justinbuss

Rob, Try sending PISA an e-mail. They usually respond pretty quickly. You can find the addresses on their new web site or send mail to [email protected] J I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

Hans, icarus.co.za is actually the website for Icarus Airwear in Johannesburg, South Africa. Icarus make jumpsuits and various skydiving accessories and they also have a shop where you can get all manner of skydive related stuff, but they are only agents (resellers) of PISA. PISA is a completely different company based in Durban, Sount Africa. If you need to get hold of PISA, you can send e-mail to [email protected] but as far as I know they do not have a website of their own. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

Great. Stock risers it is then. I'll try the trips at a later stage once I'm used to how the canopy flies with the stock. thanks Bill I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

My sediment exactly I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

That's the kind of thing I wanted to hear, not all the bullsit about packing. I pack my own shit, and I don't care if it takes an extra five seconds to set the brakes. If there's no great advantage, then fine, I'll use the stock risers till I know the canopy well enough to try the trips. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

ROTFLOL. You crack me up Lisa. Good advice though.

Since I will be packing myself that's not one of my biggest concerns. I'll know what to do with them when packing, I am just not too sure about what to do with them when flying I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

SEVEN I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

I know that with higher performance canopies and/or canopies with higher wingloadings you can steer the canopy using leg movement. Am I correct in assuming that this is possible because the legstrap is pulled forward when you lift the leg, thus pulling the back riser down and has the same effect as a subtle rear-riser turn? How exactly does this work? Also, does this still hold true for articulated harnesses (with the hip rings)? Justin I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

OK, I have read all the posts I could find on these forums about triple risers. Their advantages over regular risers, their disadvantages etc. etc. But I have yet to find anybody post an opinion about whether or not they are suitable for low-time jumpers. I currently have 35 jumps. I recently ordered a new harness/container and reserve, but wanted to start off with a second-hand main untill I had enough experience to downsize. I found a Hornet 190 which is exactly right for me (correct wingloading according to my instructors and has great reviews etc.). The thing is that the guy selling it has trip-risers on it and is selling them with the canopy. I just want to know if I should use those risers or stick with the ones that come with the harness/container. Any advice or random musings appreciated. Justin I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

I think Wings is a good choice, but if price is such a big concern then perhaps you should have a look at the VortexII from ChuteShop in South Africa. Their prices recently went up a bit, but I think they might still beat the Wings. Also according to my rigger they're reasonably easy to pack. As far as comfort goes, the Vortex is the most comfortable rig I have ever fitted ... bar none. Just my .02 I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

Mind telling us who's who in that pic bill? I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - Dave Matthews Band

Would it be possible to make it more obvious when there is an attachment to a post. Perhaps add one of them paperclip icons to the post? I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

Would it be possible to make it more obvious when there is an attachment to a post. Perhaps add one of them paperclip icons to the post? I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

You're right, though. If that was my rig I'd blow a friggin gasket. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

What you see there is the rig hits the floor during the spin and then the freebag comes out it's container. They didn't throw it on the floor. If it had come out any other time during the spin it would have hit the floor in the same way. Actually, according to John Sherman of JumpShack they were aware of the problem on that make of rig so they filmed it when it came in for a repack so that they could have it on tape ...that's all. Nothing too suspicious. The suspicious thing is that they don't have anything on the JumpShack website saying what the video is about or what they are trying to prove. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

Can't provide much more detail. Yes, they did use a tandem main closing loop, but that's not really my concern. I just wanted to know if I (as someone who knows nothing about packing reserves) could check my rig once the reserve has been repacked for signs that may indicate that the job was done correctly. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

Sorry Rob, but I have to disagree on that point. I don't want to open a discussion that has been thrashed to death, but if you look at how the video starts, then you see that the rig is first layed flat on the ground and the bridal pulled. The rig lifts off the floor! If there wasn't anything wrong with the rig, then the bridal should have extracted the freebag before the rig lifted. Agreed? Also, you're not always going to be fortunate enough to be stable when deploying your reserve. the bridal and pilot chute could theoretically come out at ANY angle. If you're falling feet-first and can't get belly-to-earth for whatever reason, then the bridal could be pulling at the freebag at exactly the same angle as in that video. Right? I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

I'm not sure about the Mindwarp, but I had a TimeOut in a Piranaz helmet. The Piranaz has a space next to the right ear specifically designed to hold two audibles, but the timeout was VERY uncomfortable in there. It's quite a lot thicker than the Dytter, so it ends up pressing pretty hard against your ear. My helmet fits me pretty snugly to start with, so by the time I took the thing off on the ground the timeout had made my ear pretty sore. As I said, I don't know much about the mindwarp, but know the timeout is a good audible with a fat profile. If I were you, I'd have a jump or two with the timeout in the Mindwarp and see for myself how it felt. Just my .02 ========================== For those who are wondering, the Piranaz helmet is an open-faced helmet that is specifically made for skydiving (freefly) that is manufactured in SA and apparently soon to be available for export. It has space for two audibles on the inside next to the right ear. It's an awesome helmet and well worth checking out if you ever get an opportunity. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

OK, I was reading the thread about the Vector 3 Micron in the Freefly forum and saw this post. The video got me spooked, so I sent an e-mail to JumpShack and asked what the circumstances were surrounding that rig. I got this reply from John Sherman: I don't have a rig handy that I can try this on (don't yet own my own), so I was hoping someone on here could tell me what difference the Tuck Tabs make, and how they prevent the reserve freebag from leaving the container (as apparently happens in this case). If I'm missing the plot feel free to help me right. I find sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else. - DMB

Ok, there's a story on our DZ that one of our members had a mal at a different DZ (he jumps a Vortex). He had the reserve repacked at that DZ. When it came time to repack that reserve, his regular rigger pulled the pin and nothing came out. The rigger peeled one flap open. Still nothing. He peeled the next flap open. Still nothing. When he peeled the third flap open the pilot chute finally popped out. On inspecting the closing loop, it was discovered that the guy who packed the reserve after the mal had used a tandem closing-loop, and this had caused the problem. Now, what I'd like to know is if there is some way of knowing or checking if the reserve pack-job on my rig will work. Does it just boil down to using good riggers and trusting their handy-work? How do you find out if a rigger is good? How do you know to trust them or not? Sometimes it's easy to be myself. Sometimes it's better to be somebody else.

Yeah, Most packing instructions I've seen show the bridle inside, but I've been watching the more experienced jumpers at my home DZ pack and more than half of them have the bridle outside, and they all have their reasons. I must be lonely ... all the faces around me are ugly

OK, there's something I've been wondering about for some time, and for each skydiver I ask I get a new reason for their preference. I was just wondering what the consensus on DZ.com was. The question is: When you pack the Pilot Chute in the BOC pouch, do you place the bridle inside the PC and leave very little bridle exposed before folding it and placing it into the BOC pouch, or do you place the bridle outside the folded PC and s-fold it into the BOC pouch? Why? Answer the poll, then reply to the post and tell me what your choice was and what your reason is. For BOC, do you place the bridle inside the PC or outside? Folded inside PC Folded outside the PC I must be lonely ... all the faces around me are ugly

Was that the bitch or the sky talking? I must be lonely ... all the faces around me are ugly

No shit, there I was ... I was doing one of my final tests for PASA CatI and having it filmed by the jumpMaster. I completed the test, checked my alti, thought I was a bit high, gave it a few seconds checked again looked about right, and deployed. When I landed, a rather irate JM rushed up to me and asked why the hell I dumped so low! Apparently I deployed at 2000 but as a student I'm supposed to deploy at 4000 and be open by 3500. My altitude awareness was non existant on that jump. My CI has suggested that I invest some jump money in an Audible, and that I work hard on my altitude awareness. Thank goodness he didn't ground me. So now I need some advice from y'all. I have been told that I can get a time-out or a dytter rather cheap from some dude at the DZ, or I can get a ProDytter or a ProTrack from a local supplier. What do you recommend I spend my cash on? What are the benefits of one type of audible over any other? What would you recommend I get? I must be lonely ... all the faces around me are ugly