NightJumper

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  1. Your welcome Glad you had a great time!
  2. We make ours 109" from the PC to the pin with a center mount D-bag that pulls stright out vs. rotating out. Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  3. Florida: No income tax, low sales tax 6-7%, affordable housing, great employment growth, the most beaches, major universities everywhere, DZ's galore, wind tunnels and the friendliest DZ.comers to help you get here.
  4. Skydive DeLand has four computers dedicated for skydiver use plus free WiFi for all of the laptop users
  5. That was obvious as every guys jaw droped watching you!
  6. Lets just say that anyone that was there would say it was good for you!
  7. hehehehe.....and since I am the one who took the picture that you fear I know what is in it
  8. I will not speak as to why there are long production times with some manufacturers but I can tell you why our production times run about four weeks. As an all-inclusive manufacture that makes everything from the actual ripcord pin to the canopies and containers we have the advantage of utilizing cross-trained employees where the demand is needed. We don't usually see all areas of manufacturing peek at the same time, so if we have high serge of containers, production is adjusted to accommodate the change in demand. The same is true for canopies, ripcords, pins etc. So the statement "When someone says they can get you a custom rig in two weeks, it simply means they don't have any orders" is not applicable. It should also be noted that most manufactures offer some type of “rush” production. As for your question about how the containers are made, they are generally all custom made with exceptions such as multiple military, student and tandem rigs. Stay safe, Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  9. Because all of the history is not on the canopy. Even though the number of repacks and jumps are on PD canopies that is not so with all canopies. In addition items such as repairs, pull, PH and porosity test would be on the card. All of the cards associated with that canopy should stay with the canopy.
  10. The reserve, with a copy going with the container.
  11. You told me that is what the pink mafia girls were there for. You know every now and then you just have to take one for the team!
  12. Glad you had a good time Dave, it was a pleasure meeting you. As for the beer, since the only REAL beer is Shiner Bock just keep it on ice and I will be back in a couple of months. Stay safe, Mike
  13. If the manufacture is doing their job right this should not be an issue. We 100% test all of our raw materials. We not only pull test our webbing to the needed standard but rather to the failure point. The reason is because lets say the passing point for a particular type of webbing is 7500lbs. and the sample passes but it fails when it reaches 8000lbs. where normally we don't see it fail until at least 9500lbs. we will reject the lot even though it passed the pull test. The same goes for all of our raw materials. Stay safe, Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  14. As a manufacture of complete ripcords, pins and handles, the complete system failure rate is somewhere around one in five hundred. We 100% test each component and then the complete system. Our welders are AWS certified and we TIG weld our handles. The handles have to pass a 40lb. pull and ours fail somewhere around 1800lbs. Our pins can take up to three 90-degree bends before failing. The standard is an 8lb. side load at four 90 angles. Every batch of steel is lab tested and pin tolerances are maintained within +- 0.002" by use of an optical comparator. Every good manufacture in the industry will take you on a tour of their factory, show you how the products are made and answer your questions. I would strongly recommend you take advantage of this, as all manufactures are not created equal. Stay safe, Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  15. 2(number of new DZ.comers met):4:0 Went to Skydive Houston this weekend. Met AggieDave and Brits17. Did a couple of jumps with Dave and hung out with Brits. Both are really cool people. Clay showed up on Sat. and did his token jump and then we were off for beer. Great DZ to go to!
  16. Why did her cutaway system fail? Was the system inspected after the accident by a rigger and if so what was their conclusion?
  17. As a manufacture that makes the actual pin and ripcord assemblies I will tell you that if our pin has a tip deflection of greater than 0.125" it should be replaced. Any pin that is straightened should be visually inspected and load tested prior to being put back into use. If in doubt, have your rigger return it to the manufacture for testing. We conduct this test for free. We are also presently conducting test on how much and how many times a pin can be bent and straightened and remain serviceable. We have been able to make up to three ninety-degree bends before pin failure. Also, it should be noted that one of the leading causes of bent pins is not packing or pin integrity but rather taking a packed rig and dropping or throwing it on the ground. On impact additional stress is added to the loaded pin that can cause it to bend. Remember the pin is always under pressure. Stay safe, Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  18. Jump Shack will be at Skydive Houston this weekend (April 16-18) and will be conducting Racer rigging classes and Racer Tandem cross-training certification. The only cost is the jump tickets (two jumps). Mike Forsythe Jump Shack
  19. Actually it did, both nights!
  20. Rigger training is always available at the Factory and the boogies for FREE. We even offer complete rigger training at the factory for free and have an on site DPRE. The next factory rigger training class will be at Skydive Huston on April 17, 2004. Also there will be a class at the symposium in Brazil the following week. I have always recommended that riggers try and spend at least a half day at all of the factories to learn all of the latest information and make invaluable contacts. I was even blessed with having "handsome" Dave DeWolf in our class this last weekend at the CSS Easter Boogie.
  21. Rigger training is always available at the Factory and the boogies for FREE. We even offer complete rigger training at the factory for free and have an on site DPRE. The next factory rigger training class will be at Skydive Huston on April 17, 2004. Also there will be a class at the symposium in Brazil the following week. I have always recommended that riggers try and spend at least a half day at all of the factories to learn all of the latest information and make invaluable contacts. I was even blessed with having "handsome" Dave DeWolf in our class this last weekend at the CSS Easter Boogie.
  22. In two years there have not been any reports of this occurring, so what are you basing this on since there is nothing pulling against the snap until the toggle is pulled down? And even if the keeper at the bottom held the toggle, the amount of stretch involved to unsnap the toggle would be catastrophic since they were tested to the failure strength of the webbing on the dyno. Your right, it is not a "good design" it is a great design that several manufactures have adopted with great success and customer satisfaction.
  23. No, and based on my coversations with them I don't anticipate it anytime soon.
  24. Not if you do it right. The snaps are attached to webbing and then sewn to the riser.