beezyshaw

I made the following statements in another thread that drifted into a discussion about the Dash-M canopy and Precision's service bulletin. I was not intending to hijack a thread on another subject, but I was PM'd asking to please take the discussion back to an appropriate thread. So, here's what I wrote in the thread, in reply to a post by Samurai136 (which was about PD making canopies in Honduras ): "It is true that the failure was not the stitching, but what the service bulletin calls for as the "fix" is to add another bartack. So in essence adding more stitching was "believed" to be the way to repair affected canopies (at least early on). However, there also were canopies with two bartacks that also sustained damage similar to the originally affected canopies. Thus, the next suspect cause of the problem was the Type III tape used for line attachments. So, in later SB repairs done at Precision, the Type III tape was replaced with Type I (not type V as you say) as well as using two bartacks to sew the loops to the canopy. What I would like to point out is this; original Sabre canopies, which have been known to have extremely hard openings from time to time, are built with Type III tape and a single bartack. So how can these canopies withstand all these brutal openings and the Dash-M canopies come apart using the same materials? I suggest it is because the Dash-M Raven is built using non-standard construction of a span-wise lower surface (to which the line attachments are sewn) and the only reinforcement of that lower surface is the fell seams which join the pieces of material together. There is no reinforcement tapes in the span of the canopy, and I believe that during openings the forces imposed on the canopy stretch the lower surface material beyond what it is able to withstand, and the result is the line attachments are simply ripped off the canopy. There have been many theories about what went wrong with the Dash-M canopies, but having a lengthy history of involvement in examining the damaged reserves, I have good reason to believe my educated guess is correct."

I have moved my comments to this (more appropriate) thread about the Dash-M reserves: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2215815#2215815

I have moved my comments about this to the following thread about the Dash-M service bulletin: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2215797#2215797

Look, over there, shoes! We're going to get the grammar police after this post. You meant to write "their" and "of course" and as you wrote things once, you certainly weren't stereo typing, but you meant "stereotyping"

You gotta hate it when she pulls this on you.. hell of a way to say "see 'ya" http://www.hiperusa.com/dumped.wmv

Or, the caption might be (one of my favorite lines), "You ain't done till I say you're done."

Sometimes you just get that "feeling" that the hot date just isn't going so well anymore... Edit: ok, ok, nsfw But it's ok at my office

My bad, I've sent sid a pm telling him I really didn't intend to start a political debate, I was just reading the email this morning and found it pretty surprising. Like I said to sid, hell I'm rodriguez bro. number 144! Let's go have a margarita!

I can't even find my post any longer, did somebody think I was being mean to Mark? WTF, over

STATISTICS ON IMMIGRATION 1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County (L.A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card. 2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens. 3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens. 4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers. 5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. 6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages. 7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. 8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. 9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking. 10. In L.A.County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak Spanish (10.2 million people in L.A.County). 11. Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops but 29% are on welfare. 12. Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration. 13. The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University]. 14. The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a NEGATIVE 29% !

I have seen many catastrophic main canopy failures, from a variety of reasons. If I had to speculate, I would say this was a malfunction that resulted in canopy damage, not simply a random canopy explosion. I do not think this thread belongs in the incidents forum. It should be moved to gear and rigging or general skydiving.

That's because the packing method was devised and became the "trademark" packing method of their competitor. But because so many people have given PD positive feedback about their own results using the method, PD now has rescinded their position somewhat and says if you want to do it, go ahead (or something to that effect). Read what they now say on this page... http://www.performancedesigns.com/pmd_faq.asp#3

I designed the ring-type soft link for Precision when I was with that company. One of the objectives in designing the "wrap-it" link was to offer the strongest connector link on the market. One of the ways we achieved that was to make the link longer so that it formed 3 loops instead of the 2 loops of the PD Slink. In testing the link, we certainly realized the potential for someone not running the end through the small loop before putting over the ring to form the locking knot. When we pull tested the link locked incorrectly, their was no real difference in the amount of load it could withstand, but of course the issue with not locking softlinks correctly is that they can come undone easily.

A father watched his young daughter playing in the garden. He smiled as he reflected on how sweet and pure his little girl was. Tears formed in his eyes as he thought about her seeing the wonders of nature through such innocent eyes. Suddenly she just stopped and stared at the ground. He went over to her to see what work of God had captured her attention. He noticed she was looking at two spiders mating. Daddy, what are those two spiders doing?" she asked. "They're mating," her father replied. What do you call the spider on top?" she asked. "That's a Daddy Longlegs," her father answered. "So, the other one is a Mommy Longlegs?" the little girl asked. As his heart soared with the joy of such a cute and innocent question he replied: "No dear. Both of them are Daddy Longlegs". The little girl, looking a little puzzled, thought for a moment......... then took her foot and stomped them flat and said, "Well, we're not having any of that gay shit in our garden."

Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods are in a restaurant having dinner. Woods turns to Wonder and says, "How's the singing career going?" Stevie Wonder replies, "Not too bad. How's the golf?" Woods replies, "Not too bad. I've had some problems with my swing, but I think I've got that going right now." Stevie says, "I always find that when my swing goes wrong, I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it. Then, the next time I play, it seems to be all right." Tiger says, "You play golf?" Wonder says, "Oh, yes, I've been playing for years." Woods says, "But you're blind! How can you play golf if you can't see?" Wonder replies, "I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball toward him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddy moves to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball toward his voice." "But how do you putt?" asks Woods. ³Well," says Stevie, "I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground, and I just play the ball toward his voice." Woods asks, "What's your handicap?" Stevie says, "Well, I'm a scratch golfer." Woods, incredulous, says to Stevie, "We've got to play a round sometime." Wonder replies, "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play for money, and never play for less than $10,000 a hole." Woods, thinking he's in for some easy money replies, "OK, I'm up for that. When would you like to play?" Stevie says, "Pick a night"

The title of this thread: "Anything dangerous about a Sabre" hmm, let's see... strapping a few square feet of ripstop nylon connected to some strings to a few straps around your body, then climbing to a couple of miles in the sky and intentionally leaping from the plane with only aforementioned nylon to save your ass... No, nothin' dangerous about that at all

That day was when I really found out that Pruitt was as crazy as me and my friends used to be at his age! Damnit Pruitt I'll miss you kid

And that's me packing in that video!

such nonsense with all this rubbish. two words... psycho pack. you just have to learn it the right way

if you keep saying not funny things like that i won't open your posts any more

Hell yes! I tossed my key to a babe in the bar and the next thing I knew a guy that looked just like you was in the elevator with my friggin' key!! I hate it when that happens

If it seems too good to be true, then it probably isn't. But I damn sure would go check it out for myself! http://www.hiperusa.com/Hotel_Bar.wmv

This is a must-have for your next cook out.. but don't let your weiner get too hot

give me a break, puleeeeeez

OK, so all the ladies don't like this. Sorry. I still say that even though it IS a sad situation the video is funny as hell...like somebody said, I'll bet that loser of a drunk piece of shit husband deserved every punch he got.