from
http://www.swissskydive.org/cms/upload/Material/Manufacturers_guidelines_2010.pdf
Interesting!
But I wonder about the accuracy of those recommendations.
(Are they mandatory in Switzerland?)
After all, it shows a lot of US reserves (& rigs) as requiring repacks every 120 days. Which it might say in an old manual, or of a company that no longer exists. But in 100% of the cases, when the FAA went to a 180 day repack cycle, all the companies followed. And even the FAA wouldn't prohibit someone from repacking a discontinued company's reserve at a 180 day cycle.
That document just parrots what's on paper without looking at what is considered legal practice.
The only Tempo manual I can find online is a grainy scan of a fax. Hard to tell, but I don't see any 20 year limit in it.
Hey, if there are countries selling 20 year old reserves cheap, I'm interested!
... the best about this is - it's the German document, they use ...
thanx to all, Holger