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  1. I dont know how many jumps you have on yours I have 680 on my original line set {I have new ones coming}. Mine would do that too. Check the lower steering line from the cascade at the top to the brake loop .It should be 105.625. It will probably shrunk to 100 or 101, you can have a rigger replace that only it should get you through another 150 jumps. I had 2478 on my Sabre 210 before my Sabre11 -210. I alternate rolling 4&4 to no roll and like rolling better. Check full toggles up and see if the tail is tipping down .No slack usually means the line has shrunk before measuring even
  2. My second one works as good as my first only it has the flashing light option . my first one disappeared after 15 years of no trouble . If you push in both buttons it goes through the whole beep cycle, to flat line. if you want break-off altitude push one button it might beep 3 times if you want higher hold the up button it will beep 3 times pause then one. that was 3,500 if you want 4000 hold the up button and it beeps 4 times or again holding 4 pause 1 meaning 4500. If I can find my new directions it tells how to take off at one airport and jump into another one at a different MSL. There was even a way to change volume but it was a talk-through to England. I couldnt care less if my dirt alert had Oprah high-lites or The soccer scores in Spain. Its done a great job for me . Radio Shack has the batteries for $4.99 in stock always
  3. My only experience with one was on a demo with their supplied pilot. it was a 6 but had the smaller engine in it. not the 300 HP . It wasnt that great a climber but the pilot wasnt doing it for a living. I do remember there being a wing strut cross-member to crawl over to get to the door like Locheed 10-e's and PAC-750's. It was OK for those jumps but I wasnt impressed much. Just my 2cents.
  4. Our DZ used these for student canopies for years. For talking them down it was great ,we knew which way they were facing wether they did or not. I made over 1500 on PC's and only one cut-away. It was better odds than my Baby and Para-Planes ropes and rings one out of twenty. I jumped the regular 24 ,competition. 27 Ruskies. 28 and 32., also the RW. I saw to many hard landings on the 23 Russian to want one of my own. Each one had its own personality. My yellow and black checker board was great for stand-ups My Red Baron matched my rig . I had a Carousel from my buddy getting out of the sport,etc etc.I still have a 1964 Golden Knights I am holding for Steve if he ever wants back in the sport.
  5. Les Paul called it his pulverizer.I think
  6. Our confuser broke down so I didnt get to reply. On the TV show "Lassie" the dog was a male Mercedes -Benz started as an engine company. The three points on the logo meant The top for aircraft . the two bottoms for land [cars & trucks] and the other for sea [boats.] The five points on the Chrysler pentagon were for Chrysler , Imperial, De Soto, Dodge. and Plymouth. The band ZZ-Top was named after rolling papers. Barns were red because Ferric oxide paint was the cheapest. WD-40 was the 40th attempt at making a water deterrent solution Fore in golf was yelled for everyone out ahead of the swinger"Watch your P"s and Q's was an olde English bartender phrase for Pints and Quarts meaning settle down before you get thrown out. The long clay pipes often seen in St Patrick day pictures was actually owned by the tavern. If you forgot your pipe you would snap off the used end and smoke then the next one would do the same. When it got to short the owner put out a new one. Some of the first cars still had buggy whip holders on them for the new owners to stubborn to give uo the habit.Ricky Nelsons guitar never had strings on it for the TV show the 1950 Studebaker had the starter switch under the clutch pedal so you couldnt have a startin gear problem. It also had a hill holder that when you got stopped on a hill the brakes stayed on with the clutch in. "Gone with the wind" was the first movie with a swear word. Abe lincoln was the only president on a coin facing left. the 1943 penny was the only steel penny to save copper for WWII bullets. I hope this helps.The city Wiindsor Ontario is actually South of Detroit. De Triot is French for the river. so the Detroit River is actually The river river. A pin number doesnt exist either because you would have said Personal identification number number VIN is the same. VW was the last car to go to 12volt. the 1955 Thunderbird was the only 6 volt T-Bird ever built.the 1955 Chevy 265 V-8 didnt have an oil filter standard
  7. The second incident was a totally different set of cicumstances for 3855G. Again all unnecessary
  8. A guy is in freefall ,pulls his PC nothing happens. He pulls his reverve handle nothing happens. He yells GOD save Me nothing happens He yells Allah save me nothing happens He yells Buddah save me and a hand appears out of the cloud and catches him He yells Thank God for Buddah the hand rolls over and slam dunks him to the ground
  9. I am proud of you for using yours. I started back at a job today with mine. My son got it for me when he went into the Marines. He knew I would use it. Do you have a camera phone? I would take a picture of the ass-hole giving you grief doing something stupid like picking his nose or worse. Then paste that picture over Superman. If asked why say "I now have a new hero now and want to be just like him" when I grow up. Bet he will be glad to have S-Man back on the job.Miserable people want to make everyone as miserable as they are.Tell him your glad your life is not as petty as his.
  10. We had a quite similar one printed in Parachutist about two years ago, only it was 3855G. The whole thing was senseless and the pilot had to land with aileron and throttle as the lowest experienced jumper of 150 jumps refused to get out. two other jumpers stayed in also. Now back to the cause Bob was on a load before jumping a PC in a Style -Master type rig long risers out the top of the reserve container. He was making a second jump-mastering load with a B-4 container and attached the same reserve to the low mounted attachments. He commented "Hey look here as the reserve bounced off his knees as he walked to the plane. We always took off our reserves and put them in the corner while running the static line under our kneeling legs.When the girl was in the front side of the door Bob had the static-line down his left side then held up at her right shoulder . As she left it went down the front of him firing the center pull handle. It extracted him through the side.To this day I doubt the girl doesnt know that she didnt cause the problem. His mother was going to sue the parachute sales because if his Pop-Top had come in on time her precious darling would still be alive today. It was a hush hush story until a few years ago . Goes to show if you cant trust a story as big as a small band-aid why should you trust the rest of the paper that can cover the whole room.
  11. When I am done flaking both sides and have the center of the tail in my right hand at the slider under my thumb. Then I will stick my left under the tail and circle the lines and draw down to the "C" attachments. This will usually keep any wandering lines back together.I then wrap the tail and throw down the canopy for cocooning. Its worked since 1973 so it cant be to bad. Anyone buying a new canopy never get a see-thru center cell color.I jumped a PD Spectre like that . I wouldnt reflake my canopy ever but this one you could see how bad the lines went. I agree with the comments above this.I dont believe in reduntant antics of some jumpers.Maybe they were just stalling so they wouldnt have to jump again that day. I saw this alot at NEW RIVER BRIDGE DAY
  12. Is it from someone you personally know? Usually with that few jumps someone is trying to dump a problem. If you cant personally test jump it ask someone that can.Does it open off heading a lot or in turns , or very hard no matter what? If the price is where it is and claims are made to get a brand new one cheaper,why choose this one.How close is it to colors you want?For the DOM time lapse, was it on a dealer shelf or a back-up as it averages 10 jumps a month?
  13. I'll top all the offers and add a glass door knob and a dead cat.
  14. Did you ever hear the one, about the indian boy asking the chief how they got their names. The chief said when the baby is born we look outside the tepee and the first thing we see is what we name the child. Like your sister Graceful Swan and brother Sly fox. Why do you ask Two Dogs Fucking?
  15. I would check with Paul Fayard at Carolina Sky Sports. listed in the Drop zones of North Carolinas. If it has anything to do with planes he has the plans and paper work.Ours is strictly Styro- foam with a layer of spongy foam on top, no wood. A nice touch is the strap sewn parallel to the floor about 8 to 10 inches at 6 inch intervals. Its to keep the seat belts off the floor when you slide down with tandems. Tecumseh has a pocket for the port side rear to keep the last seldom used belt from going out the door.We shift ours as much as we can forward so the tandem rig is on it for the climb.Unless you have different height pilots it can pretty much stay there.Mark Mc manamay just made seat covers I was told maybe he can help you . Ours are also just Velcroed to the floor.
  16. Hi Gary Just this past weekend we had Jeff from Tonys Wing Suits at Midwest Freefall Near Romeo MI. I have the RW version of the Ballon Suit I got out to show him. I also have a Windjammer from Tom Campau of Midwest Parachute Sales circa 1975. Jeff seemed impressed that we lived through that era. The original owner gave me the "Babbon Suit" as he was retiring it because it didnt land very well.Easily shown by the patches on the butt.With that kind of reasoning you can imagine how his freefall went. A dock was scrunch up go below re-inflate and hope you grabbed someone on your way back up? Hope to to see you next year if WFFC happens again. I am going to Richmond for sure. Did you see Blue Skies for Jane" Mom" Stewart passing away over the week end. Sure going to miss her
  17. We would call it a shark attack.It would make a great shot for tandems.My best shot looked like the nose of the otter was standing on my back. My FAA physical office has it on the wall. Even the 747 jet jockeys cant figure out how we did it. You must have forgotten to wave at the pilot
  18. No matter how hectic things were going she always had time for a hug. My best to the family. I will never for get her and the times we had. Its hard to type when your eyes are leaking.
  19. A double bubble butt sniffer
  20. Around the Detroit area its called the Polish Patio.Yuz hank aroun wit all da guys ant watch da Baze boll gamp.Usually on Turz day Stash comes over wit his Dotch to hank arount in yur Crotch.If yur Tum dont feel so pretty good yaz guyz mite go bowlink. Or maybe yuz get sum Kielbasa samiches ta go wit da Strohs beer, and pickles.
  21. I Have had Tonysuits for my last 5 .I think they are great.If your that close just have him measure you and tell him your type of jumps . He will take care of the rest. If you want booties either wear or tell him your shoe size.Us snow bunnies have to tell him whether we want to wear it over more clothes for winter jumps.
  22. I only did a few tandems out of 750XL and didnt care for the low door with a tall person. I dont kneel. I sat behind the pilot with my legs luckily over the spar. The TM next to me legs were on the front side of the spar and fought to get them up and over for exit. I was not impressed but I jump a GC-208 with bench seats and got spoiled.
  23. Thanks again I like this one better but he other was good to. I only made 150 on rags 120 on Delta 11's 1500 on PC's. The rest on aquares minus 60 something round reserve jumps and 20 square reserve jumps mostly Tandem s. Ah yes the good old ropes and rings before sliders and bag with out OSI's Thaks for the help
  24. Most Cessna's come from the factory with peened over rivets on the door hinges. If you are renting from a club they will be pissed if you bring back their plane with them ground off and pins put back in. What would stop anybody from pulling them at a tie-down. A3/64 allen wrench could get them $5000 of radios in seconds and even bother to put thr door back in place.Removing the fuselage hinges is possible but very frustrating with rust and stripping phillips head screws, plus pulling the kick panels.Going out the door of a C-172or C-182 is easy even with someone in the co-pilots seat. If its foreward push the door open facing aft put your left foot outon the wheel strut and wedge yourself out with your shoulders and go it closes by itself. Both C-150's and C-152 are easy too.If you do a two-way out of a Mooney or AT-6 its harder but still fun
  25. I actually showed some people how to open a bottle with another bottle last Saturday. They wanted to see it again even when they found out their bottle were twist off. I have been around a lot longer then manditory seat belts in cars another handy device.Beer cans with a triangle hole puncher with a bottle opener on the other end was Standard operating equipment for a party. Then the invention of the electric can opener made beer drinkingalmost like a glass with no foam at partys. Survival makes new ways possible. IIf you ever saw me up close you would know I keep my lighter in my pocket with my comb. I have a wide part and extended forehead so its neither