skydiverek

I heard thay changed back to small tuck tubs (like the ones on Javelins 15 or so years ago) that tend to open. Is that true?

Good one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB4uLm2wKNg

Here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdssZOAx3Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_WWTUpI6f0

http://userweb.intergrafix.net/ripcords/

http://userweb.intergrafix.net/ripcords/

Anyone beats this guy? 20,000 hours = 833 days... He had 5,000 hours BEFORE his first skydive... "Time in air is not so easy for me being in this sport 23 + years I started flying at the young age of 14 as I have been bless in so many ways, & Lucky to still be here, flying is a way of life for me. Most people travel walking around 15,000 hrs in a life time.I have spent at least that much time in air possible more, I had spent the first 2 years working at flyaway 14 to 16 hr days as we all wanted to skydive we had to wait till we where 16, as we all had 4 to 5 thousand hrs before our first Jump ,as for most of us we had never even been off the ground. as different as it was it was letting birds go for the fist time out in the wild blue. Natural and aware we where able to jump and dew formations on our first jump. Oh ya back to time? Our average it out 1,000 a year for 20 years= 1982 to 2005 = 20,000 give a few years. I love flying & teaching people something they thought that was not possible taming fears & fulfilling dreams all having fun, as we all have felt the influence of flight & I have been privileged to meet so many in the past that have said, bodyflight has changed their lives forever, what a thing to be a part of. who would of thought we would all be discussing our flying passion & tunnel time. Just fly it's all good John John Suiter Bodyflight Concepts VWT Sales & Training View my Bodyflight.net Profile & Logbook"

That's over THREE WEEKS of continous freefall!

First of all, it was a 21 square foot canopy, second of all, he had an option of cutting it away. He missed the handle on the first attempt, and by the second attempt he was unconsciosus. "As Perry has indicated, this jump was intended to be a "fun jump," the same as a "tube dive" or a "rubber boat" jump. It was intended neither as R&D, nor was it a stunt. The intent of the jump was to continue and refine the skill of docking a ram-air canopy in flight with a Birdman jumper in freefall. The same jump had been performed successfully the previous day on Friday, October 29. (see attached photo) The canopy is a Xaos-21 cross-braced tri-cell, coincidentally 21 square feet in area, and known familiarly as the "21-21". The wing loading was approximately 9:1. I have had an opportunity to study the incident in detail. Here are some facts: The deployment was direct bag from the tailgate of the Skyvan. Chris Martin left the aircraft facing rear with his hands on the risers at the toggles. Initial inflation was clean and instant as anticipated, while Chris was still feet-to-earth off the tailgate. The canopy inflated downrange as expected, nose-to-earth just like on previous jumps, but the risers clearly pulled from Chris' hands as he transitioned during line stretch. All of this is within the first 2 seconds off the tailgate. The right brake became dislodged on deployment, possibly as his hands were pulled from the risers. The canopy immediately went into a stable and continuous constant rapid-rate turn to the left. It was an unimaginably rapid rate of turn. There were no line twists. The center of rotation was in the mid-riser vicinity. The propeller-like spin had stabilized within 2.5 seconds (six revs) with Chris face-to-earth and arms by his side. The flight mode as I have described was very stable for the almost 2 minute duration to landing. The length of the entire assembly including jumper, from the top of the canopy to the soles of his shoes, was less than 12 feet. The rate of rotation was approximately 804 degrees per second. Exit altitude was 12,900 agl. Time from exit to landing was 01:58. Constant descent rate was approximately 110 feet per second. Observed data was confirmed by Neptune. After discussing the incident with Cliff Schmucker at SSK, had Expert Cypres been on board, the rate of descent was outside the normal operating parameters. Cypres would not have had reason to activate on this skydive, and would likely have been moot at best. This is an initial report, and is solely intended to clarify some of the facts and dispel some of the rumors that have been speculated regarding this jump. This is not intended to be a complete report or analysis of the jump, but merely a statement of some of the data observed. Best to all, George Galloway Precision Aerodynamics"

I think Tim Joyce opened this drop zone. You can see him here

He is asking about the Oddysey, and they are made under TSO C23d.

I know he has over 2 weeks of freefall !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfOwlems8s&NR=1

I think that's him: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?username=islander;

Username: EricFradet has 25,200 jumps

This is exactly what happened to RWS rep during the Skyhook demo (Blue Skies Egon!): "Yes that clown who got complacent was ME This actually happened while we were up at Rantoul last year. We have 3 rigs for doing this demonstration and I was doing a few a day and we were jumping on low passes like when we were socked in and the only aircraft flying was Ray's PAC and John's Helicopter. JC (RWS Production Manager) and I decided to both kit up with Skyhook Equipped Test Rigs and off we were in the heli for a 3grand hop and pop! Our intention was to both start spinning and break away together and bang what a nice show! Not quite - me being the clown I am at times do also make stupid mistakes and this is why we have AAD's, etc - for when we totally f@#k up!!! Well, upon gear inspection I did not check my RSL shackle and ensure it was connected - doo! Ok! Off we go and at 1000ft we decided to break away and shit - nothing has come off my back. I look back - nothing Looked at my silver and saw the swoop pond coming at me at a pace... pulled silver and in the saddle a little relieved and pissed at myself The thing that people were clearly able to see is 2 skydivers with the same simulated malfunction - one with Skyhook and one without it hooked up... Very clearly you can see now how effective the Skyhook is! Needless to say my buddy's watching were a little worried as it was low and they could clearly see what is going on, but the thing is at these altitudes you do not have time and this what the Skyhook does - it shortens the time between a fully inflated main to a fully inflated reserve! Complacent - yes I was and I did learn from it and I have made this one very serious part of my gear check! For those watching - this was a damn fine show of how well a Skyhook works and a rig without one works! The guys that did the 100ft breakaways - yes I was there and these boys yes are experienced base jumpers, but they were also tickling the Lions balls.."

Correct.

I realize that .

No picking, just trying to spread knowledge. That's all.

Check pages 7 through 13: http://www.basik.fr/bdc/BS-031101.pdf

It lists advantages on Page 2.

Details here: http://www.basik.fr/bdc/Ternimal.pdf What do you think?

Also, Eric Fradet developed a similar system years ago on the Advance system. Check these posts on this design: http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=search_results&search_forum=all&search_string=skyhook+eric+fradet&search_type=AND&search_fields=sb&search_time=&search_user_username=&sb=score&mh=50 From KellyF: "I have never seen this system installed on a rig, but have seen a sample of it 8 or 9 years ago, so it may not be exactly the same. The Parafun system had a long pin installed on the bridle and further down (closer to the bag) there was a stiffened section with two loops on it. The RSL had a section with two grommets in it that the loops passed through, and then the pin was inserted through the loops to lock the RSL to the bridle. In a cutaway, the RSL would pull the bag out of the container and deploy the reserve, and in a total the reserve pilot chute would launch, tension the bridle (thereby removing the pin and disconnecting the RSL), and then extract the reserve from the container. My details may be a bit off, but that's the basic idea. In basic function, both systems work the same, they just go about it in different ways. The skyhook does add the Collins lanyard to the system for a bit of an advantage if the RSL riser breaks." Does anyone have pictures of this system??? Also, from Bill Booth: "In answer to: 1. IS THE SKYHOOK BASED ON THE SORCERER? Actually, it's the other way around. I did my first of many series of tests on what would become the "Skyhook" in the mid 80's. During one of thoses test series, Mark and Marta Hewitt (who developed the Sorcerer) were working here at the Relative Workshop. The system that ended up on their Sorcerer seems to be an adaptation of one of my early designs. It however, will not work on an internal, spring loaded pilot chute rig...only on a rig like the Sorcerer, which has an external, hand deployed RESERVE pilot chute. It requires you to pull the reserve's hand deployed pilot chute out of the pouch to release the connection between the reserve pilot chute bridle and the main riser. If the reserve container comes open prematurely, you have a horse shoe malfunction of the reserve. You can see that this would not be a good system to have on a normal skydiving rig where the reserve container can also be opened by a Cypres, broken loop, or pushed out pin. I could not use such a system until I solved that nasty little problem. I needed a system that automatically released the connection, no matter how the reserve container was opened. 2. IS THE SKYHOOK LIKE ERIC FRADET'S SYSTEM? As far as I know, Eric's system (while designed many years after my early attempts) was developed independently, (Eric is a very smart guy, who I admire tremendously) It was not put on the general market however, because it failed to address several key problems, which needed to be solved before the system would truly be ready for the mass market. (For instance, if the RSL riser released prematurely, it pulled the reserve bag right into the still attached side of the main canopy...not a good thing, generally."