highspeeddirt

back in the 80's, i used to make risers for ParFlite.I believe the standard length at the time was 21''. I was wondering if there is a modern day standard length ?

UPDATE--- 8/25/16---- called the guy yesterday to see if he still had the machine. He took it to a sewing machine shop in Sylmar. They told him it needed parts and it would cost more than the machine was worth, and so he opted not to have it repaired.He says i can have the machine for free if i go and pick it up.Any thoughts?

it is also interesting to note that when the first square reserve(safety flyer by Para Flite) came out, you legally had to have a square reserve rigger rating (administered by USPA). some riggers (with the rating)starting charging double or triple to pack one.

ALL nylon reinforcing tape will shrink after getting wet. the only exceptions are: preshrunk , pcd boiloff , or dyed tape

thanks guys..

went to look at it yesterday.it's in great shape, not much visible wear. but the thing is locked up. i am mostly familiar with singer bar tackers . this juki is much more complex.

as i understand it,Jalbert conceived the Ram air as a kite, not a parachute. just sayin.....

i have a chance to buy this machine for $200 . seller sez needs adjustment / timing. how difficult are these machines to time.?

how long is the lanyard from the pud to the pin?

have any riggers here had to replace the timing belt on a 212g440 ? the manual sez to remove the 2 screws from the handwheel, and thats it. but there is what appears to be a bolt that runs thru the pulley into the upper shaft. does this need to come out too? manual doesnt say. also , the bolt has a triangle head on it. anyone know where i can get a screw driver to remove it? looks to be 3 mm

Thanks gb1. you mite want to hook up with Gene Roether. he was the guy who built all the bags, and container, and snake skins in the shop early on.I think he is still in Wisconsin

the snake skin was attached to the pilotchute end of the reefing line, NOT the canopy. Also, the first batch of canopies were the red/white beechnut canopies. a good number of them had built in turns.They were built by ILC STEINTHAL

snake skin was approx 36'' long. # 4 grommet in the bottom end, 2 ea #0 grommets in the top. the reason for the snakeskin was that sometimes the bag flew up the reefing line after the canopy came out and covered the pilotchute(something i discovered observing from the ground w/ binoculars during the early development of the Strato Star)

does the release handle get TSO'd?

"back in the day' this was probably as controversial as pilotchute vs no pilotchute on the reserve.At our drop zone (Ripcord Para Center in NJ)i recall seeing 3 manual deployments of reserves under a P.C.(no cut away). 2 were not successful, tho there were no injuries.all the others cutaway and deployed their reserves successfully

just a note of interest..... the first square reserve was Para Flite's "safety flyer''. we shipped the first one the friday prior to labor day weekend 1978. by the way it was hand delivered by Fang Fenimore to Jim D'Allario at the Herd boogie. He ended up using it that weekend and actually became the first Square reserve "save"

any one have info on why the cypres was designed with a 750 ft firing altitude, instead of what used to considered the "norm" of 1000 ft?

check ebay seller caliemtgrl. they are a friend of Lyle Cameron Jr. and selling tons of old skydiver mags. says they have boxes of mags that belonged their dad that they havent gone tru yet. mite be worth a shot

Beer has food value, but food has no beer value.

does it make any real difference if the grommet in a pair of type 8 risers is a #0 stainless or a #2 stainless?

no problem

there is a seller on ebay that has this tape, 2''natural preshrunk nylon MIL T 5608. $14.99 for 100 yards. seller is mil-std-883

it is known as an FAA PMA(Parts Manufacturing Authorization). it was required for reserves to be modified(legally). By the way the very first PMA for modifying a reserve was obtained by The Chute Shop(later known as north american aerodynamics) NOTE: this was an after market mod if you will. the very first steerable reserve(TSO"D) was the Security 26' LoPo

ESPN is showing "the angry sky" on thursday july 30 at 8 pm e.t. it is the story of Nick and his 3 unsucessful attempts to break Kittinger's high altitude record.

i am looking to buy an old Para flite XL Cloud. anyone ?