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Just to add to your list of examples, here is my favorite: Manfrotto Quick Release Shane

This is probably a first, but I get to answer my own question... I emailed Radir at Rawa and he says the cameras that best fit the PC9 Dbox are the PC101 and PC105. Shane

I have a Rawa helmet with a D-box sized for a PC9. What other cameras will fit in it? Shane

This thread belongs in the bonfire. It does not pertain to skydiving. Shane

I've bought/sold several things online from whole rigs to altimeters. No matter how big the transaction, a big thing for me is their presence on dz.com. First, how long ago did they register? Second, is their profile filled out and believable? Check out the posts they've made, if any. If someone has made hundreds of posts over the past few years, my guess is they are not a fly-by-night scammer. Skydiving is a small community and the people you want to buy from or sell to care about their reputations. Ask if you can call their DZO or S&TA as a reference (look up the phone number yourself, though, to avoid a bogus person on the other line). In the end, unless you use a third party (which is not a bad idea for big items), you are never 100% protected, but that is part of the joy of long-distance transactions. Good luck. Shane

I have a video and a still mounted on a FT Pro with Manfrotto quick releases. No part of either camera or release is within an inch of the edge of the top plate. The thought was that even if a riser slid along the side of my helmet, it wouldn't snag anything. If shit happens, I'll have to dump the entire helmet because the only way those cameras are coming off is if their mounting holes rip out of them. So my question is how do you mount things so that they will break off if they are snagged yet keep them safe the other 99.999% of the time? Shane

Slinks must be looped twice as descibed in the PD instructions. And yes line order maters (as does the possible presence of line twists). Please have a rigger show you how it's done, and if I were you, I would be more hesitant about doing my own rigging until I had some practice in what you are trying to do and was confident I could do it correctly. In any case, getting a quick once-over by a rigger is always a good idea. Shane

Placed an order on Feb 6 and everything was timely and exactly what I've come to expect. Shane

I just moved up from a Rawa to an FT Pro that I got used and I have a few questions. I am primarily shooting 4-way video with a PC9, but I also use a Rebel XT occasionally for tandems, etc. 1) I am sensitive to neck pain so I am trying to minimize the impact of the cameras. Would you recommend mounting video on top and still on the front bracket or both cameras side-by-side on the top? (I know canopy and line choice are very important factors.) 2) Does anybody have the directions for making a pocket in the liner for an audible? Shane

I'm pretty sure that's a Vector rig that one of the guys on here had a thread about. He posted pics of it and even said he had to have Relative Workshop fix the color of one of the flaps because it didn't get manufactured right the first time. Don't have time to go thread hunting right now, but it's out there...maybe about 6 months old. Shane

Like he said, it is DZ specific. There are two extremes...at Perris, as soon as 2 people land in different directions, the primary landing area (grass) is closed and everyone is supposed to land elsewhere. Other DZ's won't say anything if the person was experienced, "knew what he was doing", and didn't cause a major problem. I think that the person should be warned once and then have actions taken if they intentionally do it again. If they want to land downwind, crosswind, etc., they should do it away from others or when nobody planning to land into the wind is in the pattern. Shane

You really want to listen to the Skydive Radio interviews he did. The links are here and here. Shane

Yep. 7 weeks ago my teammate and I were in his 4 month old car (silver car in pictures) and were hit by someone not looking. We then found our way to a utility pole that hurt quite a bit. Pics Here Shane

Bill Booth, the inventor of both the pull-out and throw out recommends the throw-out. He talks about both on a recent Skydive Radio show (#16), which you can get here. Shane

What ended up happening with the trade-in? Shane

I love the Otter swooping the pond at the end of the day. Shane

I removed the container in those methods because my wife was already asleep and probably wouldn't have been an especially happy participant anyway. Also, I couldn't use both arms at the same time when moving the shoulder straps, but with enough force, they would both come off at the same time. Under normal circumstances, though, you are correct...the forces applied to the harness by the canopy would be symetric and only applied at the attachment points. This would account for my success in not falling out of the harness for the past 400 jumps. However, the scenarios I demonstrated would most likely happen when things didn't go as planned. Suppose a line snagged or the canopy deployed unevenly or the jumper had poor body position or a premature opening happened or.... Shane

There has been a good bit of discussion about how a jumper can fall out of a harness lately. Jan Meyer has an article about it, and PhreeZone used to have a video showing his attempt. I'm honest enough to admit that in my time in the sport I had never heard of this accidentally happening so I never gave it major concern. With the recent tragic loss of a tandem passenger and stories of actual accidents and close-calls that have happened on sport rigs, I thought it might help people in my shoes to actually see how easy it can be. So I made two quick videos that show how one could fall out of either 1) the "head hole" while in a track or while headdown, or 2) the "rear hole" while in a sit. Background: My rig is second hand and thus doesn't fit me perfect. I am aware that my rig (especially the yoke) is a bit too big for me. I also have lost 30 lbs. since I got it. I have put ~400 jumps on this rig and have never had a problem. In each video, I make the straps very tight, just as I do when I jump. The main canopy has been removed because a fallout of the harness would most likely occur on deployment as the main was inflating (and thus out of the container). Sitfly Video Tracking/HeadDown Video I just thought this might be good for awareness. Please keep all comments constructive. Shane

That might be true right now, but it's a bit short-sighted. What about 30 years from now? The other people will probably all be making 6 figures and have plenty of benefits and savings. I am sure most on here will attest that making 6 figures is skydiving almost unheard of. (There might be a few exceptions for some DZO's or world champions, but not many.) I will also back up some others by saying if you truly don't like what you're studying (not just that it's hard), change fields or schools. College is so much better when you like what you're doing. And I'm not just rambling about something I know nothing about...I'm in my 10th year of college (BS + MS + PhD). Good luck in your search! Shane

sounds good, dude. I'll probably be in. Shane

As a follow up, I got a copy of the police report today, and she was ticketed with "Failure to yield". So (at least according to the cop), she was at fault. Shane

Me. I had to go to the ER and get a bunch of x-rays and some meds. Plus the accident damaged my laptop, camera equip. and some skydiving equip. (I haven't had my rig inspected yet.) Shane

BTW, since this might get complicated, does anybody know of a reputable personal injury attorney in Atlanta? Shane

Good points, Wendy. She has already tried to pull some fast ones, like claiming their was a witness, even though there wasn't (nobody stopped and nobody was there to speak to the cop). I really think it is going to be in our best interest to hire an attorney to make sure she doesn't try something. Shane

As the banged up passenger, I resent that. The banging up definitely involved Adam's car and the big pole that we hit The best part is the lady who caused the accident never once asked if we were OK, and immediately started to blame us. She said we ran a red light...the major problem with her story is that the light was green and from where her car was she couldn't see the light color. oops! Shane