dpreguy

"unstowed line goes straight down the side of the rig... riser to the base of the container...."
Got a picture of that? "S" fold that excess line separately on each side? Two coils -one on either side? Can you show?

2 to two and a half feet. 24 to 30 inches of line is a lot of loose line. A photo would be good, not just leave it to each parachutist to invent how to leave it laying in there.

When there is a "formal probate" filing, there is a duty to list the INVENTORY of the items in an estate, and of course, the address of the residence is part of the filing. Clever burglars would go, or have someone else go, to the probate clerk's files and see what juicy items were listed in the probate inventory. How did they know which files to look at? The required newspaper "legals" which list all probate filings. Then they'd simply go to the residences with the most valuable stuff as listed in the inventories. Because of the burglaries, this access to ostensibly public civil filings was stopped by appropriate state legislation. Now, the probate clerks do not allow anyone without a legit interest to look into those parts of their 'public' records- the probate inventories.

What is the point of telling this? The probate clerks were/are legally able to keep the inventories of these probate files private and not accessible to the general public because of the abuse and the damage and loss that could result.

Civil records, or parts of the civil records, (in this case, the names and addresses of concealed carry persons) can be made private/secret if there is a good reason to do so. Surely the concealed carry list of persons and their addresses could be made similarly secret/private to the general public if there was a demonstrable harm. The freedom of information requests sound harmless at first, bur in practice, should not be allowed to put residences or people in danger. It can be done in the case of concealed carry lists as it is now done with probate files. This is done by appropriate legislation. Hopefully it will be done in every state, as now, for example - prison guards and police officers and deputy sheriffs are told by prison/jail inmates" Your home address is ...... and I know where your family lives"....etc etc.

This is so wrong. And this is only one example of the types of people who would like to know where 'concealed carry' persons or their families live. Burglars, revenge seekers, stalkers, ex spouses who have restraining orders against them, and in general, all of those who want to know where someone lives for malevolent purposes are so happy to find the person's address publically available! Each state legislature should immediately act to privatize these lists.

Dontlikemustard
I don't recommend using a stiff bristle brush on Cordura. It will fuzz it out pretty quickly.

Yeah, I guess she should have just used harsh language.

Obama/Biden/Feinstein/Cuomo, Bloomberg and most other gun registration and confiscation advocates just HATE the 10th Amendment, where the individual sates make their own laws and decisions about these matters. In general, those who believe regulation of everything is desirable, and the more regulations the better, would rather have a unitary system of government like the UK. No states rights at all. Just one government-a national government. This type views the states rights concept to be nothing but a pesky obstacle to be circumvented whenever possible.

Seems like the anti gun forces are looking to Washington and executive orders route, as they know it will be a hard sell in their individual states.

Not if the slider stops at the connector links.

However, if the slider is effectively eliminated, by pulling it behind your head, then you are correct - it will change the flight charcteristics.

I have a large canopy demo rig with a separable slider. When I separate it after opening, my chest strap is tighter. (of course) and when I loosen the chest strap, the angle gets even bigger.

I fly a stiletto and love my 16 inch risers. I have slider stops at the links.

Whatever risers you buy, you still have to be able to easily reach the toggles. That's about it. If you have to lunge to get to your toggles, they are too long.

Riser length has nothing at all to do with the arc of a canopy if your slider stops at the connector links- soft or rapides. The slider width, determined by the manufacturer is what determines the arc of a canopy if it stops at the slider stops at the links. If your slider stops at the links, your risers could be 10 feet long and the arc of the canopy will remain the same.

(Of course, if you pull the slider down behind your head, then yes, the arc will be slightly changed with different length risers, and even your chest strap tightness if it is a wide slider)

Consider the length too. I have been going to shorter risers (16 inch) for years. Even though I have long arms I still like the shorter risers. Easier to get to the toggles and the slider. By the time your body slumps in the harness after opening shock, and you have a couple of inches or more of air over your shoulders, standard length risers are sometimes a stretch. This is just my personal preference, and I have seen no reason for myself to go back to standard length risers. Maybe hang yourself in your own rig in a suspended harness set up and see what length is good for you.

....and to complicate matters, Maverick won't engage.

(this is too much fun)

The hyperdrive flux capacitor was deficient of trillium crystals, and Scotty was unable to compensate with his intra molecular stabilizer in time to prevent the doubling of the mass.

Reread the google references and the stories I read were that he shot them once with birdshot as they were coming up a stairway, then twice more as they went down. No references that he shot either of them while they were laying on the floor - execution style. Also, all of the accounts agree that only one was shot in the back. Anyway, what is to say, even if they were going away, they wouldn't suddenly turn and shoot him? And, what is wrong with laying in wait? Sounds like a good plan to me. Lay in wait and shoot them while they are burglarizing. Nothing wrong with that. In Texas and Colorado, Wyoming and other Western states the homeowner can utilize the "Castle" defense. It is not an unlimited legal defense for shooting and killing someone in your home at any time under any circumstances, but in most "Castle" defense states, you can use deadly force if someone is burglarizing if you feel it is necessary to protect your home and your family. Once again, not an unlimited right to do so. You have to be "in the right" within the constraints of the Castle Defense definitions.

Why is anyone upset that the homeowner laid in wait? As if that would be a bad thing. Better to lay in your bed and wait until the burglars are standing over you with baseball bats, guns and knives? If you know it's coming you'd be stupid not to be there, ready and waiting.

The UK made a big thing about him owning an illegal shotgun and that he was unrepentant. It seems they were most upset about him not being repentant. Sounds like the media went out of their way to demonize him. Their laws and their attitudes are apparently opposed to defending your own home with deadly force. Guess in the UK you have to resort to harsh language; and if that won't stop them, lay in your bed and get burglarized and beaten or killed, along with your family.

This one is from the UK. Could that scenario be replicated here? Good question.

Google: Tony Martin Aug 22,1999 Norfolk England.
He shot and killed one burglar, wounded the other.
He spent 3 years in prison. He was sued as well.

going down 31

My advice:
The best thing you could do is to go to faa.gov and download the PTS "Practical Test System" for the first 6 Areas of Operation=Senior rigger. For each area of operation you will find tasks. Do as many as you can BEFORE going to any course. You are responsible for all of those tasks in your Oral and Practical test. If you aren't even knowledgeable about the PTS tasks, taking a rigging course will be like running a race, not knowing where the finishing line is. If you don't access the PTS tasks prior you will be showing up at the course-all wide eyed-but surely playing 'catch up' the whole way.
I have a piece of Cordura with labels of tasks I have my students complete. It is a start. Doing these tasks and attaching them to a piece of cloth is also recommended in the Parachute Riggers Handbook. This handbook, along with a Poynter II, and a materials sample book (all available from Para Gear) are the minimums I would recommend owning-before you even go to the course.
By doing as many of the tasks as you can prior, you will be familiarizing yourself with sewing machines and tools.

The Connecticutt parents' lawyer probably filed a 'notice of intent to sue', a legal requirement to sue a soverign (a State). I think all states require that. Then the right to sue is preserved for the future. Not yet a lawsuit, but could be in the future. Headline grabbing for now.

How to stop frivolous lawsuits: Can't stop all of them under our legal system but............ presently, if a motion to dismiss is filed stating the lawsuit filing was frivolous, and if the judge does find it was a frivolous filing the judge can order damages, usually legal fees, be recovered from the frivolously filing plaintiff. In cases like this, and others (Example: someone has filed a lawsuit for the theater shooting in Aurora, CO stating the owner of the movies house-Regal Entertainment, should have forseen the likelihood that someone would prop open the emergency exit door, go to his car and get weapons and come back in and shoot), if a lawsuit is dismissed, because it was a frivolous filing, the person who filed risks the prospect of having to pay the legal fees of the person sued. Our dropzone waiver states that, as do most good dropzone waivers.

Forcing the greedy parents and/or the lawyer to pay for the legal fees if they sue if the lawsuit is found to be frivolous is one way. Unfortunately our liberal judges are loathe to find lawsuits are frivolously filed, so this way to cut down on such lawsuits is not very effective. Not enough judges are willing to so find and order.

?It is my understanding that the UK system states that if a personal injury lawsuit is filed, and it is not successful, the judge orders the suing party( Plaintiff) to pay all of the legal fees of the person defending(Defendant)?? Is that true? If it was the rule here in the US, that would stop most of this ridiculous lawsuit craziness.

Once again, 'lawsuit liberal'-minded judges could derail most of these protective measures under the theory that preserving the right to sue is more important than protecting the public from frivolous lawsuits. This is the stance of the American Trial Lawyers group. They fight "tort reform" measures in any form. They are absolutely against the idea that you have to sign a waiver to a business that offers skydiving, or snowmobiling, water skiing or hang gliding or horseback riding, ice skating, skiing (printed on the back of your lift ticket), etc. They promote a litigious society, including the practice of filing frivolous lawsuits of any kind or sort. Their theory is that this is the only way to preserve the poor person's ability to sue. That is their theory. That, basically, is the American tort system.

If nothing is done we will see more of these lawsuits, as there isn't any downside to filing silly crap.

Single sided RSL on a Racer?

I have queried some riggers and no one has ever heard of a single sided RSL option on a Racer. I have the Racer manual in my shop, and the DVD from PIA handed out by Jump Shack at PIA, and do not find any such option. So, I tried to contact Parchute Labs, using the "Contact Us" option. Got an invitation to a registration or something and tried it. It didn't work. Got some' failed attempt' message. I didn't call by telephone, but maybe I should have. Since I have tried all sources and cannot find the answer, can anyone tell me if Racer does offer a single sided option for RSL and where a description of it can be found? Hopefully photos or a diagram? I am not saying it isn't there, but if it is, I can't find it, nor have any riggers I have contacted ever heard of or seen that option.

Rushmc accurately identified a large part of a problem, and can be considered as an intelligent response to those who are asking, "What do we do to stop this?"

No gun law would have stopped this school shooting, as the guns were stolen from a person who lawfully purchased them. If stolen is too strong of a word, then "taken " would suffice.

Rushmc has identified the consequences of years (since 1972) of "Willowbrook" federal lawsuits, consent decrees, and the ACLU mindset of making sure no one is forcibly medicated without their consent-or institutionalized. Willowbrook was a state mental hospital in New Jersey with appalling conditions. Forced sterilization of mentally retarded women, mentally defective inmates locked up, etc.. OK so far. But, as is pointed out in this discussion of the failure of Connecticutt Senate Bill 252; this "Willowbrook do gooder" mentality has gone to extremes, and as a result, all across the US we have these mental defectives running loose. Or, not being forced to take their meds. The so called "homeless" population is largely the consequence of this do gooder Willowbrook mentality, where society, in this case children and school workers suffered the consequences of this ACLU human rights mentality gone too far. Yes, when those mentally defective persons are set free their rights as individuals are preserved. Unfortunately, this individual freedom of these mental defectives comes at a price of the safety of the public. So, to those who are asking "what can we do to prevent future massacres?", well, one thing is to lock up, or forcibly medicate those mentally defective persons. Lower the standard of enforcibility to accomplish this end. Don't like that? Then endure more of the consquences of the hundreds of thousnds of mentally defective persons freed and ignored by the "Willowbrook do gooders". Google the Willowbrook topic and see how there is absolute joy, everytime the rights and freedoms of these mentally defective persons is accomplished. Well, do gooders, the Sandy Hooks' and Michigaqn school shootings and hundreds more are the consequences of this " freedom for all "mentality. Freedom to wreak the heinous acts resulting from their demented menatal states. Keep "Willowbrooking" and wringing your hands about the consequences. Oh yeah- and blame guns for it.

JoeyH
With 7 jumps, I assume your student rigs had RSL's, ( or a Skyhook). Evaluate your choices and stick with those with a WORKABLE and RELIABLE RSL system. Nuff said..

The Professionals. All time best 'kinda western' movie. Lee Marvin and others.

Many great quotes, but this is the funniest scene: Claudia Cardinelle is a captive, and to escape, bares her magnificent breasts to Burt Lancaster. While he is obviously distracted, she steals his pistol. Pulls the trigger. He has previously unloaded it so it only goes "click". She is pissed. Really pissed.
She says, "You go to hell!". Ol Burt; still staring at those great tits says, "Yes ma'am. I'm on my way."

Most annoying: POACHING
Poaching the overhead space of others. If it won't fit over your row, tough shit. Don't put it in the space of over the row of empty seats behind your row, or the one in front of you, if there is an empty sea below it! They show up and you have stolen their overhead space!
If there aren't any empty seats, then go for it, but if there is an empty seat, and you put your bag in the space above that seat, you are an asshole.

Or, the jerk with the guitar in a big hard case that took up the whole overhead over his row; then he puts his bag in the space in the overhead bin on the OTHER SIDE, because his guitar took up so much space his bag wouldn't fit.

I don't know who exactly I am replying to, but: This tread has gone far afield from the question about how a Capewell/One Shot works.

To the original guy who queried how 'One Shot'Capewells work: Please follow along with the progression. . The tang which ultimately holds the first two Capewells closed, is located at the bottom of the trapezoid fitting which is sewn to the risers. This tang is a hardened steel projection, which is held in place by the sliding portion of the female (attatched to the harness) fitting. For the two shot and the shot and a half, It does the real work of taking the strain of opening shock and the weight of the parachutist.

Covers: The covers (there are three) prevent an accidental release, and of course also help to hold the riser fitting in place. The first Capewell in common use was the "two shot" which requires the pulling down of the cover, and then the user presses the side buttons together. Not very reliable, as the pressure is sometimes great, and as Pat Works related-one side sometimes releases and the other one doesn't.

Shot and a half: See the pictures of Mr PC Chapman. The cover is pulled down/open and the cable loop with the two swaged balls pops out rather nicely. You put your thumbs in and pull down hard, and the cable pulls the two projections together, and when those projections release, the sliding block moves downward, which releases the tang. When the tang is released, the riser flies way, the same as the two shot.

One shot cover. It is also spring loaded and pops open when you pull it down. Same idea as the first two above.
The difference between the "One Shot" and the first two is this: There is a short internal cable which is attached to the hinged cover on one end, and to the sliding block on the female fitting. The sliding block slides down Just like the previous ones. If my memory serves me correctly, the 'one shot' trapezoid fitting attached to the riser lacks a tang. This is unimportant, as the sliding block still locks the 'long arm' of the riser fitting behind it. Once the sliding block moves downward, the trapezoid riser fitting is released-tang or not. The release of the bottom portion of the 'long arm' of the riser fitting is what allows the riser to fly away/release. So. The design difference of the 'One Shot' is that there are no upper projections to be pulled together. The spring loaded cover alone is the security. The operational advantage of the "One Shot" is that the downward motion of the block (which holds the bottom portion of the trapezoid riser fitting) is accomplished by the short piece of cable connecting the outer cover to the sliding block. (Additionally, the cover is hinged). If you pull it down far enough, it releases the riser with one motion and there is no necessity to regrip anything. Hence the name "One Shot"

It does require a full pulldown/stroke to accomplish the release. Very shortly after this third permutation of the Capewell release was invented, the three ring of Bill Booth came into play and so there weren't that many "one shots" used on sport rigs.

Yes of course friction, however slight, will change (increase) the pull force a bit.

I align the pull because it is the only consitent way to measure. I don't don the rigs I get and try to pull and guess what 90 degrees, (or even more degrees or fewer degrees) may be. If the harness is loose on the user, it isn't 90 etc..
I am aware 804 doesn't specify. If an aligned pull results in more than 22, then there is a problem.

Agree with fcajump .

My opinion: Fish scale with sliding max indicator is adequate for loft use. I stuck an adhesive pointer at 22 lbs. to make it visual. Using the hand held scale allows me to always align the pull with the housing. I put my fist in the shoulder part of the harness to wimulate the wearer's shoulder. Works the same way for pilot emergency rigs. Pull aligns with housing.

Just test scale with known weight regularly (annually)

I also have the 40 lb marked with an adhesive colored pointer for fabric .

Having said that, there is an "electronic" digital scale, with batteries for those who find comfort in lighted dislays. Improvement? Probaly not. They still rely on an internal spring; so the lighted digital display is only a comfort to those who are dazzled by such and those who believe that a lighted display gives any instrument enhanced credibility.

There are a whole new bunch of complications regarding military smoke now. The little primers (same ones as in shotgun shells, etc) are now classified as prohibited if they are in a smoke grenade, which now makes military style smokes regulated by either homeland sec or atf, or both. Which is stupid, as you can buy shotgun shells and possess them and carry them in your car, but not military style smoke grenades. The ones with the strikers. Also, if you have one in your car, the US DOT can grab you. etc. I've used a lot of them from ALS and would love to buy some more, but now ........

In a galaxy far away- Omaha Nebraska. Into a baseball stadium named Rosenblatt Stadium. Budweiser had rented the stadium for a Tug of War event. Some minor TV coverage, etc. Budweiser signs and stuff everywhere. Shorty Janousek had a habit of yelling, on the last jump of the day, "It's Miller time"

Well, you can figure out what happened. We all landed OK on the baseball infield, including Shorty. Of course, about 15 feet off the ground he yelled "It's Miller time" just before landing. I don't think we got paid for that one.

I actually have one of those old Tempo windbreakers myself. if I can find it. might work