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  2. · Edited by cjdskydiver

    6 hours ago, Bokdrol said:

    British Skydiving (formerly B.P.A, now B.S. ) do an excellent calendar every year which is sent out with the December Mag to all members. I'm sure some kind soul at B.S. would let you have a 2022 calendar for a promise of a beer. A 2021 calendar won't last as long.

     

    Hmm, wonder if the alternative meaning of BS was considered when renaming BPA to British Skydiving..."I need to renew my BS membership"..."We're going to the BS Nationals"..."This is BS"...lol...knowing British humour, this was intentional... ^.^

  3. On 10/21/2021 at 7:35 PM, gowlerk said:

    Wash it in the washing machine. Use detergent and hot water. Problem solved. Newer Sunpath freebags are not urethane coated. Talcum powder is abrasive.

    Does Sun Path approve? If not, I wouldn't do it.

  8. Looks like the Curv in the pictures above is a ver 1.0, which has rounded corners on the end tabs of the side flaps. The ver 2.0 Curv has sharper lower corners, which I think is what you're referring to. That, in conjunction with the vertical end of the metal loop that's sewn inside of the end tab can create a scenario where there's tension which could inhibit the bridle sliding around it to pull the pin. A solution is to leave some slack in the bridle when tucking it under that corner so that it can freely move around it.

  10. On ‎3‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 11:55 AM, mark said:

    Can you tell me the reasoning (besides fear of lawsuits) that led your rigger to his conclusion?

    --Mark

    Because his view was he was certifying the rig is airworthy for 120 days. He took the conservative approach on things, which I can't fault. No need to debate this.

    As well, from my view, there's no guarantee a person is going to come back for the AAD maintenance. See above on conservative approach. No need to debate this.

    It's just a lot easier to not make deviations for sake of jumper convenience. Marking the data card with a special notation that the AAD is out of date prior to the repack cycle means little. Is a DZ going to notice that? Which date are they going to put on the waiver, the pack date, the date the AAD expires or both? DZ jumper mgmt software calculates rig service time based on repack date. It could make things confusing. Simpler to just do things one way. Rig comes in for repack. Will the AAD expire within the repack cycle? If yes, then AAD is serviced accordingly. Upon completion of service, repack rig and give back to customer. Easy peasy. I would allow for one deviation, though. If the AAD service will take an inordinate amount of time, etc, offer the option to repack the rig without it, then install it when it comes back.

    If you do everything you can to put yourself beyond reproach, even if you would <technically> be in the clear, then you can sleep easier, not just because of fear of lawsuits. As well, you earn the respect of others that you do things by the book, like my rigger did of me.

    “I will be sure – always.”

    http://www.fortcampbellcourier.com/news/article_ca747ab4-665b-11e2-989c-0019bb2963f4.html

     

  11. 3 hours ago, mark said:

    Or bring it to me.  As gowlerk wrote, when any rigger packs a rig, he is certifying only that it is airworthy at that time.  He cannot guarantee airworthiness for the next 180 days.  It is the user's responsibility to make sure his equipment is airworthy when it is jumped, and to bring it to a rigger whenever the next maintenance is due, whether that maintenance is a reserve repack, AAD service, or repair.

    --Mark

    You're putting yourself at risk...

    I recall asking my rigger about this before I became a rigger, and he said he wouldn't pack a rig if the battery or unit was going to go out of date (4-yr check) during a repack cycle, at that time 120 days. I wouldn't either. It's not worth it. You can try and justify it to yourself all day long. It makes no difference. All it will take is for an incident to happen, an attorney to do some digging and a sympathetic jury to convict...

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  12. On ‎2‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 11:22 PM, Meso said:

    Only if you had selected to submit a paid ad initially. If you submit a free ad initially, then you should be able to renew it without paying anything. But for those who paid for a featured ad, instead of providing a free regular ad renewal, the system allows for a renewal of the feature, which is then paid. But if you want to change between packages, paid vs free. You will then need to resubmit the ad as a paid ad.

    I realize the old system made this a little bit easier, by allowing you to choose whether you'd like to renew as paid or free, but we are naturally confined to whatever the functionality of the plugin is, and they only allow 1 option per package. So in this case, we can either choose to have featured ads that were paid for initially, require a second payment to renew as a feature, or we can remove that option and have it so that featured ads can only be renewed as regular free ads.

    We're still deciding which one is the most desired. But we haven't been able to find a way to provide both options. Either the person who has paid and wants to renew as a feature will need to submit a new ad, or the person who wants to renew a feature as a free ad will have to submit a new ad.

    Any update on this?

    I have another free ad that just expired, but I can't renew it without paying...?

  13. 17 hours ago, sundevil777 said:

    Don't buy it, they have a bad reputation for stalling suddenly on landing. That reputation seems to be well deserved. Pass and move on...

    I agree...I've witnessed and heard about hard landings and one that blew up on deployment. There was a service bulletin in the 2000ish timeframe concerning bar tack failures. There was also a lawsuit with another incident.

    I had two MR150s many years ago. Glad I never had to use them. I replaced them with PD-143Rs.

    Don't go cheap on your last chance. Get a PDR or Optimum...you'll be ecstatic if you have to use it...

  15. On ‎2‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 1:31 AM, Meso said:

    We've done some testing and it appears that the renewals will only be visible once expired. On the old system, once an ad had expired it was automatically deleted from the system. On the new platform the behaviour is different and an expired ad will remain visible to you, and just be unpublished. This means that you can wait for your ad to expire and then just renew it afterwards. But please don't hesitate to let us know if you continue to have issues.

    Ok...so I went to renew it, and see the following...we have to pay for ads now...??

    Renewal: 30 days more
    Renewal price: $6.00

  16. On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 10:24 PM, Administrator said:

    Unfortunately that email is being sent from our old server. Any email that contains a modify.cgi link in it can be ignored. The people receiving the error are users who had ads running on the old server.

    We told our hosts to stop the service but they evidently did not. 

    To do renewals on the new site, click the drop down next to your name (top right) and click "My Renewals", if there's nothing there then your ad is still good.

    We're working to shut off the old mail server to prevent this outdated mails getting sent out.

    According to what shows up on my ad, it will expire on the 19th. How do I renew it? My Renewals still shows nothing.

    Time Left 6 days and 6 hours - February 19, 2019

  17. 3 hours ago, mccordia said:

    I did a good 2000+ jumps on a Storm (150/135/120) without a single cutaway or twist.
    Including many big suit jumps. And always jumped with a big crew in NL/BE on similar sizes Storms, and in my travels around the globe saw many wingsuit pilots fly the same, All with similar (happy) results.

    Ive switched to the WinX as I liked the openings on that one better (softer, less aggressive) but would not say a single bad about the storm in what Ive seen everywhere. Surely when talking about Stiletto, Merit etc you are in the 'many cutaways' target group, but talking about the Storm like its a black death for WS does not ring well with what I've seen.

    Ive seen more bruised ankles on some WS specific canopies due to poor flare, than Ive seen cutaways on Storms ;)

    But also have to say, Im mostly jumping a 170 (WinX) now, and loving that size.
    I think for many people, a bit of an upsize would not hurt...regardless of canopy choice..

    +1 on the WinX-170...that's what I jump and I love it!

  19. 3 hours ago, dpreguy said:

     

    Who is going?  One group of attendees are riggers seeking the "Continuing Rigger Education" certificate for attending the required number of hours of rigging related seminars.  For starters.  Also, riggers who dislike knowledge stagnation in this technological endeavor - known as rigging-  who like to keep up with the latest innovations in equipment and who benefit from the knowledge in the seminars.  

    What he said... :o)

  22. On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 7:33 AM, betzilla said:

    Wendy et al, there's an app called "Hello Crowd," for Android and iOS. Grab the app (it's free), then search for Parachute Industry Association. You can find the seminar schedule there, as it currently stands. Hope to see you in Dallas!

     

    Very informative and very handy! I downloaded it yesterday. Glad to see PIA is keeping up with technology.

    http://piasymposium.com/Hello Crowd.pdf

    The seminar schedule is on the website now. I like to print it out and mark it up ahead of time so I can plan my week.

    http://piasymposium.com/Speaker Schedule.pdf

  23. While on the topic of MiniDV tapes...I Firewired all mine to my PC a while back, and don't have a need for the camera any longer. If anyone has tapes lying around but nothing to play them on, I'm looking to sell the camera. It's a Sony PC1. Great condition. All the original accessories included, plus a bunch of batteries and tapes. PM me if interested. I also still have a Hawkeye camera helmet with a side-mount box, listed in the classifieds.

  24. I bought one of these a few weeks ago and have been digitizing all my old VHS tapes...works great...creates .mp4 video...

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/625264-REG/Elgato_Systems_10020840_Video_Capture_USB_Analog.html

    Now I have Couch Freaks 2001, WFFC 1998, among others, on my iPhone...those were the days... ;o)

    If you want different formats, use AVC to choose from a plethora of options:

    https://www.any-video-converter.com/

  25. Suggest checking the website daily. Usually by the end of the week prior they have a PDF doc of the seminar schedule posted.

    Looking forward to it. I'll be there for the week. Who else from here is heading down??