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A bartack doesn't add anything to the strength. It just keeps the line fingertraped when there's no load. I don't know anyone who can do 30+ stitchless fingertraps faster than a person hitting the pedal on a bartacker...... I've done this fingertap magic once on a field repair... on my canopy... on a lower st. line. Worked out fine. I don't have experience with this on the cascades. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Like this one? Some time ago I saw a reserve approved for 10 repacks or 6 jumps. Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Is that really needed? Just because this person is not from America does not mean they are a terrorist.] Maybe the "terrorist" part is unfair, but it did seem strange to me that the applicant was willing to travel anywhere in the world except the US. Mark Troubles getting the visa?! "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

1. Have somebody measure you according to the Sun Path guidelines. http://sunpath.com/support/measuring-guide.html 2. Send your measurements together with the serial # of the rig you are interested in buying to Sun Path and see what they have to say. 3. Hope that the harness in question wasn't resized meanwhile. 4. Typing with the caps lock on is considered to be offensive . "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

I can't answer for the OP, but if I start jumping accuracy, that's exactly the combo I'm gonna get. 100-ish reserve and 250-260 main. Packing volume and comfort. That's it

It's possible. Call Nancy from Jump Shack. They can make you almost any combination you can think of "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

The Parachute Case "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Altico and Mirage. From my memory! I'm lazy to search the SB's so I could be wrong ! I don't recall Altico/Dolphin or Sunrise/Wings ever "approving" an AAD in the way that, say, UPT or RI has. They just said they weren't in the AAD approval business. That's Basik's and Mirage's current position also (and maybe VSE/Infinity as well?). And that's different than saying those manufacturers had no issues or concerns. Mark Hi Mark, Look at the following SB. This is from the PSB03-11 from Mirage So apparently at some point Argus was approved in Mirage H&C Thanks Jerry for fixing my laziness Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Altico and Mirage. From my memory! I'm lazy to search the SB's so I could be wrong ! Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

It is! In many countries and some US DZs! "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Blown up?! This is what I call "blown up" "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

But only in YEL, WHT, LBL. That's in 2014. In 1991 I'm sure they've had more colors to offer. Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

I don't know of any company doing that. Aerodyne and PISA however make the line attachment tapes on A,B,C,D and st. lines in different color. PISA is out of the sport market for about 10 years now, but you should be able to find some Hornets still in use. Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

This one? http://www.skydivemag.com/article/stop-turning "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Ring. Many reasons for the ring, and not even a single one for the pillow. ( except the cool factor, but I don't really care about that ) The reasons for my choice. 1. Easier to grab and pull. 2. Once the pillow is made, it's impossible to inspect the swage at the end of the reserve cable. 3. Just by touching you can determine whether you have cutaway or reserve handle in your hand. ( for those 1:1 000 000 occasion when your buddy's canopy is all around you, your harness is twisted and all you have left is to pull your reserve to add more fabric to the mess) 4. A well made pocket for the ring handle doesn't depend on the quality of the Velcro to keep the handle in place( not saying that you should jump with bad Velcro) 5. Almost all CReW dogs I've seen have ring reserve handles. It's for a reason. If it was a "snag" potential, they would've gone for pillows. 6. I've pulled more than 4000 reserve handles in my life- check again my reason #1 7. Grabbing a pillow handle with broken fingers will be challenging. 8. One of the big gear manufacturers will not make you a pillow handle, even if you especially ask for it. 9. My boss doesn't like pillow reserve handles The following is not meant to be criticism to anyone. Have you ever tried to pull your reserve handle with the right hand? Have you ever tried to pull your reserve handle without using your fingers? If NOT, you should ETA: #9 "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Add Parachute Systems to that list as well Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Aerodyne links were never made for 3 turns. Only the ones from Precision . "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Just a heads up. Basically they got rid of the metal ring and made a tab from what it looks to me like ugly green 5/8" square weave The rest stays the same. Gray bartack for the main and red for the reserve. Cheers "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Is there an "undo" spam report button for people like me who "report spam" by accident when scrolling up/down on their phones "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

416 cu.in. according to the PIA and the Jump Shack charts http://www.jumpshack.com/Read/Tech/canopy_volume_chart.htm "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Hi Tom, Just something to think about. I've seen a rapid link distorted twice( #3,5 ). Both times the line group was held in place by the thread of the link. Both times the jumper was not aware of any of that. Both times the lines fell off the link , just second after the jumper landed and the lines were left without tension. If all of this happens and the jumper is not aware, and for whatever reason that line group is left without enough tension close to the ground ( turbulence ?) this jumper is going to have a very bad day. I'm a strong believer that whatever breaks on your gear during skydive, should happen on opening when you are still high enough to use your reserve. Not 100 ft above the ground. Keep in mind, I'm not a TM! "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Well, maybe you should go to a rigger instead "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

You really need to read my first post one more time. Then keep in mind that I'm responding to the OP who happens to have an Icon risers. I don't know why you have that idea that I mean any new risers with 50 jumps will have that problem. Read my first post again. P.S. People around know how to set their half brakes "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

All I'm saying is that from all velcroless risers I've seen, the toggles from the Icon risers takes the least force to be extracted. Sometimes only the weight of the toggle is just enough when you give the riser a little shake. We can go forth and back all day long on this, but find a digital weight scale and measure them yourself. I don't know how bad it really is. All I know is that the line twist is the most common malfunction (from what I've seen. No hard data here) and many line twists start from a toggle fire. Not every toggle fire ends up with a cutaway. Not every cutaway because of toggle fire is reported as such. Most of them are simply reported as a line twist( which is actually true since that was the reason for the cutaway and the toggle fire was the reason for the twist ). It's a good discussion, but we are drifting away from the OP's question. Let's stay on the track. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen

Well, try this on Icon risers and then on any other velcroless risers you see around. You are talking about the moment the canopy is out of the bag. Toggle fire can happen before that. "My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen