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  1. Quagmirian
    No, he means will cut the reserve closing loop. No, he means operate the cutter.
  2. Quagmirian
    I'm 12 years old and what is this?
  3. Quagmirian
    Hey Brian, just wondering what you make of PD's take on this; I've been doing what they say. http://youtu.be/4Nsca5add8g
  4. Quagmirian
    The Sabre's openings are fairly terrible in my opinion, but I think the flight characteristic are great. In the end I would go for the Pilot, especially in ZPX.
  5. Quagmirian
    If flaking isn't important, why do reserve packers do it so neatly?
  6. Quagmirian
    Here's some pictures of the modification I made. Not much to see, but now when it's folded up it goes inside a bag.
  7. Quagmirian
    Contact the rig manufacturer and they'll tell you what canopies are good. Unfortunately, not all canopies of the same type pack the same size; the more knowledgeable people in here will elaborate on this.
  8. Quagmirian
    Bungee launch off a hillside I would imagine.
  9. Quagmirian
    >"completely neutral" >"be an American!"
  10. Quagmirian
    I don't know anything about aerodynamics or sewing.
  11. Quagmirian
    Ok, after lots of swearing at my sewing machine, I may have decided on my bottom seams (picture attached). Even though I am hot cutting all my pieces, I really don't like the idea of raw edges, as the poorly cut material my saw into the rest of the fabric. I've come to a compromise of sorts. The bottom skin will be spanwise constructed, the top skin chordwise. This should maximise what little strength I have as well as keep the loaded bottom seam thin. It's not folded, but because it's a spanwise panel there are no raw edges either. I am going to put a piece of 3/8" type 3 for the full length of all the loaded bottom seams, and I may lightly reinforce spanwise too. I've just finished making a modification to my crappy white thing, I was replacing the stabiliser to test the design. Turns out I need to take line attachment and seam height into account. I don't have any pictures yet, but when I do I'm sure you'll all be impressed and you can send my master rigger's rating in the post.
  12. Quagmirian
    'We shouldn't practice downwind landings because if you need to do one you've done something wrong.'
  13. Quagmirian
    Thanks, I think that it was he said.
  14. Quagmirian
    Ok people, just a quickish question that I'm asking here before I email Performance Designs. Does anybody know what the spanwise reinforcing tape is that is used in PD canopies? Not the leading or trailing edge by the way, the internal stuff. As much as I can remember it's fairly lightweight and either 3/4 or one inch wide. Furthermore, does anybody know of any international sellers? Riggerlee has already suggested valley ribbon mills. Thanks!
  15. Quagmirian
    What I mean is that they could have done more bad things, like panic and cut the reserve lines with a hook knife or something.
  16. Quagmirian
    I don't think such extreme measures are called for. They both survived the jump so they must have been doing something right.
  17. Quagmirian
    This video really puzzles me.
  18. Quagmirian
    We never finish in skydiving, we just progress.
  19. Quagmirian
    Lul. Apparently they've been prohibited in this country since before 1979.
  20. Quagmirian
    No ideas on what the line is then? I've sent it back to the shop, they'll probably know anyway. The good news is I've had some luck with my bottom seams. I've switched to some lighter reinforcement tape (no idea what it is either), and I managed to make the difficult bit at the leading edge, line attachment included. I think I'm going to go for spanwise construction on the bottom skin to minimise bulk in this area. Attached is some pictures of this and my proposed seams. I'm running a piece of reinforcement tape completely along the loaded bottom seams. Input appreciated
  21. Quagmirian
    Go to C://windows and delete the folder 'system32'. This will open up the command prompt on this website to delete users.
  22. Quagmirian
    Get a load of this guy, he thinks he can jump a bloody STRATO STAR with full ropes and rings at 100 JUMPS! Seriously get back on your C-9 you're going to kill yourself. Hell what can I say I bet you'll be jumping a Swift with a slider next!
  23. Quagmirian
    When I asked the older instructor at my DZ, who jumps and flat packs his Fury, whether he'd get out on his reserve at this height, he said "I'd jump me main at 1000 feet".
  24. Quagmirian
    TS 100 is pretty good. http://www.pia.com/piapubs/TSDocuments/TS-100.pdf http://www.pia.com/piapubs/TSDocuments/TS100-AT.pdf
  25. Quagmirian
    As I said, I got it off an old swift reserve, R3 1660, Nov 1982. It's almost the same size as 725 spectra if that's any help.