CygnusX-1

What? You mean the FAA does not govern over the entire world.

Mama, have you been living under a rock again? This is no different than the info-commercials where you can buy $440 worth of steak knives for the low, low price of $29.99! But wait, there's more. Order in the next 15 minutes and you receive an official t-shirt and Swag Bag for free.

That would be under the thread titled "What's the least you'd pay for an AAD (if you have one)"

Mods Please lock this thread. I'm tired of reading threads about people bitching about people asking to have threads locked.

I think that is a very valid distinction. Just because the cutter fires inside a plane does not guarantee that the plane will be damaged and fall out of the sky killing everyone aboard. That is one possible outcome, but does not happen all the time. But having a cutter not cut the loop - or worse yet trap the loop such that a normal pull doesn't open the reserve, does (for all practical purposes) mean death.

You mean like this? That is an actual photo, btw. Listen to davelepka, he is exactly correct. You want to make sure you have a canopy that you will be keeping for a long time. And resale value will be nothing so don't expect anything back for the amount you pay for the design.

That's what I thought, but the guy with the pointy tail seemed very interested to have it. Seriously, I waited until I graduated from school and got a well paying job. So I still have all my worldly possessions.

My soul.

I'm not sure any dropzone in FL has nice plains, though. For good plains, you will probably have to go to the midwest or maybe the west.

Especially if the coach has only 100 jumps. No newbee with a half a brain is going to pay $$ for a coach with only slightly more jumps than them. What do you think you can teach someone when you can't even fly yourself. As far a video, being on a team myself there is no way I would pay for video from someone with only 200 jumps. It is critical that we are in frame for the entire skydive. You would have to prove yourself first in order to get your slot covered first. Then after you prove yourself with you paying your own way, would we even consider talking about paying you for your work. Something else to consider. I don't know if this is everywhere, but being from one of the DZs you listed in an earlier post there is no way you would be able to get on staff as a TM with only the bare minimum requirements met. You would be told very nicely to go somewhere else and get some experience. I'm guessing that is probably the same way with all major turbine DZs. When you are a "famous" DZ, you have the option to hire only the best, not just anybody who shows up wanting to work. All of the above is only my opinion.

Come on, you're using way too many letters. It should be: u r a nube 2 jmpin ite?

White pinstriping over the years have turned to gray (at least on my rig). So if you want to see how it would age, look at what it looks like with both white & gray pinstripes. If they both look good, then I wouldn't worry about getting white. Plus you get the advantage of having a new color scheme as the rig ages. The above is not recommended for whole panels, just the pinstriping.

True, but you can also hose up your speed by playing with the temperature adjustment. I don't know if the Viso has a temp adjustment like jumptrack does. But just by playing with that temperature your speed goes up and down. Since I've never gotten out a thermometer at 3000 feet to measure the air temperature each day I jump, I just keep mine set to TAS. Plus TAS corresponds to everyone else's speed readings (Neptune, etc).

I just can't wait for 5 years (or so) from now. All these newbees asking where the cheapest rates can be found. In 5 years, I'll assume that they all have gotten their A-D licenses, their coaches rating, and their AFFI rating. Then they all will go to their local DZO and tell him that they are willing to work for FREE such that the new newbees can have the cheapest AFF course in the country. I just can't wait......

I've got a B and I see no reason to get a C. Maybe one day I'll get a D. But right now I don't see the point in it either - for me.

+1 From the Cypress 2 users guide: I would be very concerned about the quality of instruction you are receiving if the instructors are misinforming you about something as simple as the functionality of an AAD. More importantly I would be concerned about what other maintenance issues at that dropzone have been ignored. Is the plane airworthy, etc? If your concern is about safety, that is not the dropzone for you.

I just got a new Viso II also. I must be missing something when I read through the manual. How do you tell your Viso that you are removing the pilot chute from the BOC, i.e. pull?

That is technically impossible. GPS is based on signals sent to the device at exactly 1 sec increments. Think atomic clock measurements. That is how the device works.

Its good that you are trying to design something to help improve skydiving. That is how advancements are made. However, you come off as having a solution in search of a problem!! This is exactly why so many businesses fail in the first year. You need to do market research (and maybe that is what you are trying to do here). IMO, DZ.com is not the place to do it. You will not get a lot of serious answers like you would if you were talking to people in person at an actual DZ. The question I have for you is, "Are you trying to design something for a class project or are you thinking that this design could be sold to the public?" If you are designing for a class project, build anything you want - whether it is useful or not. It doesn't matter. Although to go to market, takes a completely different level. There has to be a demand for such a device. You have to price it such that people will buy it. When you get out of school, you will learn that price has just about as much importance as design when designing a widget. And don't even think you can sell prototype material. The amount of money to design and build a prototype will exceed what someone is willing to pay by 100 fold. And you have to have good service after the sale. So what would I like to see in an altimeter? Go out and purchase a Neptune. Use that as a good start. Add in a GPS logger that would download to a computer via IrDA. Add a feature where the device TURNS OFF when not in use (save on battery power). Power the device using super-capacitors. Charge the caps using induction (no physical connection). And don't make it significantly larger/heavier than the current Neptune. There is a design problem for you. Notice that I didn't say anything about extra modes of communication (audible, etc). Those in my opinion are worthless. Designing any type of communication device (that works) will take more than your budget (both time and money) can handle. Unless you are willing to spend $250,000 on it.

You forgot a couple... If a conservative is a pedophile, he becomes a catholic priest. If a conservative doesn't believe in abortion, he wants to ban it for everyone. If a conservative sees someone who doesn't believe in his god, he wants to convert that person, or kill them in the name of his god, in the name of security, or just good common practice...

Nice... And since I voted for you (twice), I can assume that you will take me with you guys if you win.

Maybe you could tell us what you would get if you won?

The first new otter off the production line and it's not even used for skydiving? PTTTH, let us know when the first one is sold to a DZ. Now that will be news.

You mean you still have grass? All I see in my yard is this brown dead stuff which I think used to be grass/weeds.

I voted even though it showed you doing sit flying and not doing 4-way.