nicknitro71

It's gonna be a helluva party. The 23 a friend of mine and I will arrive and jump Th, F, and S. The 24 will be joined by two others. It's gonna be a blast! Memento Audere Semper 903

Thanks Derek. At lest they did not use size 5 thread Let us know when you are able to contact the rigger who did this. Memento Audere Semper 903

Could you give us more details on your findings. You can PM if you don't want it post it publically. Memento Audere Semper 903

Derek, from the pic I can't tell. Was is doubled it around the pin? If that is the case this is some serious stuff. We are not even supposed to double the regular safety thread! Were you able to pull the handle at some point? Do you think the average jumper was able to pull the handle? Memento Audere Semper 903

E thread (69) is what it's used to sew canopies and some parts of the container. It has a tensile strenght of 8.5 lbs while the safety thread that we use to seal the pack has a tensile strenght of 4.75 lbs, a big difference. Memento Audere Semper 903

Was this just a test? If it really happened did you call the rigger who did it. If there is one there could be others. Memento Audere Semper 903

So true. Unfortunately the FAA has bigger fish to fry. As for the original post if it happened to me I would have repacked it just for a piece of mind, laws or no laws. Memento Audere Semper 903

JP, Let's say you are an AFF instructor. You have two students with 10 jumps. One is as natural as it gets, flies stabe, and makes your work in the air and on the ground fast and easy. The other one should have picked up glofing instead and needs a lot of TLC and you end up spending more time and energy with him. According to your logic you should charge more fo the weak student because you will use more energy and probably time. Just an analogy. Memento Audere Semper 903

Derek, I think you missed out the sarcasm If money is not an option the VIII is hard to beat, just the skyhook is a good reason to get one. Memento Audere Semper 903

We can go on forever on this one. A rigger who charges more to pack a Racer or Refelx for instance is in my eyes unethical. Memento Audere Semper 903

I don't have a seat rating. Again I charge the same for all back rigs. Memento Audere Semper 903

Gear discrimination is unethical to me. I charge the same whatever the rig is. Memento Audere Semper 903

Thanks for sharing Nick. It's always something to read your posts... Memento Audere Semper 903

Because it's unethical and just wrong. Besides there are no hard to pack rigs just lots of riggers who do not know any tricks to make them pack easy, Memento Audere Semper 903

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I raccomand making the lower control lines of 600 LB flat dacron. Memento Audere Semper 903

Usually a very bad idea. You still did now aknowledge the SIZE of your PC. Also what is the length of you bridle? Memento Audere Semper 903

1993, the year I started skydiving, only 12 years ago... At the begining of the year people were still talking about the new 200-way record and the new CRW records. The most experienced skydivers were jumping Sabres, some hooking them, some hurting and killing themselves while hooking. The toggle-hook turn was the thing to do. Front risers did not have loops yet... A lot of jumpers were still using round reserves. FF was more like FreeStyle. The Cypres was still more fiction than fact. Experienced jumpers usually did not jump with one. Strong was introducing the Kitty Hawk, little sister of the mini Hawk. "High performace has an all-new defition: The new NOVA Canopy from Glide Path. Faster, smaller, and with a higher glide ratio than any other canopy in the world, the NOVA has already set new standards in forward speed and low descent rates." The Flexon was where it's at when it came to containers. Air time was still pushing the Tomcat and the Jonathan canopies. The Prestige container from The Adventure Loft. Aerodyne introduces the AR-11. Ultra-high performance canopy with 11 cells. The EOS container from Para Flite. The custom built Stewart Systems Container. In March 2003 Parachutist changes its magazine logo. The Digimaster altimeter was the HOT altimeter to have. The all new Racer Elite 2000 and N.O.S. Precison introduces the new Monarch as their highest perfomance canopy. Para Flite introduces the Turbo-Z with Z-po upper skin only like its predecessor the ROBO-Z. The Sabre was still the shit and "there is only one thing that outperforms the Sabre... but it costs over $30 million & only comes in grey!" Quincy hostes the second WFFC. Spetember: "Her dreamed it. He desgned it. We built it. STILETTO, the new elliptical from PD. It's ready...let's fly it!" Glide Path indroduces the Prodigy CRW canopy. Aerodyne introduces the AR-7Z. The worst annual fatalities in a decade: 41 deaths: 10 landing problems, 10 mulfunctions, 7 collisions, 7 no/low pulls, and 7 reserve problems. Memento Audere Semper 903

Yes, it used to go "I'm too dumb to pull the silver...I should have picked up bowling" Memento Audere Semper 903

Size of the PC please? Also read here: http://www.skydiveems.com/NitroRigging/Articles/Pilot%20Chute%20Size.htm Memento Audere Semper 903

I know this is for skydiving but those guys can't tell the difference anyway. Print one of those out and keep it with ya when flying: it looks like you are on top of things and done the home work. Memento Audere Semper 903

OK I was not thinking about international flights. I have flown to europe several times and 4 out of 6 times in Paris I got my baggage lost! Never happened anywhere else but CDG! Memento Audere Semper 903

Yes but the e-mail must be real to activate the account. No conformation e-mail no posting privilages. Memento Audere Semper 903

Mark I did not intend to suggest anything. You said it was just a PD reserve and in fact it was not. I did not suggest it is the "shit" when it comes to BASE canopies. As for crossports I mentioned the Raven IV not the Dragon. Ravens are decent BASE canopies for something in the order of 500' or more. Again I posted that. I also said that some Dragons went through the vent mod with decent results. That's all. Memento Audere Semper 903

Why don't you just check it in? Memento Audere Semper 903