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Don't think they ever used the pia.com remailer. see above. I when you need something go to www.pia.com and click on the member list. links to all the members. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

But, when we all wore chest mounts we looked at the other guy's chest mount in front of us. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

It's dated January 2004 but I don't know how we were supposed to see it. I seem to remember seeing part of it somewhere. But the manual online has nothing about cypres installation. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

They know you? If you sent one to me I didn't get it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I stand corrected. I don't believe I've ever seen that service bulletin. Hmmmm. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

With the PIA remailer I didn't have the chance to see it catch them. It's not visable to me. But since other notifications from dz.com come through I didn't think that was the problem. Oh well. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Nothing wrong as far as I'm concerned. I'm still using mine bought in 1980. As you know, you can look at someone elses during RW. (There no less reliable than anything else. They always work fine for the people I know.) You can watch the other tracking behind you and look at your altimeter easily. It won't hit you if your rig fits. If you land on it your in trouble anyway. I keep my Jack the Ripper on the back of mine. Keeps the mount from flipping up and puts the knife on my sternum where its never in the way and available to either hand. I know several hand mounts snagged or ripped on opening. I know one jumper with his fingers almost ripped off (still don't work completely) by getting his hand in his risers and altimeter caught. I have a hand mount. In some cases I where it also. But I've never been able to get used to looking at it. Audibles have gotten better and most people are using at least one. Mud flap mounts are also available. There may be reasons for each. But it's mainly style. Our and other student programs use hand mounts because students stay more stable, they are abused less, and the less expensive ones were more amienable to hand mount or wrist mounts. Then students stay with what they're used to. Also obviously hand mounts are more appropriate for tandem and camera work. So all of this, I believe, has led to the to the popularity of hand mounts. But feel free to use your chest mount. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I may not have seen an odessey, but I have seen smaller rigs without the full outside pocket. There was still enough room to put the cables under the velcro and close it. Also, at least one manufacturer, I don't remember who, has the s fold in the channel in the manual. But I still think that folding the cables back on themselves into the processor pocket is a bad idea and not one I've ever seen sanctioned. I'd appreciate the link if someone has one where this is the recommended procedure. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

HH worked on it. It's working now. The remailer at pia.com was filtering out the messages. I got the reply notifications for forum post but not the contact forms. A different email fixed it. thanks I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

See above. I think you misinterpreted the question, I hope. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I don't think SOOOO!!! Not in any installation I've ever seen. The cables do not fold back into the pocket with the processing unit. They go under the velcro OUTSIDE the pocket! See http://www.cypres2.com/userguide/CYPRES_2_users_guide_english.pdf page 13. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The problem last year was it was too short of time frame to organize and support. The contract was signed, (as it is in Reno), the plans were set, with the super bowl following us we had very little room for changes or additions, and we were maxed out on space on the third floor of a hotel. In addition we barely got this symposium off with the volunteers we had. NONE of us would have had time before or during the event to deal with addtional responsibilites. I still have several days worth of follow up work. No, we couldn't do it this year. Maybe we can in 2007. In Reno we'll be in a convention center with drive in access, much bigger than we need (although I don't know if we have it all), much more flexibility and time to plan. Doing this will require ADDITIONAL PIA member volunteers willing to take on organization and dealing with potential class sponsors/instructors. That is the big limit on what we can do. This symposium had a new chair, a new speaker coordinator (me), a new registration crew, a new exhibitor coordinator, new computer software, and NO ONE AV person. The chair, Pat Thomas, was reelected to chair 2007. Whether any of the rest of us will be on the team or not I don't know. Classes could be coordinated through PIA, colocated with the help of PIA, or completely independent of PIA. But Chicago in August is the time to plan it! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The people that might need it most, like me, don't have the opportunity to travel that far. I have most of the skills needed but practice them very little and have limited access to commercial machines. But, since it's a part time activity I can't justify that much travel and time. In addition, most of what I'd learn I'd never use enough to stay current. Both because of lack of customers and that I usually send anything to tough to the manufactur. But, I'd like the knowledge. Might consider putting together a short course colocated with the PIA symposium but outside of our auspices. Maybe the week before and a second the week after to facilitate a multiple purpose trip. I was speaker coordinator and I may try to add this to the next symposium. We might even want to do it under PIA's umbrella. Many symposiums and expositions offer additional cost short courses for attendees. BTW the next symposium is in Reno NV. at the Silver Legacy Hotel/Casino. They will have a very large exposition center complete by then, (probably done now) and we may be able to offer facilities for short courses. I'd welcome this and any other proposals to take to the committee at the PIA meeting in Chicago. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Mine is the 1977 second edition, revised. Still the one volume version. I keep it here at work for reference. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Fill out your profile and I might reply. Of course you have to read, WRITE, speak and understand the english language. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Actually Allen Silver sells an emergency pouch for pilot rigs. http://www.pia.com/silver/smak.htm I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The ones I tried as test haven't shown up. But reply notifications have so the email on my end is working. ??? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Where does the contact form go? I tried to test it but never receive the info either in dropzone.com or email. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I took two years of latin. Let's have it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

go here http://www.tridenthc.com/fuzz.htm for replacemtent parts. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If anything the tempo may be a little smaller. Due to the differences in measuring canopy area and differences in construction. I would expect that if the PD 113 goes in ok the tempo will. But be aware that any individucal canopy can vary in volume by +/- 10 %. So if the PD is very tight, you won't know if the tempo fits until trying it, I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You will not be able to judge your vertical speed and make a decision about whether the AAD will fire or not. Relying on the AAD is still a bad idea. Not just because of the technology, but because of the criteria for function. Too much thought, too little time. When people were doing two ram air deployment studies is was VERY difficult to get the reserve NOT to open. In fact the army TRIED to get them to entangle and with one exception couldn't. The one exception was the reserve free bag directly hitting the main slider and staying there. I believe that while you may want to take an appropriate amount of time to try to clear a hung up main, working on it till MAYBE your cypres fires is the wrong answer. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

How is that a reason to throw them? Because your reserve is essentially the same system as a spring loaded pilot chute ripcord rig. You need you hands for other things than holding on to "used" handles. Especially taking the time to stow them. If every thing has worked you need to be setting up for landing. Your low, your may not be near the DZ, you may not have your normal indications of wind direction. You need to be concentrating on walking away from the landing. Risk to people on the ground may be real. But, the cutaway will be falling too slow to really matter. In all the years I've been jumping and reading every issue of Parachutist every published I don't remember ever hearing of damage on the ground by a droped ripcord. And students used to drop them ALL the time. While we have hade ripcord canopy entanglements. Of course lately it has become a "good" thing to have hung on to your handles. To me it's a bad thing. Plus if you throw them, you get "fresh" ones! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If you look at the video on the double malfunction thread you'll see the reserve rc entangled in the lines. Certainly having it in his hands didn't aid his manual deployment of the reserve. I haven't studied it in depeth to see if it really contributed to the entanglement and malfunction of the reserve. It could have. But, what is the reason for NOT getting rid of them? Financial and convenience are the only one's I know. And are not applicable in my estimation. I both kept them because I forgot to let go and threw them because that's what I've decided to do. And when I had a reserve total I wanted to see the two pins to make sure I'd really pulled it. I don't believe this should be a debate. But I'm an old fart that had to cove the capewells after pulling the chest mount. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Got her working on it again. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE