was chalked up above, we can attribute the cutter damage to fondling or other post-jump incidents... =========Shaun ==========

No, no, not a problem for me at all. The problem is getting it to go down. Damn thing gets a mind of it's own at the worst time. It's like I'm 15 again.... =========Shaun ==========

Moonshine. He'll be drinking moonshine. He'll make it by himself in an old truck radiator he'll leave on the Whitehouse lawn. BTW - WTF is up between Hilary and Bill? Are they even "together?" =========Shaun ==========

He confirmed that he'd be there on our facebook page... He's good!

4x4edgeman AllisonH JDThomas KSJumper skyh2omedic Unstable There ya Go! I can't wait to see you again Doug! =========Shaun ==========

15 minutes. 20-25 if traffic slows me down.

Ding ding ding ding. We have a winner. =========Shaun ==========

Yup. It's that too. One helluva reason to celebrate! =========Shaun ==========

I can't help but wonder if it was caused by the forces of the unit firing in the first place... =========Shaun ==========

Men masturbate just as much as the Lady folks - I think it's unisex. =========Shaun ==========

Huh. Thanks you for that bit of info... =========Shaun ==========

Those pictures are a turn of for some reason - I don't know why.. =========Shaun ==========

Has anyone ever heard of a unit breaking after or during the fire? The Unit was out of my control and sight for several hours while jumpers at the Dropzone inspected it themselves.... I think realistically this also could have happened after the cutaway by people poking around.... =========Shaun ==========

I packed it myself. It's a Student Javelin, and a very easy-fitting container for that Reserve canopy, and the grommets line up perfectly. Like I said before, there are or were not any signs of torque on the cutter unit. =========Shaun ==========

I don't know if this belongs in the Incidents Forum, but IMHO since it seems to be caused by gear issues, I'll post here. Mods, feel free to move it as your little hearts desire. Today at our dropzone, and experienced jumper was jumping his canopy in our Transition Rig. He was jumping a Pilot 190 at roughly a 1.3 Wing loading. He had a Student Cypres II. Long story short - about 800' AGL his cypres Fired as he did a right 90 turn onto his downwind leg. I went this evening to pick up the Rig. I was suprised to find the cutter unit broken where the Metal section attaches to the plastic section.(See pictures attached) One of the internal wires of the cutter was broken completely, and I can only guess that a short caused the fire at 800'. My gut reaction was that a torque force while packed caused this. When I pulled the unit out, the unit's cutter was centered in it's elastic keeper, no signs of forces tugging it left or right. Have any of you riggers seen this before? I'm sending the unit into Airtec tomorrow - but I wanted to see if this has happened before... =========Shaun ==========

Of-a-course Jim-Jim-Jimmy-Jim is a-gunna be there! He'll probably be doing FF organizing, but AFAIK informally. No doubt there will be a lot going on! =========Shaun ==========

SCHWEEET!! 4x4edgeman (Pending Successfull 13th PRCP!) AllisonH JDThomas KSJumper Unstable =========Shaun ==========

I'm not a-drinking, but I am sitting at home. It's been a lousy day. I need a new girlfriend. =========Shaun ==========

I've met him on a couple of occasions. Nice guy. I wish I could say more, but I think the Mods have tapped my phone lines and currently watching me type this via little video cameras. =========Shaun ==========

So - Let's get The list going - you all know da rules! 4x4edgeman (Pending Successfull 13th PRCP! ) AllisonH KSJumper Unstable =========Shaun ==========