Craig

Signal...meaning actual useful information. Noise...meaning cuts, insults, ego's, and the like. i.e. a lot more of the latter Craig

See http://www.noexcusesrigging.com/TechInfo/ReserveFBag.htm for some photos, including a "molar" type free bag. Craig

You mean like this? Powered Parachute Looks kinda cool. Craig

How long are the risers stretched out from ring to end of riser? Aerodynes are 22 1/2" long so this may or may not rule them out. OTOH I am not sure what riser length Reflexes come with either. Craig

Yeah, it was a pilots rig. I noticed it this time. Still, if he was unable to get out of the mailbag and cage it is going to be of little help. I thought it was a pretty cool stunt anyhow. Craig

If anyone else wants a copy I can send it to you. Just e-mail me at my address in my profile. Craig

Yes dude, I have seen that. The mailbag was suspended in the cage and all. Talk about extreme! It is on again tonight on TLC at 11:00 EST I believe. Also Joe Jennings will have some footage of the car jumps over Eloy at 10:00 EST as well. Thanks for posting that, I almost forgot about Joe's footage being on tonight. http://tlc.discovery.com/schedule/schedule.jsp?date=today&channel=TLC Craig

Greg, check your e-mail. I attached a couple .jpg's to show how I mounted mine. Craig

What are you doing with your nose after you release it from between your knees? You could try to spread the nose openings a bit across the canopy before you bring the tail around. I would ask your rigger before you try anything you havent tried before though just to be sure it is OK to do. Craig

There is another log and calculator at http://home.shisas.co.za/werner/ which is pretty nice. It was free last time I checked. Craig

Damn, never once gave that much thought. On the other hand I don't have a bike either. That could get real nasty nevertheless! (trying to erase some mental images of a "premature deployment") Craig

LMAO I have been known to do that occasionally. What's even more funny is when you get the whuffo's in the vehicle with you to do it as well. Craig

I might be mistaken, but if it is new I think you only have to buy the dual release cutters and plug it into the CYPRES you already have since it should have a "Field replacable cutter". The older units, as in at least a few years old, had to be sent to Airtec for them to retrofit for the two pin systems, or vice versa. It would be worth checking out instead of buying a new unit and trying to sell the old one. Craig

Like others have said MB I'm sure is Muff Brother. HF could be "Hell Fish", not sure what this is all about but have heard skydiving references to it. Not sure about CSA though? Craig

Try the Parapublishing web site http://www.parapublishing.com/parachute/, it should be there. Amazon used to carry them when I purchased mine when I was a student, but it looks like the don't anymore. It is a good book worth buying. Craig

CYPRES saves Craig

All the following just comes from what I have read and was taught. On a wrap (i.e. your canopy wrapped around another jumper) the low person would want to cutaway first. You wouldn't want the high person to go into freefall all wrapped up in a canopy is the reasoning behind this. An entanglement might be a bit different. Lets say your canopy tangled in the other jumpers lines, so now you are hanging below the other jumper and the two canopies. If you just cutaway, there is a good possibility of your lines recoiling up into the other jumper causing more problems like them not being able to get untangled. Obviously a delay is important between the cutaway and reserve pull, but only if there is altitude to do so. If the RSL is not able to be disconnected, then the low person will have to cutaway and hope they do not entangle again. Of course, if you are getting too low for a cutaway then dump both reserves and hope for the best. Communication is important between the two jumpers so don't forget that either. Just my .02 Craig

The CASA rocks! It is just so cool to dive off and all of a sudden the relative wind hits you and you can look up between your legs and watch yourself fall away for a second. Whats even cooler is we have one almost every weekend. Craig

This is his web site...cool ain't it! Craig

I noticed this too. I cannot make the connection either. Craig

My first issue just came in the mail yesterday. Cool magazine. I ordered it from their web site. Craig

Greg Gasson has done this type of stunt occasionally. One jumper exits the plane holding the shoulder part of the lift webs as Greg holds the leg straps. After falling for a few (yes, a terminal opeining) greg pulls the throw out while still holding the leg straps and no other connection with the rig other than his hands. He then gets in the harness the correct way after hanging out NOT in the harness. Just remembered his web page....http://www.skydivingstunts.com/ I first seen Greg do this on my Good Stuff video. Craig

Thats why I just spent a few seconds hunting up the links and did not add my opinions. Figured if it was a troll I would let someone else take the bait and see. Craig

Here is a recent discussion about Hook turns that just took place http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=forumtalkback&Number=6527&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5 Forgot, this is part of the same discussion http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forums/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=forumtalkback&Number=6404&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5 Craig Edited by Craig on 3/31/01 03:20 PM.

I realized I could have worded my responce a little bit better. I didn't mean to imply that if someone jumps with an AAD they became more complacent with their procedures. I was trying to say that while there are jumpers that jump with an AAD and properly perform their procedures and save themselves, there are also documented "saves" where the jumper has performed minimal procedures, gave up, and just "waited for my AAD to fire". This is the aspect that worries others, as well as myself. In short, would certain AAD equipped jumpers be a little more "diligent" if they knew they had no back-up? I believe that you should "jump like its not there", but in the aspect of NOT relying on it to save you like you have said. To the (broad term, sorry).."expierenced" jumpers this mostly what is interpreted when they hear it used, but to others it may be taken differently and thus why were having this conversation. Not to put anyone here in any catagory, just generally speaking. I often have wondered myself how many jumpers don't know all the apects of their equipment. When will their AAD become functional? When will it cease to function? At what altitude is their a risk of reserve activation above the advertised/set firing height? What are situations where an AAD might create more problems?When should you chose to disconnect an RSL if so equipped. Like wildblue said "make an informed decision". I belive these debates and opinions shared help to see all the sides and help to make that desision more informed, which is good for everyone. JMHO Craig