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Justin, Trust me, there is nothing in Rolla worth visiting. I had the unfortunate luck to go to junior high, middle, and high school there. Blecck!! Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

... and then, all over the world, three guys thought of the exact same thing... "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

There's always rodeo style... When you are behind her doggie style, lean over her, cup a breast with each hand, and whisper right in her ear, "You feel remarkably like your sister." Then try to see how long you can "keep riding." "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

Well, if that stiffener isn't a structural part of the harness, would it just be simpler to have a rigger trim the two corners so that they aren't pointy and then just restitch the little area that has come undone, leaving the creased stiffener inside. It's on the left hip of the harness so even if I wanted to use a leg mounted throw out that would be on the other side. Because if that is something that will work, that is something much simpler that a senior rigger could probably do very easily. 15 to 20 minutes even. Would trimming those corners so that they are smooth rounded edges instead of the sharp pointy ones, which resulted from the initial break, be sufficient to keep it from snagging and severing the stitching that is next to it again? If the plastic stiffener has no structure significance, beyond stiffening that strap (no load bearing purpose), then it could just be left in and restitched. Correct me if I am wrong. That would sure save me time, because I don't want to have to wait weeks while I send my rig off to relative workshops to get it fixed, if a perfectly safe solution is right at my dropzone. Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

Ok, I have a vector 2 rig, and the part of the rig that connects the leg straps to the rig (right at the hip position) is basically a stiff plastic piece that is sown into the strap with the material around it. Of course it is sown into the main part of the container and sown into where the leg strap joins with the should straps. On the left side of the rig, that plastic piece inside the strap has managed to crease and eventually work itself to where it has split into two pieces inside the material that surrounds it. This, of course produced a couple pointy corners which have cut through the stitching (over time), which is how I noticed the break in the plastic. My question is this. How would I go about getting that fixed? Because it seems to me that that plastic is there for added strength and it wouldn't be very smart to jump it with out getting that strength back. I am pretty sure that a rigger could take care of the stitching that has come undone but would they be able to replace the plastic inside? Because it seems like that would require undoing the stitching that holds the legstrap to the container and the stitching that holds the strap to the shoulder strap, before you would be able to take the broken piece of plastic out and put a new one in. That seems like a LOT of sewing. Views on whether, how, and for how much money this can be done? Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

Tell ya what. You clear and warm up the weather up here for a couple consecutive weekends, and I will buy you a couple jump tickets. Deal? Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

It's been over three weeks since I have jumped, and I am starting to forget what it feels like. Damn. Hopefully I will be able to get at least one jump in this weekend, between learning how to pack. All you people in Florida and California don't know how lucky you are to have reasonably good weather year round. Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

I'm surprised you didn't get detained wearing a rig. If I were an airport employee I would be real suspicious of someone who actually wore a rig during the flight. That is pretty funny though "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.

Shave off all of your hair and do the jump wearing only a pair of speedos (and your chute of course). Hey, it works for swimmers. Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble the guy who ran himself into the side of a cliff with a self made "rocket car" is an urban legend. This is what started the "rocket car legend." Incidentally, here is probably the most complete coverage of the "lawn chair pilot." Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.

Warnings people, warnings. Some of us work for a living. Scott "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tongue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.

Go for the one you like the most. Screw age. Haven't you ever seen Harold and Maude? "Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tougue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I."

Ok everyone, let's see what you think the value of this rig is. It is a rig that a friend of mine bought (from a rigger no less) under the pretext that it was newer and better than it really is. I am curious as to how badly he was had. So here it is: Vector 1 (Wonderhog) V4 DOM 1989 Raider 220 main DOM 1991 Glidepath Firelite 174sqft reserve DOM 1991 Cypres Expert 1 pin DOM 1994 Collapsible pilot chute BOC Supposed, the reserve has never been ridden, and the cypres never fired, and the rig has 350 jumps on it. But all of that could be suspect based on what he was led to believe he was getting. Lines are CRW and look close to new. No RSL in the rig, also. Well, the post is open, what do you think would be a fair/good price for this rig. If you want to explain your figure that is fine too. Let me know, the more opinions the better. Scott ~~Can't keep my mind from the circling sky. Tougue-tied & twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I.~~

Yea, I think you just have to meet the requirements for the other licenses.

Finally, something a lawyer "drafted" that was actually beneficial to society in general. Scott

Has anybody heard of this reserve? What company makes it? Is it a good reserve canopy? All helpful information will be rewarded in good karma.

Whooops!! Yea, i guess I should have posted it in the Gear section. But what were the "nova incidents"?

Has anybody heard of this reserve? What company makes it? All helpful information will be rewarded in good karma. Thanks

So then a Vector II could have "Vector" Stitched across the top of it instead of "Vector II"?

Could someone help me out here? I was wondering how you can tell the difference between a vector rig and a vector II rig. Do they both say Vector at the top, or does the vector II say "Vector II"? Any other specific ways to tell the difference would be good too. Thanks all.

With the ejection seats, it is almost guaranteed to give the pilot a back injury, because of the force that it propells him out of the cockpit. But it is basically like reserve chutes, when you are in the position of needing to use it, you don't really care whether it's going to hurt a little bit.

Being in the sky is great, but at this point I am inclined to agree with FallingILweenie, I'd be happy just being in California.

I am sure that if you could hum a few bars we could help you more....

This has nothing to do with this thread, but I just want to tell you Michele that you have the coolest signature that I have seen in awhile.

Maybe this Mike guy is on to something. Even though he has probably never skydived or base-jumped in his life, he ought to put himself in a similar situation that the people in the twin towers were in and then do the jump. I'm sure that would show all of us what a good idea those things really are. I mean really, if he watches that "instructional video" that would come with the escape parachutes he will be more than prepared. Actions speak louder than words, Mike.