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mark 102
QuoteHow about putting the reserve up front...in its own separate container. Wow! That way, if you had a reserve total, you could just pull it open yourself.
Plus you could make it detachable, using clips like for tandem passengers. That way if you had to use it, you could just grab a new one from a buddy and continue to jump your regular harness and main. And if you closed it with velcro, you could probably engineer it so that it wouldn't have to have a ripcord you could lose. Also, if one side came loose during deployment, the other side should stay fastened well enough for you to find out about rotational stability.
Mark
skymedic 0
QuoteHey! How about putting the reserve up front...in its own separate container. Wow! That way, if you had a reserve total, you could just pull it open yourself.
yall are getting a little crazy now with all that talk!!
Marc
otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....
QuoteHey! How about putting the reserve up front...in its own separate container. Wow! That way, if you had a reserve total, you could just pull it open yourself.
Great Idea! Than you could attach it with butterfly snaps or quick release hooks so you could un hook it after your main was open to see the target better.
You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.
KrisFlyZ 0
Quote>they where taking a survey to see if people would buy a new
>reserve just because it packs smaller . . .
I would seriously consider such a reserve since I'm getting a little tired of buying rigs sized for a 150 main/150 reserve. Sure, my reserve fits fine, but the main swims in the container - and few manufacturers are making small main/large reserve rigs.
I would pay more for such a reserve as well. I like to keep my reserve size bigger than the main and the way containers are sized right now, such a reserve makes a lot of sense.
Kris.
riggerrob 558
Some young skydiver is going to buy a new Micron sized for a new PR 143 (same pack volume as an old PR113) then he is going to turn cheap and buy an old PR143.
The final stage - of his plot to drive his rigger insane - involves asking his rigger to pack the old PR143 into a PR113-sized container.
Riggers already wander around mumbling to themselves.
Additional confusion will drive riggers around the bend!
Is PD going to supply free strait jackets?
BWAHAHAHAHA!
{satanic laughter}
mnealtx 0
QuoteIs PD going to supply free strait jackets?
Only for you, Rob!!
I think the ability to upsize the reserve without having to upsize the container is a good thing. I'd like to see what PD has to say about the strength and durability of the new fabric, though.
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706
tdog 0
QuoteThe final stage - of his plot to drive his rigger insane - involves asking his rigger to pack the old PR143 into a PR113-sized container.
Riggers already wander around mumbling to themselves.
Well, just close the rig with half the reserve coming out, like when you see a guy walking down the street with some toilet paper coming out of his pants.
When the customer asks why half his reserve is in a ziploc bag on the outside of the container, tell them that the container could only fit XXX cubic inches, and you did not have the authorization to cut half the canopy off, so you went to plan B. Then give them scissors and tell them that they can just cut the canopy off right where it leaves the container without the need for a repack, you put the important part inside the container for them.
(Just for liability purposes, I will now say this whole post was a joke. No one do this, please!)
But, seriously, as long as PD names the new reserve correctly, and manufactures update their sizing charts, I don’t see this being too big of a deal. If I don’t do my research when I buy my gear, it is my loss when the rigger tells me I made a big boo-boo and have to start over.
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