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It's been a while since I got a new precision reserve but IIRC they came with the reserves to go on hard links to keep the lines in place on the link. Some tell me what the right story is. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And those work with both.hard.and soft. From Precision right? At least the ones I have. I.always considered them more line.orientation aids, rather than bumpers. But may be best for OP. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

+1 I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

In image left is vinyl (what you have). Brake lines have been carving those for 30 years. Silicon is the middle. Softer and won't damage the lines as much but will tear easily. Fabric are on the right. Perhaps a better choice. All of this are usually used on french links. On slinks nothing is used if you want to pull down your slider. (make sure your toggles have nose hoods) or the Slink Cover (pirate hat, witches hat, cone, etc) that come with main slinks if you don't want to pull your slider down. That's usually enough. I usually don't see much damage to the lines from grommets with slinks and Slink covers. I'd try the factory covers first. They allow the slider grommet to be below the line attachment points. The silicon or cloth bumpers will hold the grommets next to the lines, just in a different place. BTW silicon covers were used because the were easier to get at the local home depot in a size for 3.5 or 4 mini french links. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Altimeters, along with aad and any other skydiving accessory that measures 'altitude' actually measure air (barometric) pressure. As you go up the air pressure decreases. The air pressure also changes as the weather changes. This is why all devices need to be zeroed at the dz each day you jump. Some devices like aads automatically zero when you turn them on and continually rezero as the air pressure changes during.the day. Your mechanical altimeter will need to be rezeroed if the pressure changes during the day. They also DON'T always work. Check against another altimeter as you climb in the airplane. BTW do not check against the airplane altimeter. They are set to mean sea level and only read zero near the ocean. We care about height above the ground. If during.a.jump it seems to be moving slow or not changing use you first altimeter, your eyes. 'If in doubt whip it out.' In other words don't hit the ground wondering if your getting low. If everyone else is opening and your altimeter still reads 7000' take the hint. Altimeters sticking is.rare but.does happen. Many of us have 30 or 40 year old altimeters still working fine. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I got used to opening in a track with my first canopy, a comp pc in a sleeve. Just never bother stopping. When moved to a ramair I had to unlearn doing that to survive. A lot of the guys even older than me learned to set up like starting a back loop. And I still prefer my original sabre openings to these new things that open in a streamer that might clear. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'm calendar challenged but isn't that 6? 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I was guessing. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I count 6. 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

We know what causes that. But check my sig line. A good thing when you six. Not so good now. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Hmmm, by starting late in the 70's I jumped in 5 decades by the time I was 51. How? 0-9 is one's first decade so I'm in my sixth decade. Some one who jumped at age 18 in 1949 could have jumped in 8 decades by age 81. So Lew has 7 and Bob probably 8. But only the arbitrary division of 'decades' at xx00-xx01 makes this possible. And yes the new millennium started just after 23:59 Dec 31 2000. But 1999 was a hell of a party. I think I got this all right. I'm calendar challenged. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Anything 150 or less is considered a high performance canopy. Learn how to pack. Jump the crap out of what you have and talk to us in 200 jumps. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'll point him to this thread! I agree and have already discussed with him the only way I know for this to happen is setting it above the ring. I've already discussed pulling hard on the brake line after set and agree that it may still not slip. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. He is stowing the extra line in the elastic keeper. I'll sew them up and well talk about it some more, right Ryan? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Already told him to test them. Hopefully he'll at least notice. One more step that will focus attention on the brakes. I couldn't come up with any other scenario but wanted to ask. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I suggested the possibility of setting the brake above the ring but he doesn't think he did that. I think he must have. The other thing I saw once was someone who set the brake below the ring but then put the nose of the toggle through the ring! This would allow the brake line to slip off the nose and release. The guy I found doing it had been doing it for a few hundred jumps. The guy with the rig in question denies doing that either. Anybody with other ideas? I think they had to be set above the ring. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Attached is a photo of both rear risers from a customer. It's a new Mirage with 30 jumps and factory risers. On this last jump both the top toggle nose hood and the keeper/hood for the bottom nose on the velcroless toggle blew out and the brake released All side stitches were torn loose. On the other riser one side of the top hood was blown out but the brake did not release. On a previous jump the sides of one top hood were blown out. It was restitched by another rigger. I haven't seen this guy pack. He called me over after landing. No other damage. Ideas? I can fix it but need to figure out what to tell the guy to prevent it. I have a couple of weird possibilities. Somewhat unbelievable mistakes with the brakes but things I've seen done. But will save those for later. Right now anybody have any ideas on why this happened? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Triathlon still available new. Original Sabre available widely used. Any old school F-111 canopy. All open like real parachutes in 200-300'. Not these new things that streamer (know renamed snivel) for 800' and then finally decide to open. But I'm an old fart willing to get out at 2000'. Hearing flat line on my timeout with opening at 1200' when demoing a Spetre in 1997 was not good. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Don't know what you can't find. search for subject clip art to find skydiving, propeller, airplane. sporty's has some signs.http://www.sportys.com/PilotShop/category/914?utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=owner+supplies&device=c&network=g&matchtype=b&gclid=CLawreL4vb4CFXQiMgodhCsAQQ Ebay has propeller warning signhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/CAUTION-BEWARE-OF-PROPELLERS-Metal-Sign-Plane-Military-Aircraft-Airport-Airplane-/380903308374?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58af9b3c56 and skydiver area signs. But you can have what ever you want made up locally or at sites like those above. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Contact Shlomo Pearl, dz.com username RIGGER, on here. He'll know all there is about jumping in Israel. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Why not? I guess I'm cheap. Why buy a new rig that's going to take a beating as you learn to land, that's going to be the wrong container size in a year or two, that your not familiar with and may not be the rig you finally decide you prefer, that may not have the options you ultimately.decide you want. If you can pay new prices while your learning those things fine. But I don't want the money someone has in a new rig to keep them from changing rigs.for.their next canopy . How many times have had to tell people here and elsewhere no you really can't put that 135 in the rig that had your 220 in it. Buy a new.rig.to keep.the gear manuf. In business. I'm sure not. The only thing I have newer than 1997 is a cypres. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

You haven't filled out your profile but I assume you have few jumps. You don't know what functional options you want. Cosmetic options are just that. Lower your expectations and get a good used rig without the cosmetic options and with most of the functional options. I.don't believe any newbie should by new. Often the discounts don't apply to options even if you can get them on your stock wings. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Do you mean a canopy suitable for accuracy competition? Steep approach into a tuffet with heel strike paramount? Or a canopy suitable for standup demo landings into tight areas? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Para-alert! Still works after 33 years! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

But should your last chance to live be an antique? I tried to land a 5 cell swift but the tree.got.in the way before it.was fully open. I have at least one, I think two.5 cell.swifts.downstairs to baffle rigger candidates. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

As I quote above in the Civil Aviation Regulations there were three ratings; Parachute Rigger, Senior Parachute Rigger and Master of Parachute Maintenance. Parachute rigger had to know one "make and type" and have 20 supervised packs, Senior had to know three types, have 2 years as rigger and have packed 25 of each type. Master was "3 different manufacturers including at least 4 types of parachutes and 3 types of canopies....", 5 years and 200 packs with at least 25 of each type and make and references. At some point they dropped the bottom one. Oddly enough these regs I have don't define types. But they do have special ratings of Parachute Jumper (written, oral and practical on test and exhibition jumps and 10 jumps) and Parachute Instructor (written, oral and practical, NO experience requirement). These were both add on's to rigger certificates. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE