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    I have been in touch via e-mail with him. I will be calling him later this evening. He said he wants to drop off the rig at my house...which will not happen, of course. Home addies are quite well protected in my world. But I will need to hook up with him at a local coffee shop - and rjf98, if you want, I will take you up on that, no problems. But it's kinda a long drive for you, isn't it?

    I do promise I won't be alone...if need be, I'll have my 6'4" (docile but don't tell anyone that) non-jumping brother with me...and worry not, I will be looking at all aspects of the situation.

    Ciels-
    Michele


    Thank you....I was startin' to worry 'bout you.....healthy paranoia is a good thing....

  4. I've begun to seriously shop for a used rig; I'm still renting now.
    In looking at different containers I've run across mwl #'s, but it seems that there must also be a width? Kinda like shoes!?
    I know that actually trying it on is best, but I'd rather have a good idea if it's going to work before I ask someone to ship it to my rigger for an inspection.
    Also if a container has been made custom-should there be an indication of what size body it would then fit somewhere on it?
    Thanks for any info!

  6. I've been renting demo gear, and I'm starting to seriously consider what to buy soon....Trying diffent containers for comfort; and have only jumped a Spectre 230 so far.(Other than student gear) So a Spectre is the only thing for me to compare with for now.
    I've seen Sabre/Sabre2 also recommended for newbies, so would like to know the diff between these two canopies, and is Sabre 2 just a later model of the Sabre?
    The only thing I havn't cared for on the Spectre is the slow openings....and yes, I've taken a packing class, don't roll the nose....Is a Sabre also a "slow opener"?
    I plan on being in this sport for a good long time, so I'd like to stay on the conservative side.....Thanks!

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    I did my AFF levels five and six yesterday. I was going to turn this into another self serving "YEAH I'm ONE LEVEL AWAY" post but I have a real question.

    This was the first time I've ever done more than one jump in a day, actually I did them on consecutive loads. Today I am pretty sore throughout my shoulders and back. I'm guessing this is a normal? Oh yeah, and this muscle that is on my left arm that connect to my shoulder, I don't know what it's called by I seemed to have tweaked it. I can't really move my arm above my head real easily. Is all this stuff normal? Just wondering.

    Backflips are fun...


    Once you start to rent demo gear instead of jumping student rigs it gets much better....3 aff jumps on student rigs in a day and I'd have more than a few bruises....none now-except from the occ'l plf!

  9. Lead dislodgement-I really feel this possibility is negligible- even a 10G pull on a wire that light....just can't see it-if you've ever handled a pacer lead-it is very light.
    The device itself moving....it would have to displace a lot to pull on the leads! And some actual movement in the subq space where it sits is normal. Skin has to be able to move around a bit....Once the area is healed, it shouldn't shift-even under some significant forces....
    As previously mentioned-if the pacer ends up being under the harness-pad the jumpsuit for comfort, and I would try to adjust things so that it isn't directly under.
    I've never seen a pacer damaged by an airbag....so I really don't see a pacer as being an exclusion to skydiving! If your Doc tries to say no, I'd really like to know his specific reasoning.....
    Blue skies!

  10. I'm surprised that a manufacturer would give someone with 15 jumps a demo rig that didn't have an RSL option at least. But what do I know?



    This was from Square One-as I understand it, they recently got a waiver for no rsl's due to the many differnet gear combo's they put together/incompatability?
    As to the Q about student status and using demo gear-I've graduated from aff, now I must rent gear, and prefer to find something comfortable before buying while I finish the requirements for A license.
    The beer...the rigger who packed the reserve doesn't drink! So I bought her jump tickets instead!
    Oh yea-the last thought before cutting away-"I don't want to start dicking with this and then find it's too late."
    Thanks for all the replies-after reading here, and much more thought (hell, havn't thought about much else since!), I figure I shouldn't try to relearn; I did find the handles-and I'll work on more practice!!
    Thanks again!

  • Hmmm, where do I start....
    Jump #15, (first 4 10yr ago, recently back and repeated aff level 5 twice) , today, first solo, took packing class, first my own pack job....and first cutaway.:(
    I know-I screwed up-didn't set brake correctly on one side-then didn't try unstowing brakes to attempt correcting the turn/spin. First jump on demo gear, not student gear, and I had no idea that a canopy could turn/accelerate to what I perceived as a spin....
    Don't worry, I've already beat myself up on this one....keep replaying it-don't plan on a repeat!!...(plus in the back of my mind was that it was my own first pack job!)
    Anyway-once I said to myself "this ain't landable" and I pictured stories of other folk spiraling into the ground without doing anything and altitude rapidly going down....I grabbed red with both hands, looked at silver and pulled (as taught)-and got tossed; tried to keep looking at silver and grab silver-with being tossed there was no way I could con't to see silver! It took me a couple seconds to grab it and pull. (no rsl, but yes aad-didn't fire).
    Now I've heard of folk grabbing both handles, one each hand, instead of both hands to one at a time....I can now see the merits! As a real fng-I welcome any comments/suggestions regarding merits of either method! BTW-after this-I would never consider anything other than a d-ring for the reserve handle; I really doubt I could of found a pillow very fast....
    Thanks for any input!