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My first guess is bad lines. My second guess is too weak rubber bands. My third guess is the kill line is too short or the drogue is due for replacement. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Really nice color combo :) But it looks like the "ears" are too full. You might have problems with the riser covers popping open.... "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Hi Jerry, I'm with you on that one. Severing a ripcord cable might look spectacular, but it's easier to accomplish than severing a non tensioned dynema loop. With all that said, I still believe that a single blade cutter is the way to go, when we are talking about AAD cutters. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Give me your Fusion 120 and I'll tell you:) Or if you go to the gym twice a week this winter, the question about the riser pressure won't bother you anymore "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Airtec can't force you to RTFM. All they can do is give you 12 months window to have the check done. The problem is that people are trying to squeeze the maximum of their repack cycle. It's all about priorities. "Do you want the check now ( the winter ) or you wanna wait for the next repack"...... "Oh...I really want to jump this weekend"...."No problem man. I'm just saying that the chance that you gonna be jumping this weekend is really small and it's better if you have the check done now .... "just pack it now"....."OK man".... 4 months later ( just after the beginning of the season) ...."Shit man, I had to chop...can you pack it for me for tomorrow"..."sure, no problem, but your CYPRES must go for maintenance NOW"...."shit, can we do something about it?!" ...Sure, I can pack it without or you can hire one until yours is back"......DAMN you CYPRES thread follows.... As I said...It's all about priorities!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sAr8PiJiVI&feature=g-hist "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

It comes off easy from type VIII, but from type VII is pain in the ass. Any tricks ? "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEzRl5grtk "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

As koppel said, the rig need a factory recertification every 5 years after the first 15 years in service. If you still have the soft housing, that means that the rig doesn't have the recertification. And one more thing. Just because the rig looks good to you it doesn't mean that it will past the factory inspection. Good luck finding gear for yourself

It all depends of your torso size. The best thing you can do is to have somebody measure you according to Sunpath measuring guide and send your measurements together with the serial # of the rig to Sunpath. The should be able to give you the best advice... "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

I'm not sure why they think that would be in improvement over a handle attached to the base of the PC. The idea behind attaching it at the base of the PC is that by the time the PC is in the airstream, the pin has been pulled and the container is open. At this point, the last thing you want to do is hang on to your PC, so mounting it at the base makes it very tough to hang onto the thing. I'm sure that if you drop them an e-mail, Stefan or Jupp will answer your questions. The only reason I could think of why this pull out is set this way is to keep it as close as possible to the throw out as a feeling. By the time you get the pin out, the PC will be already half way out....then again, the best answer will come from Paratec. The real pull out might be problematic for someone with short hands or a cameraman with big wings. If you hold on to your PC on a throw out system, the chance that your container will be open as well is close to 100% , so I don't see the problem here. But I might be wrong that the chance is that big. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Most, but not all pull outs are set this way. Please check Next manual page 25 picture 38. http://www.paratec.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010-02-24-NEXT-Sport-Owners-manual-issue-02-2010_email.pdf "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

lazy PC throw to start with "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Parachute Labs on their Racer series "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

It's called a "guiding tone". Disable it and you will end up with single 3rd beep as well. RTFM

Thanks for the clarification Mark. Just a few thoughts. I think that the current speeds are high enough. In fact I think that in many cases they are beyond survivable. 36fps is faster than the fastest men on earth can run. I don't get the idea of test method 2. What are the folks at PIA trying to do?! Find a way to certify a 55 sq.ft reserve? "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Hi Michael, In the past, Airtec did all those tests for the manufacturers for free. This is no longer the case. However their testing procedures were the same as the PIA TS-112. I wonder why

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tgVyJ2bmqE&playnext=1&list=PL9A1221E239BA1CCB&feature=results_video "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

I don't know if you are aware, but in order to give a CYPRES approval to a container manufacturer ,Airtec test every model at least 36 times. That makes at least 36 'loops cleanly cut' .... http://www.pia.com/piapubs/TSDocuments/TS-112.pdf And don't forget to add another 80 000 + Cypres 1 units to the equation

It's a total malfunction. You know that Skyhook had nothing to add to the speed of the deployment, so why did you mentioned it?! "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Hahaha

I agree with you that Wings has a solid pin cover flap. However, after watching the video for the second time I saw that the pin cover flap is closed in the plane, but it's open when the guy goes to "sit", which makes the scenario described by Dave, very much possible. I haven't seen many Wings pin cover flaps being open on the ground after the jump. A long loop would definitely "help" though. A guy brought his rig for a repack some months ago. While I lifted the rig from the box, the Dbag fell off. I could close that rig with my fingers only. Without a pull up cord. The loop was 8 cm too long. The guy said that he had about 30 jumps with this loop length The scary thing is that when we have a rig like that for I+R, we shorten the loop and we talk with the jumper. And then during the next I+R we find the loop being lengthen again. Some people listen, some don't.....I guess we could use this video as a example of "what could possibly goes wrong" "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

People will crucified me for this, but you might be interested in how the canopy reacts on line twists. After all, when the shit hit the fan, you might be 1000 ft above the ground with 5 twist. Just be aware that if you do something as stupid as packing your parachute with line twists, you might end up using your reserve. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Skyhook and magnets About 80 % of the jumpers buying Skyhook have no idea how it works. The only thing they know is that you can chop at 100ft. Good luck with that

The length will be different for different sizes PC. It shouldn't be shorter than the PC inners ! Take care. P.S. I'm also waiting for John's respond. Maybe they have "one size fits all", bag retainer lines. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen