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Oh come on Ian....Thats just one way, I can think up half a dozen other ways to mess someone's gear up that would pass a standard flight line check, some are quite exotic, like the solvent injection scenario, some are relatively straightforward. All I'm trying to do is demonstrate the futility of trying to prevent determined sabotage by locking your gear in a gear bag. I don't want people getting a false sense of security. If someone wants to mess with your gear they can and will, unless you keep it at home locked up and skydive all on your ownsome. In terms of security, lockers don't cut it, and as for keeping your gear in a car, well any kid from, oh lets see where do you live...Mold...Well any kid from Liverpool can gain access to your car in a matter of seconds. And don't think for a minute that car alarms would deter a would be murderer. Recently there was a documentary on prime-time TV showing the effects of a terrorist dirty bomb on London, the programme described the main ingredients for the device, a domestic firework, a pillar grinder and a radioactive source (industrial, say from an x-ray machine). I believe people should know how vulnerable they are to a determined criminal, and not delude themselves with a false sense of security. People might be a bit more vigilant if they are truly concerned (ie aware of the ease of tampering) about this. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"no one here has ever worried about someone jacking with their rig while it is just around?" Not maliciously, I do check a 'pre flight line' if there are kids around, who may have innocently messed with something. But lets face it folks, if someone wanted to do you in, then there is little you can do other than deprive them of the opportunity, by keeping your gear in sight or in its rig bag with a tamper indicator (padlock or similar), even that would not be considered 'foolproof'. Somebody could still inject your rig with superglue, or a 'nylon eating' compound, solvent, etc. And thats just your gear, I recall an incident a while back where somebody had strapped a plastic soft drinks bottle of petroleum to an aircraft engine. (don't ask me for specific details, they elude my alzheimer's riddled brain) There is a lot of trust involved in skydiving, when that trust vanishes, the sport changes. If you can't trust your fellow jumpers not to try and kill you, whether by accidental circumstance, carelessness, lack of skill, or deliberate intent, who are you going to jump with? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Well, flights are cheap, you get good deals from Air France... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

When it gets to the stage that I absolutely HAVE to lock my shit up to prevent murder attempts, I'm going to quit. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Robbie Coltrane, or Billy Connelly. They are the only ones who get the Akshent right, and could fit my jumpsuit without too much trouble.. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Rely on my charm, good nature, wit, sense of humour, and my extensive list of skinny people jokes.... More often than not, I select my friends (if select is the right word...) and company from people who generally don't get hung up on this sort of nonsense. And if you are really bothered, get everyone drunk, cos eveyone is beautiful when your drunk. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

About 30 quid. http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

It was a free ride....a tandem flick job, but I bust my femur and it cost me 9 months off work..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Way to go... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I just hope the 'powers that be' read these forums.... Perhaps they will be slighted by my remarks and start to read Ron's stuff....Otherwise we are going to chew through an awful lot of bandwidth (and bandages) in the meantime..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"wanna upsize before the WL BSR gets here?" Well if the USPA moves with the same glacier - like speed as the BPA, 227 will be the age of the Aggie by the time somebody actually does something about this..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"could it be he was a skydiver in a former life???? " Possibly, I seem to recall he was the lead role in 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Gaths are crap....well make your own mind up on that one, On my setup I removed the ear vent disc thingie, and its ring, then drilled a couple of holes and cable tied the protrack clip onto the outside, then once the protrack is clipped in I put another cable tie around the clip and the wee pingler. Then I built up the surrounding area with .....you guesed it...Duct Tape. If you are careful you can do all this and still remove the pingler for data downloads, and battery changes. I have a Prodytter, and a Protrack mounted on the same side, with both the sounders over the ear hole. My camera is on the other side. If you need a clip, contact L and B....Or Gath. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

They sell a wee housing for it nowadays, built by and for Gaths.... There were pics on the forums a while back. try a search or speak to these peeps.

"Thatcher was what the country needed at the time" Funniest thing I've heard all day! Happy birthday America, Congratulations for putting a man on the moon, and giving us powered flight so we can all fly. Thanks for bringing affordable cars to the little people. Thanks for stepping in to help us with a spot of bother over in Europe a wee while back. Thanks for the lend lease, the liberty ships, and the north Atlantic convoys. Thanks for helping us keep the bear out of Europe, and the dragon out of south east Asia Happy birthday once again, enjoy your day. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Yep that would be causing the dropped frames. I'm actually surprised you got anything at all thru the USB. You can either get a pcmcia USB 2.0 adaptor, or you can get a firewire case, and return the USB one. I'd prefer to see a Firewire drive chained to your cam and firewire port, but thats only because I know it works.....never played with USB2.0. I'm pleased this forum was able to help you! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I'm postulating a SWAG here Tonto (scientific wild assed guess), but I would reckon the factor to be considered (as opposed to w/l alone) would be the canopy's propensity to twist up on you, and put you in a diving spiral. Forcing a cutaway, and reserve deployment whilst the jumper still has relatively high angular momentum, on their back etc, resulting in a spun up reserve. It may be that high wing loadings and potential for irrecoverable twists/spirals are related, however there are some well known canopy models out there that have a reputation for twists, even at light to medium wing loads. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Bite the bullet and take the car into one of those brakes, tyres, and exhaust places. Its just not worth screwing around with it, it is your life after all. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I'm an honorary Texan Y'all. One thing that makes me ashamed of the USA though....its neighbours. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Texas. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

A waste of time, This ain't no democracy. Unless of course we are talking about Cajones' polls which always make me giggle.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

There's stuff here... http://www.dropzone.com/safety/resources/safetychecklist/ And here... http://www.zct.co.uk/skydivemag/pages/articles/apr97/flightlinecheck.htm http://www.zct.co.uk/skydivemag/pages/articles/aug96/lookafteryourkit.htm Hmmm, Spaceland eh? My recommendation would be, next time the weather is not so good, take a wee trip across to the gas station, pick up a six pack of Heinekins, and get Chris Miller to talk you through stuff over a couple of green ones. He's pretty good and will talk you through stuff if he's not too busy. You'd be surprised what Chris will do for a couple of green ones.....

Its all good, I'll be drinking when 'the majority' are having lunch... When the 'Pub' is open over there, I'll be tucked up in bed dreaming of blue skies and turbines..... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

This is the PdF (Parachutes de Freedom) Hardware that Skycat mentions above. They don't slip in my experience, in fact they are better than the thead throughs IMHO. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

That don't look cheap. I reckon some duct tape will see you through though... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson