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There are no TSO standards for AAD's and no AAD holds a TSO. There are no PIA standards. Just a reporting form to.indicate manufaturer's standards. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Advertising and other experience aside, just thinking about it I'd expect MARD deployed reserve to have line twist more often than pilot chute deployed reserves. Your violently spining main is ATTACHED to your reserve free bag and has the chance to impart some of that energy and motion to the free bag and reserve as it deploys. When Booth introduced the Skyhook at a PIA symposium he said they were going on all tandems but weren't ready for sport rigs yet. Same day the factory was calling customers to see if they wanted it added to their Vector III order. Bill said they hadn't yet tested it with the jumper spinning on their back since toggles spins were face down. Half the room said hook the main up backwards. While using the main as the PC has some benefit down low having an unstable violently spinning 'PC' seems not such a good idea. All those stable cutaways in the advertising back then were pretty. Not all manufacturers think a MARD is a good idea. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You can still buy an expert only cypres. Never have to touch the adjustable firing altitude. Default still 750'. You can have what you want. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Not so on purchase price. Same initial price at Chuting Star $1220. Paragear? Cypres $1215 Vigil 2+ $1299 Square 1 website Vigil $4 cheaper. All numbers from websites in the last 5 minutes. YMMV I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I prefer a cypres. I believe day to day it's easier to understand. I like mandatory service every four years. Prices were at an all time low recently, at least to the dealers. You will get many different opinions. What ever you get READ the MANUAL, several times. If you end up with a used vigil make sure it's the manual for THAT version. And then get an experienced rigger, not a newbie, to explain it to you. Or call the U.S. distributor if you don't understand something. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And in fact that was our (folks in PIA) argument to Helmut. He should change the firing altitude because the gear and skydiving had changed. He didn't believe he should change the cypres in order to fix someone else's problem. And he hasn't, but has allowed the user to choose a different value. And to your point and for the youngsters it truely took more than 5 years for a cypres to become 'normal'. It was designed with the controller hid so no one had to know you had one. Early on people wouldn't get on the plane or the jump with you if you had an AAD, even a cypres. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'll give you another simpler answer. It was designed after a friend if Helmut's went in unconscious. Unconscious you fall on your back. So it was designed for 1000'. As low as possible because major bias against AOD's, as known then, was fear of two out. The fact that some people forget to open a parachute falling on their belly gets it firing at 750'. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Well, we know Booth didn't buy it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I've been at terminal at 400' on my belly watching the ground coming. After cutting away and pulling my reserve ripcord at 1700'. Wearing a Struggle, Struggle, Thump. Reserve totals are no fun. I don't recommend it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

PRIMARY, no electoral college but lots of super delegates, etc. I've been on 6 non-partisan ballots. Whether your vote counts or not for a primary is up for grabs. But you should always think you vote counts. If nothing else it counts to you and you having taken advantage of our system. I have little use for most of the folks in Washington, in my state capital Lansing, and even our County commission, all partisan. But I've also been part of an election won by 7 votes and another in my community that was a tie and settled by a coin flip. Voting is better than not voting. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You have never heard that Jerry? I'm sorry. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Try saying that again Bill. On a belly flyer a cypres fires at about 750' agl, already taking into account the burble and the sensor reading a pressure altitude of about 1000'. On your back it fires at a pressure altitude of a out 1000' which equals the no burble agl 1000'. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I find this site easier to use and more comprehensive. http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Answers 2 and 3 confuse one time landing zone different than take off adjustments and semi permanent activation altitude above ground adjustments. In part because the two major AAD's do LZ change and activation altitude change DIFFERENTLY. Some statements are true for Vigil but not Cypres. Cypres will not return to standard activation altitude IF YOU have set the semi permanent increase. Different from the LZ, takeoff offset. For several years the Risk Management committee and others in PIA lobbied for a higher activation altitude than 'standard'. For several years before the user could change the activation altitude for a Cypres the factory would increase it for you. Some cypres' in the field have a permanent, non-user adjustable, higher activation altitude than standard. Mars does not allow an adjustment other than the LZ, takeoff offset. Bottom line, don't rely on this article to understand YOUR AAD. Read YOUR manual, and the right one for your version.

When we put up my cutaway trainer, already on a rock climbing swivel so we can spin folks, we can add hook knives and scrap line for knife practice. And show how bad some of the knives are. We could also add blind folds and blown brakes. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Lots of DZs have no dogs policy. Dog shit on a $2000 parachute or container is not appreciated. And dogs and planes don't go together well. Check ahead before you consider taking your dog. Unless it's a DZ dog expect it to be on a short leash. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Lots of DZs have no dogs policy. Dog shit on a $2000 parachute or container is not appreciated. Check ahead before you consider taking your dog. Unless it's a DZ dog expect it to be on a short leash. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

What kind of material? What kind of machine? Are you sure where you have the presser foot pressure set? Make sure your not pulling the fabric through or holding it back. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And his insurance company may not cover any loss if used for jumping. And is it his plane or a club or rental? Both would probably prohibit jumping. Doesn't mean it hasn't been done. But jumping out of a plane not specifically configured for jumping with a pilot unfamiliar with flying jumpers is not for a noob but for someone with experience to recognize the snag and other hazards and instruct the pilot. The real answer is you can but you shouldn't and don't do it, at least for a couple hundred jumps and not without asking a lot of questions. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

http://papers.sae.org/670577/ Not manual but description I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

At 1:20 there is a squirrel on the grass moving just fine. I'd say he knew what he was doing. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

At 1:20 there is a squirrel on the grass moving just fine. I'd say he knew what he was doing. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Contact 'peek' on here. Gary has a colleague that last I knew had the third largest collection of ejection seats in the country. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Thanks for.the reply. Again I don't think any new jumper should buy new gear. We can disagree. Hell I don't think any old jumper should buy new gear. To me it's a vanity purchase. And fun to do once in a while. And somebody has to by new gear so I can find a good deal. Have no opinion good or bad on a vortex in particular. I haven't seen one since the month they got their TSO. I recommended the MARS to fund limited jumpers until the ability to permanently raise opening altitude was added to others. I believe for much of the gear that is needed and was part of the PIA committees recommending it. For my vector II's a MARs would be fine. I agree chanable modes aren't needed for most and didn't get one two months ago. But my brand new Cypres was also less than $1100. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If you'd paid attention you'd know I'm anything but a gear snob. I recommend Dolphins a lot of the time. I don't jump anything newer than 1997 other than AAD's, and have bought two custom rigs in my 37 year career, out of about 10 rigs. I have absolutely nothing against the Vortex. My advice had nothing to do with the choice being the Vortex. IF I bought a new rig I'd probably pick the new version of the dolphin only because I know the guys that build it. For the record I only deal in pilot rigs. The OP said money wasn't a consideration, but picked the least popular and cheapest options he could. So obviously money was an issue and I pointed that out. Resale in my neck of the rigs on a vortex would suck, just because they are not popular here, not because they are bad. I don't recommend ANYONE buy a new rig for their first rig. They are going to be changing main canopy even if they don't think so. They are going to be crash landing and rolling in the sand, grass, or mud depending on area of the country. And with later model used gear they can flip it for most of what they have in it. Sometimes more. Custom rigs are a good choice, when you have some experience and actually know what you want a couple years of student status. My advice stands. Not because I'm trying to lose you a sale. But because I don't believe taking the depreciation hit on a new rig for a FIRST rig is the best choice. I'd say the same thing if he said money was no option and was going to buy a Vector or an Oddessy. With changeable activation altitude missing I do not believe the MARS is the best choice. For my gear it would work fine. Me a gear snob it actually pretty funny. Ask anyone that knows me. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE