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  1. skydiverek
    There is also RAX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxjHOSKTT0 and DRX: http://www.miragesys.com/photo-gallery/drx-direct-reserve-extraction-test-jump-pictures/
  2. skydiverek
    Can you provide model name and brand name of these ear plugs?
  3. skydiverek
    Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDuijFUD-4U
  4. skydiverek
    What brand name and model do you use?
  5. skydiverek
    He is probably wondering if the drogue release system is based on 3-ring, or on a different mechanism (like Sigma).
  6. skydiverek
    The link was updated today with approx 15 new videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/VASSTTraining#g/u
  7. skydiverek
    Featuring a 'Skyhook' type device: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Gc6ppiEMY
  8. skydiverek
    The Optimum was build with a freeflyer in mind, who gets a premature reserve deployment at 200 mph. In this case, you want slower opening. Read the opening characteristics below from PD: http://performancedesigns.com/docs/OptimumReserveFlightCharacteristics_v1.PDF
  9. skydiverek
    VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB2IT3GhDDo
  10. skydiverek
    There was an accident a few years ago in Perris where Slink (which had few thousand jumps on it) broke during the last canopy turn, at like 100 feet. The jumper is now paralyzed, from neck down I believe... This is very sad, he had like 10,000 jumps, was a cameraflyer, and was basically earning the cost of new set of Slinks on every commercial jump he was making...
  11. skydiverek
    PD says that in case of their 7-cell canopies, mini-links are NOT compatibile with Dacron. See this: http://performancedesigns.com/orderforms/Spec-f.pdf You would need to find out what size of mini links you have. Also, if you have links protectors (bumpers), there may not be enough space for the steering line to go thru (line friction created between link bumber and a slider grommet). In this case, soft links (Slinks) are the solution. However, they do NOT work well with larger canopies (with longer lines) though, leading to burned-thru slinks! Read this: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=3326440;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC I also switched from Microline to Dacron on my 7-cell Spectre 190, installed Slinks and also installed Slink hats (protectors), but installed the hats upside down, so that they take any heat first, and not the Slink. I inspect the Slinks every few jump days, and after 200 jumps they are in very good condition.
  12. skydiverek
    How would this affect future traffic...?
  13. skydiverek
    Could magnetic riser covers come in contact with the Skyhook, attract it (since it is metal), and therefore somehow change the physics?
  14. skydiverek
    Here is the list I compiled and use, whan I search for a manual or bulletin: http://docs.apf.asn.au/index.php/Service_Bulletins http://www.cspa.ca/technical/english/technical.htm http://www.parachutemanuals.com http://rigminder.net/servicebulletin.asp http://www.pia.com/PIAPUBS.htm http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=209 http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/cms/forums/viewforum.php?f=97
  15. skydiverek
    Container size is the only difference. Micron is for smaller canopies, M-Series is for larger canopies.
  16. skydiverek
    Even if this is true (the same number of problems), I choose the product which is better now (year 2011). This is what counts for me, not that Vigil is now as bad as Cypres used to be...
  17. skydiverek
    Tha author (Sandy Reid from RI) had already been paid.
  18. skydiverek
    He is talking about the riNgs, not the rigs...
  19. skydiverek
    Same with RAX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxjHOSKTT0
  20. skydiverek
    All clear reserve flap, I think.
  21. skydiverek
    Awesome!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8kyj5zg1dY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7pYqz0eXDM
  22. skydiverek
    Other reserver PCs are even weaker, and there the PC goes thru more flaps. See attached.
  23. skydiverek
    Wow !: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMhAfYQeEI
  24. skydiverek
    'Parachutist', a few months ago.
  25. skydiverek
    Recently, USPA started advising to chop side-by-side (before, they had been advising to chop it OR to land it), after many side-by-sides changed into downplanes at very low altitudes...