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I was talking about the OP... sheesh! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Next post coming... In 3... 2... 1... "Cypres kills & covered-up/being hushed somehow, blah... blah... blah..." Anyone taking odds? Nope, I believe THOSE guys are really skydivers. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

"Transmissions engineer?" Nope, we got none of those here. I'm a flight nurse. One of those "hours of boredom punctuated by short periods of extreme stress" kind of jobs. Elvisio "love my job, though" Rodriguez We aint got none of them 'transmissions engineers' either... just a few of us sittin on our asses for weeks at a time before we get to spread the knowledge they pay us to share. Pretty f-n boring! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

One post and a D-license in the profile... Guess there are OTHER ways of figurin out whos a whuffo "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Dude... do you work with me? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Aren't most leg pads sewn to the leg strap webbing? Not familiar with the Talon 2 construction though. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Mine too? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Don't be an idiot and have an AAD fire. Two ways can help prevent it: Pull your main high enough to not get in the 'basement' Don't jump with an AAD Both ways have worked well for me. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

This is what I do, I was told you can pack the V3s this way but a lot of other rigs should not be. But my container is a little bigger than yours and maybe that is why your grommets are exposed and mine aren't. The V3 manual on the UPT website has some good pics that contrast with the shape of your packjob (as others have mentioned) http://www.unitedparachutetechnologies.com/PDF/Support/Manual/MAN_004___Vector_3_Manual_07_44_13%5B1%5D.pdf p66-67 His grommets are exposed because his closing loop is over an inch too long. His closing loop is too long because poor bulk management on the main. But yes, vectors are designed to not overlap the grommets, look at the top flap, see how the grommet is offset to the right? That's not because the guys at UPT have bad aim! Generally if you manage to tighten up the closing loop so they do line up on top of each other, the pin cover flap will look funky when you try to close it. Could also become a rigger, and learn ALLLLLLL about bulk management!

FIFY... Read AND UNDERSTAND The Facturer's Manual

Given your line of work, I can almost promise that you like to be treated like you treat the guys sometimes. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Yes, and the reason they do that is so that if a student is killed on landing, they can gather up the body and sneak it out of there so that nobody will know that the drop zone was responsible for it. All drop zones do this. We'd get a bad reputation if we actually let the public witness how often we kill students. Sheesh, we ain't dumb! I call Bullshit...they do it so the blatant drug use and freaky sex that always goes on in a LZ is hidden from non-jumpers. Just imagine how long the lines would be at manifest (no, the other kind) if everybody KNEW what really goes on?! Hey, gotta keep the rif-raff in and keep the goodie too shoes out! "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

4 Watch plane crash? 5 Buy pilot beer, if he survived the bail out. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Why on earth would you disconnect the RSL? Gotta get some freefall out of the deal. I would want to get some distance from the now pissed off pilot before I popped another canopy out. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Fuck you. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Well it takes a little longer then an hour for me to get there from here and back again Did he say anything about going BACK? I couldn't even get there in an hour That's your problem... next time don't take as long and you might get to finish before me. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Or, use WPA2 with MAC address restrictions. (yes, I know you can fake a mac addy... but if they're running windoze 7, it wont likely work as they have to set the mac addy to start with 12 instead of what most adapters use) "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Must really suck when ya gots to get to the top of the sky scrapers. (yes, I'm aware, you don't...) "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

A KingAir had just rotated (lifted-off the runway) at take-off when there was an enormous bang and the starboard engine burst into flames. After stamping on the rudder to sort out the asymmetric thrust, trying to feather the propeller and going through the engine fire drills with considerable calmness and aplomb, the stress took its toll on the Captain... He transmitted to the tower in a level friendly voice: "Ladies and gentleman. There is no problem at all but we're just going to land for a nice cup of tea." He then switched to cabin intercom and screamed at the passengers: "Mayday. Mayday. Mayday. Engine fire. Prop won't feather. If I can't hold this asymmetric we're going in. Emergency landing. Get the crash crew out." The aircraft landed safely with the passengers' hair standing on end. This happened at the small but busy Sarasota Florida airport in 1975. The tower was open from 6am until 10pm and most of the traffic was during daylight hours. There was a National flight in every night about 8:30pm and often had a joker at the wheel. On a particular dark night after handoff from Tampa approach the controller hears: "Sarasota tower, National123 with you... (pause) ... guess where?." The controller promptly turned off all the airport lights - there was no other traffic - and replied: "National123 - Sarasota tower - guess where?..." After a silence of about fifteen seconds the chastened National pilot came back: "Sarasota tower this is National Airlines flight 123 from Tampa and we are exactley 10.3 DME on the 300 degree radial inbound for landing.." The controller switched the lights back on and cleared the pilot to land. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Congrats... even though Andy took it easy on you. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Now I understand the reluctance to post the fix publicly. None of us have any reason to be in those menus. Now that it's been posted, I can foresee bozos plying with them and really screwing things up. All it is, is a diagnostic display. He said the unit is still operational in this mode, just displaying things that most users wouldn't care to see. Hell, most users don't know anything more than blink-push. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

Given the parameters he asked: "it fell out on the floor while moving around and lets say it's on the floor behind the pilot chair. The tandem team gets out and the drougue with the bridal unfolding stays in the plane." Led me to think that it would be at bridle stretch. But, I do see your point. Either way, that rig shouldn't be in the air with a BOC that loose. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

My guess is that it will follow them out the door. Assuming that it doesn't snag something along the way, it would probably just come out and inflate immediately. In a cargo version it would probably then go over the tail. In a standard version, hopefully the pilot would notice and slip hard to keep it from the tail. I know you've been around the block way more than I have, but I cannot see how the tandem pair pulling down on the drogue could cause it to inflate and go OVER the tail. The bottom of the cargo door is a good foot under the elevator, Sure, a fast and hard slip would help, but I don't think the chances would be too high of it wrapping the tail. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message

The pilot was sitting in his seat and pulled out a .38 revolver. He placed it on top of the instrument panel, and then asked the navigator, "Do you know what I use this for?" The navigator replied timidly, "No, what's it for?" The pilot responded, "I use this on navigators who get me lost!" The navigator proceeded to pull out a .45 and place it on his chart table. The pilot asked, "What's that for?" "To be honest sir," the navigator replied, "I'll know we're lost before you will." "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message