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  2. I believe that there is no proper position. Just like with everything else, you ask 10 people, you will get 8 different answers.

    I personally catch the risers. Other people will tell you don't do this because you can get fingers caught or whatever. But I'm willing to accept that risk. I do it because I believe that it (for me) eliminates any chance for line twists. I keep the risers apart so I get turned with the canopy. No chance for the canopy to twist faster than me and spin up the lines.

    Your build/canopy choice/experience will be different than mine so it may not work for you, but it has worked for me.

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    Do you really think that is a valid distinction?

    Lock the reserve container closed = 1 dead person.

    Bring down the plane? Depends on the plane, but it seems to me that the number pretty much starts at 2.



    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.

  8. 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.

  12. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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. :ph34r:

    Plus TAS corresponds to everyone else's speed readings (Neptune, etc).

  16. 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......[:/]

  18. +1

    From the Cypress 2 users guide:
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    If the unit enters 6 months before maintenance due date, the maintenance date (next maint. in month / year) will automatically be shown at each selftest. 6 months after the due date the display will change to: ‘next maint. now’.



    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.

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    splitting the time between when you pull and when your actually under a fully inflated canopy



    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?

  21. 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. :ph34r:

    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.

  22. 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...