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  1. skydiverek
    Please keep the discussion in one place, i.e. a thread created by ME : Tandem System BRANDS (includes URLs and photos): http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1913789#1913789
  2. skydiverek
    Check it out here: http://www.mostjumps2006.com
  3. skydiverek
    Read this thread - there are 3 posts from Bill Booth there: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=110815#110815
  4. skydiverek
    My index finger got stuck in the PVC handle after I pulled on one jump! Talk about surprise - my right hand fully extended, palm open, and PC "attached" to my finger! I shook it off and it deployed normally... But it was scary. After that someone advised me to put a wine bottle cork (which is very lightwieght and provides snug fitting) into PVC to avoid this problem... It also fills the PVC pipe, making it snag-free.
  5. skydiverek

    New rig..

    skydiverek replied to Basjkall's topic in Archive

    I belive this new rig was designed for use with tracking suits (no deflector there), NOT with wingsuits.
  6. skydiverek
    SAME situation here... #71 Lukas Knutsson, October 11, 2002 Cliff Jump (Wing Suit) Engelberg, Switzerland (Cold Steel) Impact Lukas has a good launch and good flight with his wingsuit and pulled high over the landing area. This is the third BASE wing suit fatality. Despite a powerful pull the pilot chute ended up in the turbulence behind him. In the burble the pilot chute spun around very fast. Lukas notices the deployment is hesitating and collapsed his wings and rolled to one side to clear the pilot chute. At this point the pilot chute achieved bridle stretch but the bridle had entangled with the pilot chute so badly the pilot chute is almost totally collapsed. Lukas did rollover to the other side and struggled hard to get the canopy out of the container. However, the container remained closed to impact. Lukas is a very experienced long time BASE jumper (this site is now called "Cold Steel" in his honor) and he will be missed by the entire BASE community.
  7. skydiverek
    From the wingsuit thread forum (not the same accident, but similar situation). PICTURES: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=40325; and http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=40326; PVC handle (pipe) is a safer. It has a "lower" profile. It is also "closer" to the pilotchute. It is MUCH harder for the bridle to get UNDER the PVC handle than it is under hackey or monkey fist.
  8. skydiverek
    I started it 2 years ago
  9. skydiverek
    8 years ago... BSBD. Some of the links above stopped working. Here are the current, working links. The rest above still works. Check it out! http://www.para-mag.com/archives/deug/wingGB.html http://www.para-mag.com/archives/deug/tallardGB.html http://www.para-mag.com/archives/deug/introdeug.html http://www.para-mag.com/archives/deug/fradet.html
  10. skydiverek
    GREAT thread on Patrick de Gayardon with lots of info, links and photos here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=936289#936289
  11. skydiverek
    That has been done - it was called "life-line" and came with Precision Batwing. I was told rthat design had major wear issues...
  12. skydiverek
    Rob Harris?
  13. skydiverek
    BTW, 5 meters = 16.4 feet.
  14. skydiverek
    Here is one
  15. skydiverek
    What if you have to cut-away SOME time AFTER the deployment (collision, etc.) and your chest strap is open...?
  16. skydiverek
    Nope, you never had that. The current free search feature is exactly the same one you had the day the Premier Membership launched. But more than one day before Premiere membership was introduced I WAS able to search users by country (for free, of course). Can we have at least that back
  17. skydiverek
    That is 2.5 continous years !
  18. skydiverek
    There is even a better video showing Lugi receiving the VX-39 in the U.S. Priority Mail envelope (size of you standard sheet of paper that you use for printing). The envelope was about 1 inch (2.54 cm) thick ... I think the someone told him that the canopy was not ready, and instead the envelope contained a T-shirt. He opened the envelope and found VX-39 inside
  19. skydiverek
    Lugi landed VX-39, too.
  20. skydiverek
    Have you looked into Student Vector SE? It comes with a Skyhook... Link: http://www.relativeworkshop.com/pdt_vse.html
  21. skydiverek
    Poeple DON'T want to know. Trust me.
  22. skydiverek
    The file is only 7MB in size. Check it out !
  23. skydiverek
    Download from here: http://a.wimp.com/v/laser.wmv
  24. skydiverek
    "Has anyone discovered a 'fatal' rigging error on a reserve?" thread here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1063272#1063272
  25. skydiverek
    N/A