cosmicgypsy 5 #1 Posted March 21, 2020 Anybody by chance have a manual for the Jerry Bird reserve? Also a Starmaker pop top? Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #2 March 21, 2020 (edited) The Stylemaster and Starmaker manuals are one and the same. I was just now told this by long time poster Beatnik, who owns a Starmaker among his large collection of vintage gear. (The manual that has been around a long time in pdf form is only labelled Stylemaster; I hadn't thought of opening that.) Stylemaster.pdf Edited March 21, 2020 by pchapman 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpreguy 14 #3 March 21, 2020 I have Deborah Blacman's complete set of manuals .I assume the Starmaker will be in there somewhere. I can look for you. Bird reserve container: who would give a fuck about Jerry Birds's piece of shit reserve container. I had one in a junk pile and probably have thrown it away. ( may still have it. Not valued. ) Belongs in a garbage can. Huge Velcro closures 2 inches wide if I remember. Hard to open unless pulled open perfectly. Like some skydiver would want to be ripping Velcro etc in a particular sequence in an emergency. A one- off idea that was ridiculous to begin with. If it is a static historical display then just stuff some foam rubber in it and call it an oddity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dpreguy 14 #4 March 24, 2020 I also looked up Stylemaster and Starmaker in Deborah Blackman;s manuals. Same as the pc chapman post. Note that neither is a pop top. I have no Jerry bird packing info. Not in the D Blackman manuals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #5 March 24, 2020 48 minutes ago, dpreguy said: I also looked up Stylemaster and Starmaker in Deborah Blackman;s manuals. Same as the pc chapman post. Note that neither is a pop top. I was confused about that too. But there is a kind of Starmaker pop top. (Thanks dpre as without you noting the anomaly, I wouldn't have looked further.) The manual we've seen above is for a Starmaker that is NOT a pop top. But then I checked out these photos from Andrew Hilton, well known Brit vintage canopy guy: Which has a data panel and a manual cover say stuff like "Starmaker Parachutes - The Pop Top Reserve - Strong Enterprises'. So the Starmaker name was used on more than one type of container. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark 102 #6 March 24, 2020 The Starmaker PopTop chest is exactly the same container as the Strong Seat, just without a harness attached. Packs exactly the same way: line stows, canopy stack/routing, everything. The packing instructions show a Strong 26' LoPo in both cases. The same container was used as the reserve container on the original SST. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 36 #7 April 5, 2020 I have a hard copy of the Strong Pop Top chest container manual. It's not the best copy but more or less usable. I can scan it and and email it if.someone.wants it. Somewhere Sonic should be publishing it for the Pop Tops he's selling for his BaseR container, but I couldn't find it quickly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cosmicgypsy 5 #8 April 5, 2020 Councilman24, Yeah, I'd be interested in it. Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
