councilman24

Remember, having a MARD does NOT change the allowable opening time/distance under TSO testing. So you can have a MARD that doesn't make anything better. Current TSO Limits Canopies with max weight up to 250. For Breakaway. 5 secs or 300 ft. Measured from pack opening. For over 250 it goes up 0.01s and 1ft per pound. WITH an RSL must be open within these limits from time of BREAKAWAY. Proposed TSO standard not yet official. RSL breakaway test change to pack opening. If MARD equiped 16 additional tests (4 each) with stable, spinning forward, backward, and baglock after freefall tests. MAX Altitude/Time to open do NOT change. So, should the cutaway decision altitude change? NIMO A RSL or MARD will help with the cutaway not reserve pull/delayed reserve pull incidents which aren't uncommon, even with experienced jumpers. A MARD will help with the potential fatality that waited too long to cutaway. Would/could I change my cutaway versus more nylon decision based on a MARD? No. First altitude is likely changing fast enough that no MARD/MARD decision points are likely passed quickly. In addition cutaway or not decision point should be higher than the MAX time done under TSO testing. TSO testing was probably best case. So you need to cutaway higher than 300' to ensure rig functions within testing limits. RSL might get pack open sooner. MARD may get you more flight time but relying on it to get it open sooner and changing decision altitudes is at best a paper exercise. What it MAY do is save the folks that have already passed all the decision altitudes and still cutaway. Or forced to by low incident/change in main. So far for me advantages of MARD don't outway complexity. Of course I haven't bought new gear other than AAD for 15 years. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

175 and 225 lbs respectively for G2R and G3R. 212 and 278 sq. ft. respectively. I'd stick with these for these reserves. Of the design type that don't take kindly to being overloaded. Both TSO C23b with max load of 254lbs but this is based on structural load testing. Rate of decent testing for TSO was determined at 170lbs. BTW these have the early kevlar lines that were found to be too brittle for main use. General thought was when protected as on a reserve they were okay. I might think twice about packing them. Also be aware that they snag VERY easily. Don't let them anywhere near unprotected hook velcro. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Probably not worth keeping unfired unless your going to keep it for another 30-50 years. I have a 50th anniversary mark II that I haven't chosen to fire yet. Had two NIB, sold one, but can't bring myself to shoot it. Of course they made the limited edition 50th anniversary for 3 or 4 years. I've actually been looking for another Mark II. Also have a target version I do use. If the mags were cross compatible I might not care. But still have a bad impression of the III since they had to take it off the market after introduction to fix the dropped firing caused by the exposed extractor on the rimfire cases. But, Mark II's do seem to be going fast and for a premium. Can't find a Mark II around. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

No as I said they are claiming the AAD should have been designed to prevent the rigging error, i.e. a sensor to know if the loop is through the cutter. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I realize that but this is foreign to Helmut. A rigger made a mistake, his product worked as intended and advertized and he's in court. SOP here, not in Germany. One option is to pull out of U.S. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

But where is the negligence on the part of AirTec? That's the part that I was commenting on. Helmut can't understand why in the world he is part of the lawsuit. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

No argument. But in the mean time would you choose to protect your financial future? I don't like it any more than anybody else. But I understand the financial risk, as well as the well meaning desire to keep people from bouncing on your DZ. I've investigated a no pull death without an AAD (on a rental rig no less), had several friends saved by them, and investigated at one death where the already deceased jumper landed under his reserve because of it. Skydivers used to die hitting the ground without a canopy while still having fun. No they die with a canopy while still having fun. AAD's managed to make the first one rare. New canopies and flying styles have made the second less rare. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Its hard to imagine a lawsuit against an AAD manuf. because the rigger didn't put the loop through the cutter and the AAD manuf. didn't design the AAD so that this was detected.... but it's going on right now. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If it was your lively hood on the line to an attorney that argues to a wuffo jury that you had a duty to require an AAD you might choose to also. Not that I like it. But I'd prefer to be able to choose to use my water jump, CRW and other spare rigs without an AAD. SSK was handing out keychains made with real Cypres control units. A little grey paint and black cable and your all set. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

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

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SKYDIVING-PARACHUTE-PARASAIL-PARA-COMMANDER-/251028494891?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7276da2b Just like the one in my basement that I used for my first freefall. Black and white checker board also on ebay. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I didn't have to type a thing. Just click on contact us. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Don't know what your issue was. "You are welcome to call us at +1 (386) 943 9333 Our address is: Alti-2 Incorporated 1200 Flightline Blvd - Suite 5 DeLand, Florida 32724 USA" From http://forum.altimaster.com/ I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Going to my definitive reference library, the ParaGear catalogs, the Swift Plus 175 has a Max susp. weight of 200lb listed. With 160lb and 240lb for the 145 and 225 respectively. Oddly enough the 1989 manual doesn't give any of the specifications. BTW through Catalog #66, 01-02, the last year ParaFlite is in the catalog there is no 200 sq. ft. Swift Plus listed. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

See if this one is close enough to help. http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/132B26.pdf It has timing information. You should need to modify the factory part. Especially that much! I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

It is a mechanical bartacker. What model number I'm not sure. The round disk on the back rear in the first photo is the cam that drives the pattern. Looks a whole lot a 68. http://parts.singerco.com/IPinstManuals/68.pdf I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Never had a car other than the family car until sophomore year in college 1977. Then my family passed down to me the only new car my father had ever bought (with small inheritance from my grandfather), a 1972 Mercury Montego. It drove. But the best thing was it was wide enough that I could sleep in the back seat at the DZ! When I got rid of it and got a 76 Camero I quickly found out that didn't work anymore. Next day went out and bought a tent. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I like the heart shaped drive window in the back. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

But it does prevent the lever from closing all the way onto the spring loaded balls. Be sure you don't care. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Too lazy to figure out. Is this thing real? Too lazy to work out a combined one trigger firing system? Somebody with too much time with a welder?\ At least it only had one set of sites. I'd rather have one real one in each hand. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Even has a pulled down apex. I've never seen a C9 cut up like that. Hard to believe the 80-120 cfm fabric will give anything near good performance. Anyone here ever jumped (or stayed on the ground and watched) one of these things? I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

As best I can tell these presuppose a zp canopy of some type. 0-3 CFM fabric canopies are still a option for many people, especially for a first rig/novice jumper. They may very well have learned on a non zp canopy. These need to account for for canopy type. I have other issues with a USPA plan this detailed. In other countries where the national association has the force of law and where all of the DZ's follow the same rules this might work. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

LK-1900A-HS is the one that MEL still recommends, Cheapest price I've heard of was $3850 new. Haven't found a used one worth buying. Still looking for one. Still can bring myself to buy a new one, yet. H is heavy and s is mechanical instead of pneumatic. Also check voltage of any used machine. Often 220v. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

"..hey folks just wanna take the heat of you in case if you still waiting for my first test jump this morning.I was already fired up and ready and then fog came in at our predicted landing site! Which pretty much means it is a "NO GO". So Don our weather guy had to call it off for today. Tomorrow morning is our last chance because the weather forecast for is not looking good for the next couple days. So keep your fingers crossed and make sure we hit the jackpot tomorrow at 7 am!!love FELIX" "SECOND TRY. hey everybody, thank you so much for all your wishes! It means a lot to me! Today at launch we had perfect conditions the whole team was on his A-game and fired up. But our balloon "blew up" right before they released the capsule and therefore we had to abort. The good news is we have a back up balloon and that means we give it another shot tomorrow morning. Bad luck? Hell NO - this is science and that's the reason why it is so exciting!!! stand by FELIX" I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I don't have one or know anything about it but I found it described as floppy disk driven. I suggest you need to be sure that the software and drives are available to create your own patterns. I don't think this could substitute as a bar tacker, depending on what size thread you can run. On the bar tackers you need to have the heavy duty version. The latest version of this machine from Juki does come in a heavy version. Also seems to be for larger patterns like the V on the pocket of Levis. Not sure of an application in rigging. My be better to apply the $1300 to something else of more use. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE