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  1. it is because the head of the student should be just below pilot's head level instead to be so low with Sigma passenger tandem, the reason why it is so low it is because the UPT tandem passenger harness is NOT a good one, it does not hold the top of the body in freefall (except by snaps) and it already put pressure on pilot's chest, I fixed both issues as you can see in the picture

  4. According to some correspondence with the folks at Wings, it is not Eric's system.
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    Sorry Jerry, but I can definetly tell : watching the "Boost packing instruction" this is my design, there are many différents ways to realize the interlock but the Boost system falls Under my patent, for the same reason in the past I already forced Mirage to not use the DRX without an agreement and I will do the same with Wings...I am not very happy with manufacturers using other people ideas to make buisness with it...I would rather recommand them to do it with someone else !

  5. you are right....
    I specially changed my mind for Tandem rides….I think it is a lesser evil in Tandem, specially with the Tandem reactive canopies coming in the market.The MARD put pretty much the reserve right where the main just was (of course if you cutaway with the main still in the bag, this last one will probably hit the just inflated reserve but without big damage on videos I have done so far) .The MARD help to yield beautifully straight and even line groups at line stretch.With a simple RSL, a pilot chute always deploys your reserve with the relative wind. This becomes a very important difference when the pair breakaway from a spinning malfunction. Without the MARD, the pair must "be stable" at the reserve opening time, this is a situation you are not sure to occur in a tandem configuration with the stress of cutting away, a chance the pilot does not grab the passenger legs like it is asked in the books….and the possibility the pilot chute does not work properly (burble or delay), while the pair tries to align bodies into the relative wind to make it is safe to deploy the reserve, without an angle to they do not risk entanglement with the deploying reserve, or having "unequal" reserve line lengths at line stretch, risking a spinning reserve opening with line twists. Even if with a spinning main malfunction due to reactive new canopies, you still have a chance to rotate under the reserve with a MARD, at the end I think the MARD is worth for tandem use only…

  7. ***The CYPRES cutter location seems to be the issue here not the top flap design.

    Because of my job, I have been experimenting rigs with the top reserve flap tucked down into a pouch on the reserve bottom flap like it is common on most of the rigs nowadays, the top flap did not come out of the pouch so the container did not open because many reasons.
    All I can say, I have had all these several rigs (from the same company) with tuck-down flaps total when bench tested with an AAD cutter located on top of reserve PC or even when the ripcord was pulled out.
    It did not stay close for ever, but for several seconds, and when the PC finally went through, it did not have enough power to launch properly without causing a severe delay to the reserve deployment.

  9. I am very interested to know , where did you find this picture ? ! so far in France, we believed that Leo Valentin was the first one to use rigid wings in the years 50..do we have any testimony from some russian jumpers who were withness from the jump ?
    I have to say that we do not know much about russian parachute history..

  13. in the past because a bad angle for the wires in between the control unit and the processing unit, was one reason it could happen that the Cypres had problem to turn on, it is a reason why Rigging Innovations did not permit the control unit on the front of the rig. and a reason why the Student Cypres has a longer wire.

  17. This safety note involves only some Vigil cutter from March 2007 => the ones of which the cutter hole makes an oval in the width ( noticed Incorrect in the safety bulletin) instead the cutter hole makes an oval in the length of the cutter body ( noticed Correct).
    the Vigil from february 2007 and before, are not concerned, neither the ones from April and after april 2007

  19. FWIW, actually it was a rigger in Georgia, Perry Thibedeau. The sides of the heavy-duty freebag were exposed with the "closed" reserve container.

    Mike
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    Thanks a lot for giving back the name of the real inventor to the skydiving world and sorry for my mistake

  20. Right now I think the only problem with that idea in this country is that it is a foreign idea. Now if a yankee came up with it .

    =>you are right, the idea comes from the US, some rigger from Alabama initiated the idea and published the design in the skydiving magazine circa mid-90, the only thing this french manufacturer did was to copy the idea and patent it under his own name

  21. On the 18th and 19th of January 2007, I replied on this forum to a question I was asked about the reliability of the Vigil security system device.

    The opinion that I gave only committed myself and, in no way, the French Skydiving Federation.

    There actually were two accidents that occured in France. However, an investigation was opened by the Federation and, for the time being, it is not available insofar as it is still in progress.

    Naturally, I only gave my own mind and only talked of cases that I knew.

    A legal action being brought against me by the company producing the system security device in question, I am posting this new message with a view to appeasement and conciliation.

    Once again, let me call your attention on the fact that I only aimed at cases that I knew, and only in my own name.

    I had specified within these messages that the company agreed with certain points, but that it questioned other ones. Consequently, awaiting the results of the investigation, I invite you to consider that the messages in question only committed myself and not to draw hasty conclusions.

  22. I also want to bring my own brick to the wall, I have been dealing since over 25 years with L&B people, and I can say that I have never seen a skydiving company treating his customers so well; they deserve all the compliments...

  23. Has anyone found a good heat shrink tubing that works for this? Are you using a 3-1 or a 4-1?

    After asking UPT, they said that the 1/4 inch clear shrink wrap goes over the the 1/2 inch washer ( by putting the washer flat and squeezing the shrink wrap). to answer your question I found a very good clear shrink wrap, I use a 4-1 it comes in 12 mm = 1/2 inch or a 8 mm = 0.31 inch but the seller is located .........in France

  25. The reason has nothing to see with the pins release order ..
    I was wondering the same question about 2 months ago I have been asking the manufacturer about the reason why ?
    the only reason is to avoid the pin to rotate inside the cover pin , PdF found out that on smallest containers by putting the right pin above the left one, both pins stays flat better..