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I'm with Jerry. The cheap ones at Paragear for nickel and brass are CS Osborne. http://www.csosborneupholsterytools.com/product_detail.php?p_id=868 The high quality ones that will do stainless are from Stimpson. http://www.stimpson.com/machinery/hand-drive-tools/ I'm not clear on the relationship between the two now. Jerry has said Stimpson sends you to CS Osborne. But I don't see the Stimpson ones (painted blue anvil) I have on the Osborne web site. You can get them cheaper than ParaGear but not for $20. Your failed grommet looks more like the hole was too big. 1/4" for number 0. It seems too small when you try to insert the grommet. If you work hard you can get by with hole punch set from Harbor Freight. Yeah, yeah but it work and you can keep them sharp with a small round stone. If your doing a lot get a dedicated punch. BTW for your practice stuff just use nickel plated brass. Much easier to set. Especially with cheaper tools. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Silly rabbit, The requirement you listed of having to submit the A form and fee before anything else is decades newer than what is being discussed. For most of the history of USPA you only had to pay for the license numbers you wanted. You had to meet the requirements but didn't have to get it. Until USPA decided they wanted more money. Slap my face, did I say that out loud? You'll soon learn that the SIM, a relatively new publication in itself, is a moving target. I gave up long ago trying to keep track of all the changes, and don't much care since I'm not throwing students any more. Stick with your gut instincts, listen and learn. And yes it seems like you actually might be right. But don't you know better than to correct your elders. It was more fun before the internet and newbies did this in person where you could slap them upside of the head. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Few real clubs in US. Doesn't matter what they call themselves. Ignore idiot posts and see my pm. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

No, your not the only one. But I've seen worse. Like home made, non-tso'd harnesses for students. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

He sold them for car cover prices because that what they are. Along with age the design is just not one you want to jump. When it was the only game in town they were okay. But lots of folks kept there round reserves, including me, until the Swift came out. Transverse construction of the swift, top and bottom skin panels went side to side so cell width wasn't limited to the width of the fabric, along with the Cirrus Cloud main I had at the time (and still have in a bag) allowed higher aspect ratios with five cells. We quickly learned more cells were better for airfoil performance. While I'm sure your rigger may pack it, and it MAY be as airworthy as new (but may not), a some point there is design obsolescence, as well as the uncertainty that comes with age. No one can test the thread to see if it has weakened. Or the lines. Or the tapes. There comes a time when I don't want it on my back or anybody elses and won't put my name on it. Your rigger may vary. I have several 24' T-10 reserves that are much newer, including New Old Stock but I still wouldn't put anybody heavier than 100lbs under one and only if a diaper was installed. Too many better options. Again, this is your last chance to live! How cheap is your life? Will you get away with it? Probably. Good luck. Not to mention the thing is about the volume of a Raven III, more likely IV. Sometimes I wish I was still young and foolish. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Doesn't matter if it's a water jump your reserve is the last chance to live. In addition in the event of a reserve ride you either may not be able to make the water or not WANT to make the water. If you wouldn't put it in your every day rig should it be in any rig? That being said none of us want to screw up a new Speed or Optimum. I would choose many other reserves before I chose a Safety Star. A Raven, Swift Plus, Tempo, PD. I've seen lots of crap jumped for water jumps (and landed on land) but there are too many Ravens etc around to get too antique. BTW always be prepared to land on land off DZ. Means good gear AND FOOTWEAR. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

DOD liquidation auction paired with a consew 199-2 that I also needed. Had to bid sight unseen but they had video of the Juki running on line. A little time working on the tensions and it was truly like new. 1900A-HS Oh, and replace the eye guard. Consew in good shape too. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You suck sir. Of course I got a like new Juki Lk1900a bartacker for $1400, so there. Good score and we do understand. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

didn't get that it was a stock photo that's not a skydiving piece of hardware. You wanted to see something that makes you worry I look up at the suspension lines that you're hanging from. I am worried about the harness specially whenever whenever I look up at the suspension lines I think I'm hanging from those? don't worry about the harness specially the hardware but could just pay attention to your learning and your performance. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Look close at the photo in the OP. That's hardware I'm not familiar with. And if.you squint real hard it might be assembled with the.bar upside down. Looks kind of thin. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

We also experimented with lots of coated cables for main ripcords. The clear, seemingly vinyl, was too soft and kind of stuck. At least one was too fragile and could fracture and come off in the loop. but no spring not much issue I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

We, the industry and sport, spent years trying to make pins easier to extract. Went from wire pins that corroded, plated pins that flaked and snagged on the loop, straight pins that bound up, etc. I don't know the relative tightness of the paraglider reserves but considering how tight skydiving mains are and how hard we had to work to decrease the number of PC's in tow somehow it doesn't seem like a good idea. Inadvertent deployments have always been less.frequent than PC's in tow. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

................................................................................. It is really easy to modify a flat-circular parachute into a conical parachute/tent, just sew a couple of radial seams together. Conical tents are easy to erect with one long pole up the center and a series of (same size) shorter poles around the circumference. How many gores (triangular bits extending from the circumference to the apex) are "hidden" determines the angle of your cone. If you only "hide" a few gores, your tent will be shallow and wide, like a circus tent. If you "hide" a lot of gores, your tent will be tall and narrow. Mathematically calculating the "finished" size might be an amusing way to keep the kids entertained until the weather warms up enough to erect the tent. And flat circular are 28' C-9, often white tan green and orange but also all white, 24' T-10 white or green. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

"United We Fall" by Pat and Jan Works is from back when skydivers were equated with out law bikers and we the celebrated the 'pure joy of flight'. Always a good read for us old farts missing the good old days. Maybe should be required reading for every second jump student. After all we can let the one jump wonders in on the secrets. Available in it entirety on line at http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~esj/uwf/uwf.html. Thanks Pat and Jan. Oh, and Jonathon Livingston Seagull. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

from eric But also under these put polypropylene or silk thin liner gloves. Again for sweat wicking and control. Rarely have to resort to these though. Neuman's winter weight receiver gloves are usually good enough for what little I do/did in the winter. I'm used to them also since I wear normal Neuman gloves every jump. But what ever you use pretend you in a first jump course and get in a hanging harness with them. Especially if your not used to jumping with gloves. It's not much change for me because I wear them all the time. But if you NOT used to wearing gloves it's a big change to not have your normal sense of touch. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The cypres or the user and parachute it attached to? I don't know of an instance where a cypres failed to cut a loop (that was through the cutter) when the programed conditions were met. Have people died wearing a cypres? Sure. When their reserve didn't open in time after being deployed, when someone mis-programmed the cypres, when they exceeded the firing criteria under an open canopy during a swoop landing. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Has the MPAAD been ungrounded? Answered my own questions. Ungrounded with service by Mars to replace the cutter. http://www.marsjev.cz/editor/filestore/File/Bulletiny%20Anglicky/SB_no.%2011-11-2013_Renewal_the_Diving_Performance_EN.pdf Does the MPAAD and the M2 have the same cutter? No, based on photos on web site. MPAAD cutter in photo is a cylindar. M2 cutter varies in diameter over the length of the cutter. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

http://www.amazon.com/Parachuting-Skydivers-Handbook-Dan-Poynter/dp/1568601417 The classic book. A little behind the times but still all information you need to be a well informed jumper. Of course in 1979 I read every previously published issue of the USPA magazine Parachutist. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'm striking out using those numbers. Check and see if there is another data panel on the opposite side of the parachute where you found those. Also tell us what color it is. If it's tan, green, orange and white we probably know what that is. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

http://lbtinc.com/featured/enhanced-warfighter-load-out-bag.html Best quality, will hold a small adult, and for less than the.materials. I've got two over the last year with similar discounts. And one big wheel load.out bag that will carry two rigs plus. But my real gear bag is TWO older eddie bauer, when they used to really make something useful, duffle bags. One for the rig, open or closed, and one for everything else. Jumpsuits, helmets, electronics, spare clothes, etc. A separate duffle for each rig. I sometimes take three or four. These are NOT for airline travel. Carry on in roller. I I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

The more critical place it the RSL velco on a reserve riser next to the other reserve riser. I've declined to pack rigs with bad enough damage to the reserve riser webbing. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I assume so but ask Mirage. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'm never trying to keep any jumper, especially an old fart, from jumping. Recently there was a Midwest reunion that got jumpers from the 70's back together. Several that hadn't made a jump in 30 years made a couple of jumps to get current and had lots of fun. One I helped out some hadn't jumped in 34 years. Your a D licensed skydiver and a rigger. All you have to do is whatever you and the DZO decide you should. Certainly AFF isn't required unless you think so. Minimum would be some ground review, especially with different gear, and a couple of coach jumps. Find a DZ doing SL or IAD and they can help you out. Of course do what you feel you should. But put the rest of the money into a little better gear. With your D license number you can't be too young. Lose the capewell top secret, the unit reserve (makes me shudder) and stratostar for something that will treat your knees a little better. I know of rigs with older F-111 mains, Raven reserves, and "modern" harness for LT $1000. Even older zp canopies in older rigs with better reserve than your unit for less. Certainly better to put $200 - $300 into getting a different rig than working on yours. $300 reserve, and even jump your stratostar if you want. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Without seeing one I can envision the bridle getting pushed farther in either dressing the rig with a paddle or beating on it with a fist. The catastrophic nature of it being to far through and snagged by the trap to me means the possibility of this error should be eliminated. If it's not in far enough the trap may fail and you still have an RSL and reserve pilot chute. Too far through and if designed to release if PC takes over it may not release or again trapping bridle on both sides of elastic means death. But I'm a pessimist. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

In the days of static line training self supervision meant they could get on the 182 by themselves, spot good enough and work on their turns, style maneuvers and maybe two way. The term was correct and fine. It also meant they were no longer paying student prices. Of course "coaches" were the former world champions who were willing to jump with any newbie, no jump ticket let alone wage expected. Now newbies probably can get into too much trouble with nobody realizing it. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE