Recommended Posts
QuoteMine is like that, I have a reflex container
Just a(nother) point of clarification... The Reflex wasn't originally made with risers in that configuration. The Reflex RSL connection point hangs off the side of the confluence wrap.
I've never liked where that Jav ring was hung...more than once I've caught rigs with the loop rigged through that ring (incorrectly so).
Be careful folks...know your gear!
"...and once you had tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you long to return..."
billbooth 10
QuoteIf this RSL ring setup isn't "an accident waiting to happen", I don't know what is. A large number of people ARE going to pass the 3-ring closing loop through the RSL ring, simply because they can.
Enough said.
Sparky
"...and once you had tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.
For there you have been, and there you long to return..."
The111 0
QuoteIf this RSL ring setup isn't "an accident waiting to happen", I don't know what is. A large number of people ARE going to pass the 3-ring closing loop through the RSL ring, simply because they can.
What would actually be the danger in that situation? I'm trying to figure it out in my head and it seems the cutaway system and RSL would still work right, but I'm guessing I'm overlooking something?
MakeItHappen 15
QuoteIf this RSL ring setup isn't "an accident waiting to happen", I don't know what is. A large number of people ARE going to pass the 3-ring closing loop through the RSL ring, simply because they can.
A greater danger is when someone hooks the rsl shackle around the ring AND through the 3-ring loop.
There are other configurations that would be 'undesirable' too.
Who makes these risers????
.
Make It Happen
Parachute History
DiveMaker
The111 0
QuoteWhat would actually be the danger in that situation? I'm trying to figure it out in my head and it seems the cutaway system and RSL would still work right, but I'm guessing I'm overlooking something?
BUMP?
I am still wondering about this and the thread got buried...
AndyMan 7
From what I can see, one scenario is that it would effectively shorten the 3-ring closing loop, which will alter how the 3-rings will sit while under tension. Since the changes are only on one side, this will load the risers differently during deployment, contributing to a possible spinning malfunction.
_Am
You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.
I'm just imagining all the people who decided they could hook up their gear all by themselves and did this or other things and have no clue because they are too proud to ask...
good post, good question
markbaur 0
QuoteFrom what I can see, one scenario is that it would effectively shorten the 3-ring closing loop, which will alter how the 3-rings will sit while under tension. Since the changes are only on one side, this will load the risers differently during deployment, contributing to a possible spinning malfunction.
Try this experiment: With your risers assembled correctly, load the three-ring. Watch the middle ring while you change the amount of loop pulled through the grommet. How much does the middle ring move? Does this confirm or refute your hypothesis about a possible spinning malfunction, or is there insufficient information to tell?
Mark
Edit: altho im not sure it has the original risers
http://dropman.com
Share this post
Link to post
Share on other sites