Are AADs required in (Your country here)

[mr2mk1g 10]

When I was in Kolomna over the summer, my understanding was they were only mandatory at Kolomna, not Russia as a whole. In fact some CRW guys out there with us got the go-ahead to not use any AAD's in their rigs.

[xara 0]

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norway:
required for students, optional for others. If you don't have one, you must have an RSL.. (if you have one, an RSL is not mandatory)

What about if you're doing crw, not a good idea to have either, in my opinion, when doing crw?

AADs are required for students, A certificate and tandems, and for everyone else who hasn't got an RSL.

There are no exceptions for CRW afaik, but then again - very few people actually do CRW here.
I do agree with you that I wouldn't want to use RSL when doing CRW, but why would an AAD be so bad? The only thing I can think of is when doing very advanced tricks like two people doing a downplane at low altitude...
(I know very little of CRW; the only time I've even seen it was in Kolomna, Russia last summer...)

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[TrickyDicky 0]

Well, I dont think theres a rule in any country that says you have to actually turn it on?

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Well, I dont think theres a rule in any country that says you have to actually turn it on?

There is here,

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Required in Australia until you have your D.

An AAD is required until D licence, and between D & E (500 jumps), either an AAD or an RSL is required.

What if you're doing CRW? I wouldn't want either in that case.

An AAD like cypres would not bother me one bit when doing CRW. A RSL on the other hand would be a definate "no way".

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[SkyTango 0]

South Africa

From MOP's

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Students
All equipment used for student freefall progression shall be fitted with a serviceable
Automatic Activation Device (AAD).
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A,B, C and D
It is highly recommended that all equipment used be
fitted with a serviceable Automatic Activation Device (AAD).
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Re-currency
An Intermediate jumper (Intermediate jumper = A license) who has not made a jump for a period exceeding 12 months shall
undergo full training ..... (AAD rig);
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Tandem
All tandem equipment shall be fitted with a serviceable Automatic Activation Device (AAD).

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[bazelos 0]

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romania till 100 jumps

By the way, any good DZs around Bucuresti? I want to visit Ro in a few years time to see how things changed so I might as well try jumping.

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[pkasdorf 0]

They are not mandatory in Uruguay beyond student status.... but they should!

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[dzjohn 0]

In New Zealand all A licence jumpers and students must have a AAD as of jan 2006 and it,s looking like the rule is going to come into effect for all sport jumpers in 2007.

[wimdevos 0]

Austria:

All Tandems and Students must have a AAD

All other licence jumpers have a free choice if they put one in there rig ore not
2004: 100% of students, 99.7%of intermediates, 98.3% of experts have a AAD

At least at one club is a AAD mandatory to all jumpers

[riggerrob 558]

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Mandatory in France for everyone, no exception...

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All the DZs in Quebec require AADs (for everyone).

It must be a "French thing."
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I wonder what the policy is in Louisiana?

[jurgencamps 0]

Belgium: mandatory