JerryBaumchen 1,046 #26 January 22, 2009 Hi Terry, Quote May be an MA-1 spring. The 'official' ParaCommander pilot chute used an A-3 spring. Much larger at the top than a MA-1 spring. I think that the canopy of the pilot chute was made of 1.6 Lo-Po material. But definitely wimpy, JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
howardwhite 2 #27 January 22, 2009 If you mean where did I find it, I don't know. Sometimes I store info in pictures after I scan them, but in this case I didn't. I would guess it's from an old Sky Diver. If you mean where was it taken, again I don't know, but looking at the background in my original scan, I'd guess southern California, probably Elsinore. HW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,114 #28 January 22, 2009 Quote A-3... definitely wimpy When I was too cheap to invest in a real hand-deployed pilot chute, I experimented with old spring pilot chutes with the spring taken out. The A-3 was, in fact, wimpy, and after a couple of hesitations followed by a pilot chute in tow, I gave up on recycling them. So next I tried making a square one Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gaelforceone 0 #29 January 28, 2009 Hi, When I was a kid I spent all my weekends on a DZ , back then (1970s) one of the guys who used 2 pilot chutes had a nasty malfunction.One of the pilot chute bridles caught around his neck! The force of the 2 pilot chutes pulling against each other meant he could not free himself from what became a horse-shoe mal. He pulled his reserve and it went up into the mess.He lived but broke a lot of bones and spent many months in the hospital.he came back jumping after a few years and continued for many more .After this incident twin pilot chutes were banned in Ireland and most jumpers got a "hotdog" or equivalent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scroadload 1 #30 August 3, 2009 D-2626, SCR1999, SCS641, NSCR2350, GW6909 Blue Skies!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMan 0 #31 August 7, 2009 Use a "Hotshot" It has a spring that will bounce it off the cieling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dks13827 2 #32 August 7, 2009 scroad, curious,, how many cutaways on 2000 pc jumps ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scroadload 1 #33 August 8, 2009 Quote scroad, curious,, how many cutaways on 2000 pc jumps ? Had 2 that I blame on the PC and 2 more that I blame on me ( one I thru together, the other was a capewell that came off on DC3 exit).D-2626, SCR1999, SCS641, NSCR2350, GW6909 Blue Skies!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blongb 0 #34 August 8, 2009 I always used dual MA-1's with my PC and never had a problem in 1200 PC jumps.. Always a positive opening. I started used the dual setup after not enjoying a couple of pilot chute hesitations. Did use my reserve twice, once due to my bad pack job, once due to the top pin bending as I scrapped the top of the C-180 door on exit. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scroadload 1 #35 August 9, 2009 Quote Quote scroad, curious,, how many cutaways on 2000 pc jumps ? Had 2 that I blame on the PC and 2 more that I blame on me ( one I thru together, the other was a capewell that came off on DC3 exit). I looked after posting this reply and felt there may be a misunderstanding. When I used the term "PC" I meant Para-Commander not Pilot Chute.D-2626, SCR1999, SCS641, NSCR2350, GW6909 Blue Skies!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #36 August 9, 2009 Quote Quote Quote scroad, curious,, how many cutaways on 2000 pc jumps ? Had 2 that I blame on the PC and 2 more that I blame on me ( one I thru together, the other was a capewell that came off on DC3 exit). I looked after posting this reply and felt there may be a misunderstanding. When I used the term "PC" I meant Para-Commander not Pilot Chute. While you're clearing things up, how is that you have 1900 jumps (profile) and 2000 PC jumps? ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scroadload 1 #37 August 9, 2009 I didn't log jumps for about 5 years (1972-1977) and so I used my 1900 logged jump as my official number but in reality I have somewhere between 2500-3000.D-2626, SCR1999, SCS641, NSCR2350, GW6909 Blue Skies!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #38 August 10, 2009 Quote I didn't log jumps for about 5 years (1972-1977) and so I used my 1900 logged jump as my official number but in reality I have somewhere between 2500-3000. I suspected something along those lines ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
