377 20 #26 September 6, 2011 Nice job, and very smart to use a diapered round reserve. I am REALLY glad your riser released at main deployment altitude. It would have been horrible to have your R3 partially release during your pull and come apart later at very low altitude. My first reserve ride was in the early 70s at Pope Valley CA. I was saved by a 26 foot Navy conical belly mount that I bought for $25 when everyone was going to more modern gear. It did the job. My second reserve ride was at the 2005 WFFC on a PD 193R square. It too did the job but cost about 35x what the surplus reserve cost. Some whuffo ran off with my free bag and pilot chute, but I got my main back. I leave jumping the old gear to people more brave than I am, like pchapman and Beatnik. I did well over 100 surplus round jumps and thankfully didnt break any bones doing it. Now I am turning 62 and have grown accustomed to those cushy Triathon landings. I miss the quiet round rides but have no need to revisit the old days where a good PLF was needed every time. 3772018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WGore 0 #27 September 7, 2011 Out of 14 mals all were on round reserves, 11 of them on conventional rigs, and 13 were high speed, 2 of those totals. Only 1 was with a single point release. With a high mounted reserve I liked a severe head down position with an un-reefed reserve. You took the opening shock in the shoulders that way. Probably half of my reserve rides were on unmodified reserves and the first was on an old 24 ft Twill with the dash board instruments and knife. The jumper close to me swore my feet hit my helmet on opening. Not sure that was true, but my back was sure sore the next day.GUNFIRE, The sound of Freedom! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
obelixtim 100 #28 September 7, 2011 Quote Out of 14 mals all were on round reserves, 11 of them on conventional rigs, and 13 were high speed, 2 of those totals. Only 1 was with a single point release. With a high mounted reserve I liked a severe head down position with an un-reefed reserve. You took the opening shock in the shoulders that way. Probably half of my reserve rides were on unmodified reserves and the first was on an old 24 ft Twill with the dash board instruments and knife. The jumper close to me swore my feet hit my helmet on opening. Not sure that was true, but my back was sure sore the next day. And then you learned to pack!!!.My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WGore 0 #29 September 7, 2011 PACK????????????????????GUNFIRE, The sound of Freedom! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #30 September 7, 2011 Quote For a proper altimeter/stopwatch setup, see attached photos... Hi RR Thats what I;m talking about!!!! Nice Rack The profile of the altimeter is pricelessR.I.P.One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #31 September 7, 2011 Quote Quote For a proper altimeter/stopwatch setup, see attached photos... Hi RR Thats what I;m talking about!!!! Nice Rack The profile of the altimeter is pricelessR.I.P. Did you notice the knife? ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #32 September 8, 2011 Quote Quote Quote For a proper altimeter/stopwatch setup, see attached photos... Hi RR Thats what I;m talking about!!!! Nice Rack The profile of the altimeter is pricelessR.I.P. Did you notice the knife? Hi RR Notice the knifeThere's another thread in this forum about the subject of belly wart jump knife's and size. "Thats not a knife. This is a knife " R.I.P.One Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #33 September 8, 2011 Hi Roger, That is an AeroIndicator panel. They came in a black crinkle paint finish. JerryBaumchen PS) That one has been slightly modified with the square cutout for the stopwatch winder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldMan 0 #34 September 17, 2011 These pic's were taken from the ground? Looks like you were danged low and had a temporary inversion on the reserve. What was altitude? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #35 September 18, 2011 QuoteThese pic's were taken from the ground? Looks like you were danged low and had a temporary inversion on the reserve. What was altitude? I was maybe at 3200' as I said, by the time the reserve was open. A telephoto lens and lots of pixels! I don't think anything partially inverted, in the sense of any of the skirt blowing past lines and other parts of the skirt. Nevertheless, parts of the skirt billowed outward before other parts, as the 'slug' of air inside expanded -- inflation certainly isn't a symmetrical process 360 degrees around. Good thing one doesn't notice all that happening when experiencing it live! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #36 September 22, 2011 how fresh was the packjob ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #37 September 22, 2011 Reserve pack job was a couple months old, when I assembled that part of the gear. The previous pack job had been in '83 though, when it was in another rig. The guys at Strong got a chuckle when I sent them photos of using a rather old design of theirs. And the fellow with the zoom lens was using a 400mm lens -- that sure helps for the up close views. The rig is now on its way to my friend in Latvia, minus a main ripcord that I have to build anew. Straight pins sure are expensive, I see in ParaGear, $15 each. Glad it is just a 2 pin rig. (I see that today, piisfish, you're keeping the DB Cooper thread down towards the bottom of the page! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #38 September 22, 2011 do you have the specs of your ripcord ? Would it look like a PEP ripcord ? (yeah, brought DB down to 10 scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #39 September 22, 2011 Hi Nic, QuoteWould it look like a PEP ripcord ? PEP ripcords come in many shapes & sizes. It probably looks like a M5550 in the ParaGear catalog. http://www.paragear.com/templates/base_template.asp?group=238#M5550S JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #40 September 23, 2011 Hi PC Quote (I see that today, piisfish, you're keeping the DB Cooper thread down towards the bottom of the page! "What we have here is a failure to communicate" Paul Neuman, Cool Hand Luke. Mr Pii's goal seems to be to bury DB cooper thread as deep as possible even though it will only be temporary. We could do a flash mob thing. Knock DB thread to pg ???. I'm happy to keep knocking DB with single hits out of the top slot (also temporary). I Just have to ration my posts so I don't have to work to hard.I've already got a few comments for this thread among others in my pocket but I have to wait for the right DB moment's.Gotta go To bad I don't have a job and can't post/monitor DZ.com on the boss's time and look busy "I'll be back" Arnorld inthe first terminator movie ROne Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
