Aug 14, 2008, 12:42 PM
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That might address the hole in the bottom, which I realize hasn't caused many fatalities (it has caused a couple). I still wish the chest strap issue was dealt with in a more fail-safe fashion as part of standardized design.
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Aug 14, 2008, 2:17 PM
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> That might address the hole in the bottom, which I realize hasn't >caused many fatalities (it has caused a couple.)
Which ones did it cause? (we're talking sport rigs here.)
>I still wish the chest strap issue was dealt with in a more fail-safe fashion >as part of standardized design.
I think you can still get B-12's/quick ejectors on many rigs on the chest strap, so you still have options. Or go Winsor's route and just never disconnect it. (You can't misroute it if you never have to unroute it!)
Aug 14, 2008, 8:04 PM
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I was referring to the tandem accident. Not identical to a 1-person sport rig, but still emblematic of the issue.
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Aug 14, 2008, 10:24 PM
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>Not identical to a 1-person sport rig, but still emblematic of the issue.
I disagree. A tandem harness is nothing like a sport harness; a tandem is nothing like a sport skydive. They're different animals and require different gear with different design considerations.
A quick example. There have been several incidents over the past few years due to premature deployment bag releases on tandems. Should we therefore redesign sport rigs to try to prevent that problem? Perhaps add a secondary release that will keep the container closed even if the pin is extracted? Or would that be solving a nonexistent problem?
Aug 16, 2008, 11:57 AM
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> I think you can still get B-12's/quick ejectors on many rigs on the chest strap, so you still have options. Or go Winsor's route and just never disconnect it. (You can't misroute it if you never have to unroute it!)
I know you can with a Javelin, but they highly discourage it. Had a request a few years ago. It was a jumper from the old days, used to the rounds and all. Once I asked him if he really wanted a B12 on his chest if he ever face planted it,he decided to save the $75.00 and stick with the standard set up.
Aug 29, 2008, 10:59 AM
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Whoa! That ripcord cable looks way way too short.
You'd better check it's not kinked up in the housing somewhere. There should be some slack, and the end of the cable and the swedge should extend below the ripcord handle a bit more.
If that is its true length it looks as if another jumper taking a hanging grip on your harness could open the reserve container . . .
Aug 29, 2008, 11:03 AM
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Whoa! That ripcord cable looks way way too short.
You'd better check it's not kinked up in the housing somewhere. There should be some slack, and the end of the cable and the swedge should extend below the ripcord handle a bit more.
If that is its true length it looks as if another jumper taking a hanging grip on your harness could open the reserve container . . .
NickD
The slack starts from the TOP part of the metal handle, not the bottom part (i.e. there is plenty of slack = everything that you see is in this particular photo IS the slack).
Aug 29, 2008, 11:27 AM
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> That might address the hole in the bottom, which I realize hasn't >caused many fatalities (it has caused a couple.)
Which ones did it cause? (we're talking sport rigs here.)
An incident doesn't have to end in a fatality to make it of concern. There has been more than one sport jumper almost fall out of the back of a properly sized and adjusted sport harness. Hasn't there been an AFF fatality overseas due to this, although I heard the harness was a bit big? Valinda can take her rig off without undoing anything. That gives me pause.
Aug 29, 2008, 12:14 PM
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Whoa, that looks extremely unstylish! OK, I take back everything I said.
So does falling out of your harness....
Regarding fatalities.. It wasnt a fatality for the student but it was for the French AFF instructor who died after he went below his hard deck in order to save her (her chest strap was undone)
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Aug 29, 2008, 12:15 PM
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>It wasnt a fatality for the student but it was for the French AFF >instructor who died after he went below his hard deck in order to save her >(her chest strap was undone)
That would actually argue that the fear over falling out of a harness is more dangerous than the actual risk of falling out of a harness.
It happened in Nambia (South West Africa) around the turn of the century. A small female student was given a Naro Student rig with too large a harness. She fell out at opening time.
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