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Hi all, I've had my harness for about a year and 35 jumps (yes I am trying to jump more) and have a question about how the material can suffer wear. On the harness at the hip rings, I think the leg straps have been rubbing together where they go around the ring, causing the webbing to become fuzzy / worn there. I am going to ask the local rigger to evaluate it to be sure its safe, but is there any way to avoid this kind of wear? Is it okay to take a lighter to those fuzzy hairs by the hip rings? By the reserve handle it looks to be wearing at the edge as well. Perhaps the the blue webbing I chose for the harness is less dense than the other kinds? The stuff on my rock climbing harness seems very tightly woven in comparison and has suffered little damage over 5 years of abuse. Also the chest strap webbing seems to be a lot more durable and must be a different kind? I've talked to the manufacturer (wings) and they have been great to deal with and are more than happy to sort out my issues. I think if the main lift web is made a big longer the hip rings will be better placed and the material won't rub together as much. Pictures attached.. let me know what you think.

I like atmo it's a very interesting discipline, I'm just learning to fly between the flat track and head down position, when you get it right the air flows down your body head to feet instead of hitting your front, it feels quite different. As a starter I'm working on staying stable at speed and putting my arms out / knees down to slow down. My track could still use some work.. a classic track and the atmo position are definately not the same thing. Although I have seen people appearing to make decent headway on an angle dive.. but I think it's just due to the increased speed. I don't know if it's right but my pro-track has been saying 140mph on the angle? Anyway, keep the discussion going!

Max packing myself 5 but that's 10-4 and it gets dark at 5. Most ever 8 starting at pff level 2, not packing obviously and I was super tired at the end.

iFly Seattle is opening in 80 days.. not too far away and normal speeds

Regarding original poster's question about malfunctions: I was taught when pro packing that after you get the bundle on the ground, you fold the sides underneath to get it to the width of the bag. This however, obviously is putting more material / lines in front of the nose. Does anyone fold over the top once it's on the ground instead of underneath? edit: just read about the Wolmari pack.. that seems to be pretty much what I was thinking. Anyone have success / problems reported with this variation? I still don't know what the right answer is about double wrapping locking stows.. when mine are really loose I might double wrap, but I've been trying to avoid it. If you find the right size rubber band you don't have to.

Right now Sydney Skydivers, 110km each way

Just to close the discussion off, the local rigger said 1 week in the trunk in Sydney's winter weather (not very warm) is okay, It's not arizona so the car wouldn't get too hot. The rubber bands on the main were fine so I would tend to agree no problem. According to the Cypres user guide temperatures up to about 60C are okay.. but I think that's the temp inside the cypres unit not ambient temp. from the user guide: Data common to Expert, Tandem, Student and Speed models: Length, width, height of the processing unit: ..................................................approx. 85 x 43 x 32 mm Length, width, height of the control unit: .......................................................approx. 65 x 18 x 6,5 mm Length, diameter of the release unit:..........................................................................approx. 43 x 8 mm Cable length of the release unit (including release unit): ..............................................approx. 500 mm Storage temperature: .............................................................................................. +71° to -25° Celsius Storage pressure:.................................................................... 200 to 1070 hPa ( 5.906 to 31.597 In.Hg) Working temperature: ......................................................................................... +63° to -20° Celsius * Maximum allowable humidity:...................................................................... up to 99,9 % rel. humidity Waterproof: ......................................................... up to 24 hours down to a depth of 5 feet (1.5 meters) Altitude adjustment limits:.................................................................................. ±3000 feet or ±1000 m Operating range below / above sea level: ...................-1500 feet to +26,000 feet (-500 m to +8000 m) Functioning period:...........................................................................................14 hours from switch-on Power supply:........................................................................................................... lifetime warranty** Maintenance:....................................................................... 4 and 8 years from date of manufacture*** Lifetime Warranty Period:..........................................................12.5 years from date of manufacture** * These temperature limits do not mean the outside (ambient) temperatures but rather temperatures inside the processing unit. Therefore, these limits won‘t have any meaning until the processing unit itself has reached the temperatures in question. In actual fact, these limits will rarely be reached due to the mandatory location of the CYPRES in the reserve container, and the insulating properties of the processing unit pouch and parachute canopies. ** If required maintenance has been performed. *** According to the present knowledge base

With regard to the control reversal I'm just repeating what I've been taught obviously I haven't experienced it first hand...

Transonic aerodynamics is a very cool area of study. Did you know that past Mach I the controls in an aircraft can reverse due to a shifting of the aerodynamic center behind the center of gravity? Wrecked havoc on pilots trying to break the barrier because they pulled up and went down

Why do people treat engineer's like we're not human? It's true lots of people drop out after year 1 / 2, sad because it's not until year 3 you become good enough to get the work done and have lots of free time to burn.

Technically I think it's only a downplane if you have two parachutes out and they are both pointing towards the ground. One opening pointing down is just a dive. I've watched tandems from the ground and they seem to do it a fair bit, not very severe, my pilot's never really done it. I'm not sure what causes it maybe lack of symmetry in the pack job?

The hatchback has glass so the trunk can heat up, but there's a cover over the gear it's just a piece of plastic that makes it so people can't see in. I doubt the cypress batteries will have any issues. When I go jumping I'll ask what the rigger thinks about opening it.

I have a Pilot 168 and love the canopy. When I got it I had the option for ZPX and HMA lines but I opted to get ZP and Spectra. I'm not sure if anything's changed but when I bought the canopy I wasn't certain about the longevity of the ZPX as I think it's a thinner material. In hindsight I should have gotten Vectran lines as they don't go out of trim, if you want to go with HMA as they don't either but I've heard they can break suddenly unlike the other types. Not really concerns if you maintain your gear though. For now I think the debate ZP vs ZPX is personal preference, until we see canopies with many jumps (1000+?)

Thanks for the specifics.. yes I think my rig has a bungy style band not rubber bands. The rig is actually in Sydney, Oz, but it isin't hot here now like I said 18-22 max day temp. My car actually does have glass on the trunk lid, it's a hatchback. I might put a thermo in it to see how hot it gets. What do you all mean by "not a full repack". I'm pretty sure the local guy will charge me full price to look at it... repack not due for 4 months and the last one was $100. What's an A.I.R.? Annual Inspection and Repack? Can they just open the container / remove pilot chute and check what they need to check?

I had to go away on short notice and ended up leaving my rig in the trunk of the car for about a week. I read somewhere about an incident where a rig was left in the trunk, and the rubber bands for the reserve locking stows melted onto the reserve grommets which could have caused a mal. It was covered and I think it only got to about 22C while I was gone.. but even on cool days the car gets hot after a while. Is this nonsense or should I consider looking at it? I think my reserve has bungee locking stows not rubber bands but I could be wrong..

The fact that a person can fall out of a properly adjusted harness is disturbing... I am confounded as to why manufacturer's haven't addressed this. It doesn't happen often but obviously, it can happen!

First time going =) What's wrong with Canadians I WARNED them!!!! There are only a FEW rules to "the list". Find the MOST RECENT ONE!!!! Copy and paste it into your reply. Add yourself in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!!! Not so hard, right?! Mmmmmm Sailing

Just recommended them to a jumper here in Oz the other day

Looked it up and catagory appears to be wrong http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catagory

How has the mPOD worked out for you? I have a Wings and was thinking of getting one.. unless wings has a stowless bag? I use big bands now, single wrap locking stows double wrap everything else. But I'm thinking about moving to small single bands on everything. I may have had an out of sequence deployment before (where locking stows seemed looser than line stows) but no hard openings (Pilot main).

Looks nice down there have to make the trip!

Where is lost prarie? I saw a great sticker at a dropzone in Canada that said "lost prarie, where friends hook up with friends"

What exactly is a thru-loop? Is this the same as the regular pin setup? Is it the same as a thru-loop i've heard of for base containers? In the spring of '74, Gary, Jaybo, Bob Favreau, and Brent McClarty brought Mr. Douglas to DeLand and strarted working on it to be a jump plane. Bill Booth brought a rig he had built. It was a back rig with a wrap-around pilot chute released by a "plastic coated" ripcord. It was thin. With that and a poptop a jumper would be thinner (front-to-back) that with a Security piggy back. A few weeks later Bill showed up with a piggyback version. I think it had the thru loop comming from the reserve pack tray. That idea, of the pin flaps being pulled toward the pack tray, was the begining of the end of the rigs that resembled a refridgerator. As far as Buchman's rig, Mike Ladd had the first one I saw. A nice piece of equipment but I don't remember if it was that year or the year after. Also in the spring of '74, Himalayan Rope (sp) stared jumping at DeLand, I seem to remember a Twin Beech but both brain cells may not be co-operating with each other.

Ditto. Bought a pilot from Chuting Star, great people to deal with

tighten your leg straps