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Here's a picture Marty sent me.

All it takes is just that one time, eh... I guess shutting off the 3-rings will do the trick, especially since only about 5 inches of the cable protrude past the third ring. Thanks, everybody!

Is it normal for a cutawayable rig (which my main rig is not...) to have this little piece of cable protruding? Looks snaggable to me. Should I have it fixed, or should I have a balls enlargement surgery and jump?

I'll get you a comparison between a RD 303 and a Troll 305 as soon as the little sucker finally arrives.

Nerd. One unfortunate person did, see the list.

No. That was Impy 240 (a copy of Mojo 240 by PISA). bsbd! Yuri. I stand corrected. I did think his canopy's were the colors you seemed to favor tho

Not really, it's a regular from that area, nobody we jump with often. The canopy is an old, tiny Adrenaline sans vents.

It only adds up to 99.95%

This A is opened a few weeks ago by Helge (meaning he is the first human being ever to jump off of it—well, the first being anyway), and its isolated location and the good landing zone make it popular with the regulars. As you see there is an overhang but directly below are a set of guywires at a 45 degree angle. On that day the light wind warrants jumping from the overhang above the guywires. The jumper had a 90 offheading left and unstowed only his right toggle to try to turn away leaving the other toggle stowed, which was a mistake. He floated down to the guywire and backslid on it. The canopy lost practically all pressurization and fell sideways (you can't see this on video as the cameraman apparently figured it was a beautiful day for some jogging) between the two guywires (about 12 ft apart and parallel). The PC snagged the guywire and helped keep the canopy above the jumper. Then, as he finally fell off the guywire, he did a crude PCA of himself (PC still snagged on the guywire, the canopy a ball of crap) and miraculously escaped with no injuries or damage to the gear (other than copiously soiling it in industrial grease—any tips to get that nasty stuff off, by the way?) Video.

Since you don't have to pay EU VAT, Zak is €711, Hybrid is €795 for you.

Hybrid by AdrenalinBASE

Will, you got me a little wrong on that one. I was showing you a used Zak ad and said that it would be a damn good choice even though it had integrity risers, because Zak is hands-down the most comfortable rig I've ever jumped (of the 4 I jumped so far), and even with a 305 canopy it's still lighter than Anton's Gargoyle with a 265. If you were ordering new, 3-rings are an option at no charge, and you could get them, but on that particular used container you'd have to make do with integrity risers. Other than the two mysterious cases of 3-rings premature release at Perrine on the same rig, are there any more documented cases?

I once witnessed an inexperienced jumper slip on an icy exit point and snag the PC on railing, tearing the mesh. I think the jump was a planned freefall assist. The rig owner stitched the mesh up and retired the PC some 50 jumps later, and then only because it was his birthday and we got him a quality-built replacement PC.

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Airgasm had quite a memorable experience summed up in a few pictures here.

AMEN. No point in starting until you can afford it and keep jumping. Wait till you have some money behind you. From personal experience I do not agree with that. I started when I was 18, and did not have nearly enough money. Surprisingly enough, it was a hell of an incentive to find ways to get some.

Magot, what's this? You're actually spelling words more or less correctly? Are you that concerned? Next thing we know, Faber's writing is gonna be impeccable.

Bad girl Lika, not showing me the vid Wine cheap and strong shall I go to drown my sorrows in.

Do you find it convenient, normal, and logical? It feels so "off" to me I almost itch to move the tabs a little, they just feel wrong, they tension the fabric in a wrong way. Not a big deal by all means, though.

I sure emailed the manufacturer, but as many knowledgeable folks as there are on this forum, I figured I'd ask here as well.

So I got the Rock Dragon in my second rig and put a few jumps on it. It's a pretty sweet canopy. My previous experience has all been with a similar size Troll. I will abstain from comparing the two for now except in the packing department. When you pack tab-less canopies, you grab the fold in such a way that the vector of tension (for lack of a better word) continues in a straight line all the way down the line group. When you grab the tabs on the Troll, you pretty much do the same—as you tension the fabric, the lines become taut as well. The first two folds are usually of similar width, the third one a bit narrower. When you grab the tabs on the Rock Dragon, the vector of tension is a little bit skewed, by about 2-3 inches. It doesn't go straight to the line. I am afraid I fail to see the logic behind this. Since the tabs are sewn like this on both sides and for all folds, this rules out a possible QC slip; it's clearly been done like this on purpose. The first fold is really wide, the second narrower, the third narrowest. Now if you pack the RD as if there were no tabs, going straight by logic of how it should be folded, it looks much neater and packs up much more conveniently. See pictures attached. This doesn't seem to affect the openings at all, of course. So what is the logic behind placing the tabs the way they were placed if it makes for a sloppier-looking packjob that's harder to control?

Has anyone of you successfully used the NEC LabelFlash drive?

probably part of the attraction

I know guys who jumped an authentic WW-2 German rig from 60 years ago (the most remarkable thing about it, as far as I remember, was the unusual pin orientation. Apparently the Germans had to go head-low on exit.) I can dig up pictures if you want me to.

I like micron22. There is something inexplicably noble about a navy blue / orange mix (as well as about navy blue / gold, and navy blue / white mix).