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Sat or Sun, but not both. 192/60 RW, 9way, 6 way 2 pointr. Been on bigger FF ways+ Hybrids .Bringing RW suit no booties, freak suit & fat freak suit w/ grippers. Let the games begin! ........Glen.

You may be able to have your rigger make your pc smaller. They sew two passes at a smaller diameter after its turned inside out and the excess is hot knifed off. The kill line is adjusted and presto. BUT not all pc's can be done this way AND I would only have a rigger who can build pc's from scratch or has prior factory pc fabricating experience do this. Upside, its only about an hour worth of labor. I had it done and I'm pleased with the results.

I've posted this before. Cobalt ordered by a friend in winter of 2002, six weeks for delivery . I ordered mine in May the start of the season, the Boogies the crazed spending, twelve weeks ( thirteen if you count the week long vacation my dealer was on when my canopy came in, hey but everybody deserves a vacation.) But I know how frustrated you are its hard to rent, or impossible , for things like Demos and night jumps.

Yes I love that bird!

How about an aircraft pitot tube cover. long and red with the words remove before flight printed on both sides in white. That will be my plan. Or maybe something that Gene simmons of kiss used on the love gun album cover. Sorry showing my age, my bad ..

Quote1. Shark (Sunday, but possibly Saturday night at the Le Bombashelter.) 2. Lummy 3. Cornholio 4. Sebazz 5. Bbarnhouse 6. Scoby (one day, not sure which) 7. Michele 8. Skybytch (Saturday and Sunday) 9. Hottamaly (sunday) 10. Quade* 11. Deuce 12. Viking* 13. VectorBoy*

Um, someone is gonna tow me around, right? LOL!!!! Anyone up for a 3-way? Ciels and Pinks- Michele Yes I will bring the hot oil if you bring the velvet pillows and the flashlight. Please no midgets or anything like that. Oh skydiving, Oh yes Behave, 3-way hybrid yes thats the ticket. See ya there.

I had mine right next to one of the new ones and I can't tell the difference. How different are your new covers vs old? Pics? Anyone? Class?

Question is would the makers actually make it?

[The Sabre 2 is designed to open a bit slower then the orginal sabre. What can I do in packing to have it open a little faster? Without yacking myself?

I know how you feel. Mine took 10 weeks, Ordered in May. Worse I had to sell my old parachute to get the Cobalt, all this at the beginning of the season. Renting became a pain and ended up falling in love with a cobalt one size smaller than the one I had on order. The day I got it I ran into a guy who ordered his new, one size smaller than my, cobalt in january, only took 3 weeks to get his. He didn't want his, too much for him. Deals were made hands were shaken and now I got two fairly new cobalts. Sheesh.

If you are going to load it over 1:1 then stay with ZP material. If you go with F-111, it can't have too many jumps on it before its worthless to you and even less in resale. A modern ZP canopy can have a thousand jumps on it, be on its third set of lines and still fetch two thirds of its original purchase price depending on its condition and what is preferred in your region of the world, PD or PDF or etc. So look locally at ads in your region get a feel for what things are going for there. I'm a big believer in good used gear. But if the gear is in good condition that line between new or used is blurred. Sometimes a used canopy me be so sought after that you may not be able to find a decent one in your size range at certain times of your skydiving season and will have to buy new. Other times there are plenty people downsizing or getting out that you'll have many options. If you get something respectable it will last you for a very long time or untill you decide to try something different or downsize. Then it will get you some good resale or trade in value.For this reason I would try to get a modern design canopy, something like a spectre over a design that was around ten years ago. As far as patches or repairs go have a good rigger look it over and ask them what they think its worth. And ask to jump anything before you decide. good luck

ME,me,me. But I live there. Did someone say" did someone say hybrid?"? Oooh I can smell it now.

Oh, all the way-too-over-the-top geek aerodynamics you'll see me sometimes spout when talking about canopy control comes from my previous preoccupation with Flight Instructing. I've taught a few folks how to land in airplanes and a lot of that transfers readily to parachute skills as well. Ya I thought I smelled " Aerodynamics for naval aviators" in a few of your posts about a year ago. Do you still actively instruct? And I know what you mean about the overglorification. If its not buffered with the respect for the skills required and the long road to get that level of experience then that attitude is a recipe for disaster. I love the short field, Bush pilot, stol approach of a Porter. But there is something beautiful, almost ufo like, in the flat no flap, 90 knot over the threshold landing of a fast glass homebuilt like a Lancair or EZ. I want to be proficient at both. I guess I'll never be happy with just one canopy, or happy with just one airplane for that matter.

Which stunt was Harry's?

Hey Quade, Just curious, You are not currently a fan of high speed landings But were you in the past a fan or practitioner of hooks or carving approaches? Again just being curious. Glen.

I use to work for a company that owned some very unusual real estate. It was very sought after for anything from blockbuster Arnold movies, rock videos from bands like Orgy or a simple public service announcement for kids to stay off drugs and on their skateboards. Mega profit to no profit, the production company always paid. Not just for access but also any cost like technicians. "Safety checkers" to make sure none of their crew Died in our facilities. A very real possibility and in more than just one instance very necessary. We were never cheap, most of us being on overtime if not doubletime. To make matters worse every other business entity on that facility had to take their "cut" of any profits, driving the production costs up even more. They always paid. I've had hollywood directors tell me we were robbing them blind and once having the chance to see what the real profits were from these types of ventures I was shocked to learn its basically a wash. No major cash flow to us, zip, nutt'n. It covered the extra cost of "hosting" 20 to 100 extra working visitors, equiptment and vehicles at our site and keeping them safe. All the costs from our legal department down to the last bit of assistance from somebody helping them pack their shit up and get out after hours or days of filming. Now I know we are not NASCAR and none of us are sponsored by Marlboro but ESPN, come on, they could have paid or should have. My guess is it wouldn't have been that much. Seems they took advantage of some good natured skydiver folks. But bottom line is they're gone and we are still here every week. We really can't afford the residual bad vibes, its a learning experience. My 2 cents.........Glen

I heard those guys that pray on the marketers. There is about four or five that sell their CD's. My personal favorite one is where the guy after he excuses himself from the marketer, but promises he is interested in whatever the guy was peddling, telling him he has someone on his other line hits his # key like he really has someone else on call waiting . Then procedes to tell his fictional phone mate that he has " a dumb ass telemarketer looser on the other line that he has to tell to get a real job and to leave me alone". And can he call him back later. ..Pause the marketer says you are talking to the dumb ass , then hangs up. Classic. And I will use that on the very next one. Imagine being excited about the next telemarketer?

the most important factor in deciding whether or not to double wrap rubber bands, Tube Stows, Sky Bands, etc. is whether they are tight enough to hold the lines. If I am packing a canopy with skinny lines and I only have large rubber bands in my pocket, I routinely double or triple wrap them around lines. It has been years since I have seen a bag lock. What about the locking stows? Mine are what I would call soft, but I would never double stow them cuz it has been drilled into my brainnot to.Or should I be expirementing with double stowing the lockers? I have been getting brisk openings.

Thanx guys this sounds promissing.

One of the Automotive magazines did an article on those things about six years ago. The shieks were tired of having to wait for their " protection" to catch up to their armored supercharged benzs. And on occasion showing up only to have the rest of his crew blown out of the back of their simple pickup trucks.

I have been invited to do some crew by the local dogs. I have a vector 2 sized for a 190 that I have been told ( because of the longer thicker lines and risers) might be right for a lightning in the 143 range. So far all of the feedback has been positive about this combo, but I'm curious about what you guy's think? Is the Vector 2 harness, pin protection etc, at least a decent rig for starter crew pup status? If not what are some desirable crew container features? Thanks in advance....... Glen

Oh sorry Cpox covered it already. Dang am I post whoreing? Just slap me.

Anybody going to do the next batch of night jumps at perris in august? I think I'm addicted to the darkside at the dark time. Anybody else have to feed their addiction?