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You missed the post saying that Slinks are stronger than rapid links... And since neither rapid or soft links for reserves aren't weared, soft links are better for reserve too! "George just lucky i guess!"

ease of use You need a wrench for that "ease of use" I find soft links easier to use than rapid links. Have you tried PD soft link stoppers? they prevent slider to get past soft links. "George just lucky i guess!"

so why not getting -bigger canopy (slower speed) -HP design - xf2, CC, velocity, fx, vx,.. (longer recovery arc) and you have both in one . So here i come to an old thread of mine again. Would it be bad to learn on HP crossbraced canopy loaded at lower wingloadings? you have bigger canopy for "slower" speed, and the longer recovery arc for "bigger window". i know that "bigger window" depends a lot on wl, but on Velo. 100 probably there's a "bigger window" than on stilleto 100. so again would it be bad to learn swooping on crossbraced canopy loaded less than 1.8? Wouldn't a swooping student benefit from that combination? "George just lucky i guess!"

you ruined my day unutch... How come you're still interested in belly flying I'm just kidding btw: congrats to all 357 skydivers from me too.

If you talk to wuffo, you answer wuffo style. i'd say: "if one breaks i still have 47 lines" that's why "George just lucky i guess!"

If someone offered me to go explore universe with some super advanced starship for the rest of my life. Then i might stop skydiving on earth, but i'd probably still find a way to jump occasionally on different planets "George just lucky i guess!"

When are you all going to realize that it's each persons own responsibility what they do with their lives? If it's a sellers fault, if he sells someone with 50 jumps a velocity 75? Why isn't that also the fault of that one that let him in the plane. Or his mothers fault that could stop him. Or your fault that knew what he's going to do. In that case it's everyones fault that are in the vicinity of this guy. Anyone can stop him from jumping that tiny parachute. Why is it then a sellers fault. Just because of the money? like it was said above, he has to live too. Besides where is the freedom then, you all talk so much about, if one can't buy what he wants? what you most saying are, is that it's a responsibility of sooo many people that he stayes alive (doesn't jump that canopy) not just sellers responsibility. Or is it maybe his own responsibility? Think what you are saying. If i see someone with 50 jumps with velo 75. I can easily prevent him from jumping that canopy. So should i hold him (even if i have to fight him) so he won't go in the plane or should i let him go and be responsible? should i feel quilty then? Why should it be my responsibility i don't even know this quy? Seller could prevent his "accident", but so can anyone else. so again is it everyones responsibility for almost everyone? or is it each others own responsibility what they do with their life? Just my thoughts p.s.: If i'd be selling canopies, i personaly wouldn't sell velo 75 to someone with 50 jumps. and if i saw someone with so small canopy on his back and only 50 jumps, i'd even fight to keep him on the ground, or i'd try hard at least... I was just saying that it's not sellers responsibility, it's jumpers own responsibility what he does. "George just lucky i guess!"

I bought lot of things from them (mirage g4, pd 126R, oxygn, pro-track, jump-track), and the service was always the best. I'm from Slovenia/Europe, so although we have different time zones (7 hours), his response was very quick. And though we spoke only through e-mails, everything that i ordered and got was exactly as i ordered it. I have nothing but good to say about them. and the prices are the lowest. I definitely recommend them !!! "George just lucky i guess!"

aawwhhh man, i was eating a sandwich. How am i supposed to finish it after i saw this video... I don't know whether i should puke or laugh "George just lucky i guess!"

One way or another, too much

Sure but some people don't do number 4, they are just to proud or too full of themselves, to admit they were wrong. And they just keep beeing "mad" at you... Btw, i was also in a similar situation... But my guess is. it's all in the way you aproach to that person. If your aproach is right everything is fine, if it's wrong, well you can loose a friend... But if saving his life with that, i think it's well worth it. "George just lucky i guess!"

But, but,... i want my reserve to be yellow. "George just lucky i guess!"

Because i'm FreeFlyer. Cccc you're really forgetting what Freefly is all about. It's about flying however you like, whenever you like,... Oh and i can't miss that slovenian big way this year now can i? That's why i'm still belly flying

Please stop with the torture "George just lucky i guess!"

I agree, visor has to be snug so it doesn't open. but if the ratchets are not broken, the visor is pulled back with those strong springs, as explained in a post above. And the visor is snug in the shell with those springs. that's why the ratchets and the springs are there. In my case (and probably some other cases too), those ratchets broke. So when you are closing the visor, right when you push it over the top "edge" on the helmet, the springs should pull the visor back in so it's snug. But instead the visor stays a little loose. You can still push it in, so it's snug, manualy. And at RW it probably stays closed that way most of the time. But a little more wind (diving) from a little different angle, and the visor will probably open. That's why ratchets should work. And that's my point. As said above, i still think that if the ratchets are working as they should - are not broken, the lens would probably stayed closed even at freeflying. Well mine stayed closed for 20 jumps at speeds up to 280km/h. Until the ratchets broke, then visor started opening in freefal (freefly) of course. So yes you can say again, it's not designed for freefly, but i think it's designed for any flight, while the ratchets are working. When the ratchets break (aprox. after 20-100 openings and closings of the visor), the helmets is designed only for RW. And you still have to push the lens in manually so you're more sure that it won't open in freefal. So all of you who close the visor, and after the visor is pulled over the top edge, if it's not completely snug, if the visor is about 5mm out of the position, please open the lens system and check the ratchets. I bet they are broken. p.s.:I really hope i'm wrong and it will work flawlessly for RW, and that rathcets won't break. "George just lucky i guess!"

I'll be doing only RW with the visor from now on. So let's just hope that you're all right and the ratchets won't break and the visor won't open in freefall. But in RW visor probably wouldn't open (most of the times) even if the ratchets would be broken. Well i'll see in a couple of weeks, after a few jumps with new ratchets, anyway. Thanks for the replies, if anybody else still knows something i don't, please tell. Because i'm still not sure that the ratchets won't break even if doing only RW, because they probably broke when opening and closing the lens. That's when the forces on the ratchets are the highest. "George just lucky i guess!"

I came to the same conclusion when examining the system, i just didn't mind explaining how it works. There are three parts of plastics one is on the visor, and the other two (circular ones) that are one inside the other. one is kept inside the other with two little rathcets. and if you want that spring to work, those two circular plastics have to stay together. Well at my oxygn those two little rathcets that hold two circular plastics together broke. So the strong spring and everything else in that mechanism isn't working. I also closed the visor and pushed it all the way into the helmet, so rubber on the visor was tight against the helmet. But it opened in freefal anyway. That was on FreeFly jump, so it might wouldn't happened if i did RW. Has any of you considered making those ratchets out of stronger material. some carbon fiber or metal,... Because if those ratchets wouldn't break, there is no possible way that visor would get open, even at speeds more than 300km/h. "George just lucky i guess!"

30-40% of skydivers are women Reason by a reason why i have to get there someday "George just lucky i guess!"

Well i hope you're right and it won't broke once again, because i did bought it for RW and will use the visor only for RW from now on. I'm yet to buy an optik with a camera for freeflying. But is it true that all you RW fliers hadn't had any problems so far with oxygn visor opening in freefal? Because those ratchets probably broke when closing and opening the visor, and not because of higher wind speed (freeflying). If anyone has better explanation of how and why ratchets could broke please explain... "George just lucky i guess!"

Please do carry on "George just lucky i guess!"

Heeeyy Jerry my friend. You need any help? "George just lucky i guess!"

About a month ago i bought a new oxygn. everything worked flawlessly for about 20 jumps. Then it started opening in freefall (freeflying). I removed the lens to see what's wrong and noticed that the ratchets that were keeping the visor closed, got broken. I think that it's not an assembly problem, but rather a design problem. I talked to skysystems and they sent me a new ratchets. But i'm afraid that when i'll put those in, they'll last for another 20 jumps and then broke again, because the forces that apply to those plastic ratchets are just too big for that kind of material (plastic) ratchets are made of. Or at least i think so... Currently i'm wearing goggles with oxygn, but in that case i'd rather buy a factory diver which is around 100$ cheaper. I'd really like the visor to work as it should. Has any of you had the same problem? and what did you do. Any advice is appreciated. "George just lucky i guess!"

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Where's the option: I'd do a hop n' pop and swoop it !!! Otherwise i'd grab a surfboard and started paddling! I always wanted to surf, still do. But what a wave to learn surfing on "George just lucky i guess!"

Wohoo, i like this thread. Here's mine "George just lucky i guess!"