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  1. PiLFy
    You still sore about the last time, Sparkplug? Get over it...
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    OK, Thank You John.
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    Isn't it quite a coincidence that @least five jumpers got slammed within two loads? Three of them being sub-terminal openings, to boot. Aren't the odds of that rather remote? The variables mentioned (faster fall rate, sweaty N rushed packing) can't account for all of them. Are we to take from this that the stars simply aligned perfectly?
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    OK, Chuckles. In my quest for greater understanding. I'll try not to trouble you further.
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    Something caused those hard openings though, right? I think I've already made my ignorance in this area apparent. Like the OP, I too want to learn what happened.
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    "The first guy was a camera guy, so he showed me his opening. His opening was so hard on his Xfire2, he had a brake fire and got spun into some crazy diving, line twists and nearly cut away. The second guy said he got pretty dazed on opening, and stopped jumping after that. He told me 3 of the 4 people who did a hop and pop also had hard openings," Den splain that to me, Lucy... Was not some phenomena @work to cause these hard openings?
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    "...but something always holds me back....he's a complete asshole," Yep. That'll do it .
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    In other words. Picture a column of air. The column is the vertical track the chute will follow while inflating. If it's very dry within the column? The chute won't have to compress a lot of water molecules in the air on the way down. If there's a high concentration of water molecules in that column of air? They will quickly begin to be compressed by the chute as it snivels/opens, creating more resistance.
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    Well, he did say he'd appreciate any feedback...
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    I'm replying more to remind me to watch this thread. It's an interesting question. As high humidity means more water in the air. Would not the air be harder to compress (more dense) under an opening chute? That's the only possibility that comes to mind.
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    New Gear

    PiLFy replied to jraylitt's topic in Gear and Rigging

    Pssst, Hey buddy: http://www.chutingstar.com/newgear_en/gear-packages
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    My nearest tunnel is over four hours away. Other parts of the country would have to drive even farther. I would have benefited from some tunnel time during training. So would several of the students that went through w/me. It would be nice. It isn't practicable, though. Usually, a percentage of students will need to repeat a level or two due to stability problems. Sadly, that one student did shatter a femur. As someone already said. If you're going to increase mandatory training? Canopy skills are far more urgent a need.
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    Aw, what a shame. At the time I got to fly on the Collings Foundation's B17G a few years back. There were only thirteen B17s left flying in the world. Now, I guess there's only twelve left. The flight was a little pricey, but worth every penny for a history buff.
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    I stand corrected. Almost every major manufacturer has banned the Argus from their containers. Moot point IMO, but there it is.
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    Pulleeeze...Apple is nobody's friend. Hey Shah, you want to make it a hat trick? I've got a barely used 5th gen. Nano w/sennheiser buds. I'll give you a good price.
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    i really agree with the fact that american men are dumbing down. hell, you can't figure out how to get under a car...we are so f-ed. To be fair, he knows a couple of ways. He was simply wondering if there was a safer way. It doesn't hurt to ask. It might really hurt not to.
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    Meh... What's that Booth guy know anyway, right? Every major manufacturer has banned the Argus from their rigs. Why would you even consider this? Is saving $400-$500 really worth your life?
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    I've a pair of heavy duty truck ramps. I use them for my cars. I'm still here... The regular car ramps do look scary, though. I'll give you that.
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    Is there a better link for those of us who aren't on Facebook?
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    Hi, I too, had major concerns about the harness & hardware. I took the time to learn about them. Then, I didn't fear them anymore. The weakest point in the harness, by far, is you. The four attachment points have hardware rated for 5,000lbs each. They're rated for 5K#s, meaning it takes (I think) 3-4x as much weight to actually break one. The webbing (harness) is rated for 8,000lbs. Normal opening shock is very brief, & about 3Gs. So, if you weigh 150#s. You'll weigh 450#s for a couple seconds. You have 5,000 lbs X4 holding you in place. You're not going anywhere... Some TIs loosen the two waist connections. Others unclip them altogether. You'll still have 10,000lbs holding up your 150# Butt. Tandems started in '83-'84. There are 300K-400K tandems a year in this country. I don't think there has ever been a single broken harness/hardware incident. In other words, "Shaddup N Jump!"
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    $10 @my DZ.
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    I briefly owned a '99 Civic (Bought new/hated it/traded it in a year). The perfectly safe driveway method I used was w/steel ramps. I had to buy those plastic ramp extensions because the damn thing sat so low to the ground. Otherwise, I couldn't get the car up the ramps (too steep an angle). Drive it up on the ramps. Chock a rear wheel for overkill (it isn't coming off the ramps). Off you go. As someone else already said, here. They purposely put the freakin oil filter on the back of the engine, high up (to coerce people to pay their service depts.). It's a messy b*tch to change it out. Get a good set of ramps w/extensions. They'll pay for themselves in two oil/filter changes.
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    A lot of those places don't exactly hire the cream of the crop. I've used a place like that once. I had a million things to do, & no time for that. I had to make time. They over-filled my brand new engine w/about 2.5 liters of extra oil. Never again. You want it done right? Do it yourself.
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    Yep...+1.