BlindBrick

Back when I was in college, I had a research oproject that invovled testing the variation in alittude readings based off of altimeter mounting position. Basically, you're hand mount is of minimal value for precise data collection as the movement of your hands during a jump will vary the altimeters position in the burble of your hand and thus vary the reading by a significant amount. We knew there was an issue but we had a hell of a time figuring out why until one of my project mates noticed a cycle to the variations on one jump and we looked at the video and realized that the variations occured not only as I radically changed body position but also when I did something as simple as slightly moving my wrist to read my alti. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Well enough to know that the lag you mentioned is minimal. On repeated chamber tests, I've seen FXC's fire in under a second after reaching the firing altittude. That includes the chamber test I ran when I was repacking the reserve on the unit that fired on me after I was fully open. Also, I never said that there were electronics in a 12000. I would point out though that there were mechanical arming mechanisms decades before there were ever any electronic ones. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I saw one misfire under a reasonably large canopy that had been open for a minute or two, and was flying straight and level at the time. Altitude looked like 1500 to 2000. The way it was explained to me after I had a fxc fire several seconds after I was under a fully-deployed main on a low pull was that the FXC has a arming point that is somewhat higher than the actual firing point. If the fxc arms, it is committed and will fire when it reaches the activation altitude regardless of the descent rate. I believe this because I've worked for a dz that used chamber-tested FXC's on freefall student mains to make sure they had a main out by 3,000. For a while the FXC was checked to see if it fired as a pass/fail item for the jump. I challenged that because we had more than a few heads up students with fired fxc's that insisted that they were out of the snivel and in the saddle before 3,000. Way too many for it to be just a case of being mistaken or the ego talking. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

M: Hey baby, wanna rodeo? G: So Gina it was totally like... No shit, there I was, thought I was gonna die. "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

If nothing else, wouldn't it be possible to get copies of the Laser's TSO documentation with the speccs for the slider? Or was it only the L9's that were tso'd as reserves? -MaxGrav "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

I've got a Prodigy 1 sized for 5'11" and 320 lbs. The wings on it are a tad small for me, but since you're 50 lbs lighter that might make a difference. I know I'm a bit shorter, but the pants seemed a bit long on me and I wear the toe straps at the highest of the three settings, so it should accomodate your extra height. If you're interested, pm me and I'll send it out to a ws instructor near you so you can try it out. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

According to the website Scotty won. He got twenty five percent of the vote which gave him a little over a 4700 vote lead to his nearest competitor. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

In football, we called those intercept angles. Fighter pilots refer to it as "deflection". -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Happy Birthday Chuck "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

isn't that the baby's name from willow? it's still cute though i like it Maybe, but we were more thinking along the lines of the Aurora Borealis and storms at sea. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Well at least I don't feel so bad about naming my kid Aurora Gale anymore. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Feel free to blow this off as a comment by a clueless low timer, but why not use streamers of a regulated length to verify the formation? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Congratulations. I offically recognize your unoffical world record holder status.

I own a large chunk of it. Let's just say that the DRMO guys de-mil'ed it with extreme prejudice. With a few exceptions, the cost of getting it airworthy again was far more than its value. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Could be worse. I can't straddle a bench in my wingsuit so I have to sit perpendicular. Having a 350+ lb wingsuit jumper sitting perpendicular at the front of an otter bench isn't comfortable for anyone, but no one ever complained to me. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

We used to do these fairly reguarly at my dz. What seemed to work best was getting the plane as slow as possible then having a third party who's familiar with IAD or PCA's to deploy the pc on exit. Usually was done with a borrowed student rig (250-280 sf) for sluggo but I've seen it done with sport mains in the 170-190 range too. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Prodigy in December 2006 -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

BWAHAHHAH. You have no idea what constitutes a monsterfatsuit. BTW. Tony, just how much fabric went into my SM1? We had Luigi Cani down for a canopy course and he brought his JVX 37. We put it up next to my SM1, and my suit was larger in all dimensions. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

A defense contractor in AR was supposed to be feeling out Grill for their CEO spot last week. Maybe I should ask him for a job. I'd take a blast suit over a monkey business suit anyday.

That'd be Corporate Cherokee Nation. I'm interviewing with the division of my tribe's business unit that runs our casinos. If I get the job, I'll be a modern Cherokee warrior, winning back our land twenty five cents at a time!

As what? A rig cover?

Not quite sure how it happened, but after 15 years of higher ed, I screwed up and graduated. Now I've got to get a real job, and today got called to schedule some interviews. Much to my horror, I realized that in the real world an MBA is expected to interview in a suit, something I haven't owned since before I started college. I don't have a clue other than I need to not break the bank on this one suit and that as a large guy, pinstripes are probably my friend. Can anyone give me some advice? -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

Let's see 2 RGP torsion contact lens @ $350 each 1 pair Linberghs @ $750 1 pair Walmart Cheapies @$150 1 prescription Transistions lens from a pair of Wiley-X SG-1's. The cheapos were actually the biggest pain to lose. Back near the start of my jumping career, I'd had a cornea transplant and was suppposed to lay off for 6 months to a year, but went and jumped at eight weeks. I borrowed some over-the-glasses googles but didn't inspect them. They had a corner that was spider webbed and it blewout almost as soon as I got terminal. Ironically my helmet saved the googles but my glasses flew right off exposing my eyes to the wind. I'd also had a cornea transplant in the other eye less than a year before, so I kept my eyes open just long enough to turn from the formation then tracked like a motherfucker for what I hoped was about ten seconds before dumping. One of the scariest things I ever did in the sky since I didn't have an audible and had performed a 360 track a time or two. -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

As is most times the case in law, yes and no.

No. Contract law is when one party fails to honor/live up to provisions in a contract. There's no contract with the potential buyer in the situation. This is an example of anti-trust law which is known as Competition law in other countries. Another critical difference is that contract law is tort (civil) law where as Anti-trust law is criminal law. That's why in anti-trust cases there's not a plantiff but a prosecutor. Someone like Lawrocket could refine and possibly correct my explanation since I've now been up 28 hours, but I think I got the gist fo it right. A signifcant part of my undergrad and graduate work was dedicated to biz law with about equal emphasis on contracts, anti-trust and SOX. or as we called it in grad school "an MBA in CYA" -Blind "If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."