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  • Main Canopy Size
    97
  • Main Canopy Other
    CF Storm
  • Reserve Canopy Size
    170
  • AAD
    Cypres 2

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    Anywhere
  • License
    D
  • License Number
    28525
  • Licensing Organization
    USPA
  • Number of Jumps
    5000
  • Years in Sport
    17
  • First Choice Discipline
    CReW
  • First Choice Discipline Jump Total
    1500
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Formation Skydiving
  • Second Choice Discipline Jump Total
    2500

Ratings and Rigging

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    Instructor
  • Tandem
    Instructor
  • USPA Coach
    Yes
  • Pro Rating
    Yes
  • Rigging Back
    Master Rigger
  • Rigging Chest
    Master Rigger
  • Rigging Seat
    Master Rigger
  1. It looks like a psycho pack without the flip/un-flip steps. Psycho packing used to be really popular, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.
  2. It's possible to put a binder on just about anything. I did binding on a Singer 20U by just taping a straight binder to the throat plate. It worked ok for basic stuff. Binding on a walking foot is a little tough. Professionally made binding setups use custom feet and feed dogs so that binder is placed very close to the needles. The movement of the walking foot limits how close you can get.
  3. Any decent supplier will send you small samples for free or a small fee.
  4. This guy home-built a CNC cutter for hot air balloon parts for about $3k: https://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2088
  5. I have a customer with a V348 built in '96 that has those stiffeners. Only one I've ever seen. I used to own a V344 from around the same and it didn't have them.
  6. I've chased another jumper's baglocked Lightning before. Even with spiraling until I was making myself sick, it landed when I was at ~4000 feet. For most of its descent I could only see it because it had a white pilotchute that stayed inflated the entire time. If the PC hadn't stayed inflated it would have made it to the ground even faster.
  7. I edited my post. I totally spaced on the webbing size even though I've made plenty of toggles. I should be 1".
  8. Edit: Disregard the dimension in the rest of this post. Even though I've made dozens of pairs of toggles I totally spaced on the webbing size. Usually 1/2" square weave, E thread, and #0 grommets. 5/8" will probably work fine if that is all you have, but if the eye on the brake line is already small you slightly increase the risk of it jamming. Check this out: http://paraloft.com/rt_velcro_toggles.html
  9. My team uses G9Xs to train for 2-way canopy formation. They work great.
  10. If you are going to go with the Hybrid Triathlon, make sure it is made with all dacron lines. The standard hybrid setup only has dacron center lines and microline everywhere else. The standard setup is more comfortable on the ankles if everything goes to plan, but is completely useless in a wrap where it matters.
  11. Personal opinion, but I don't like walking foot machines for canopy work. If I could only have one machine, I would keep my Bernina 217N. It's what a 20U wants to be when it grows up.
  12. psycho pack comes form "cycle pack" and is specifically talking about the narrowing technique, cycling from front to back, the back to front. I hate to pull the old guy skydiver card, but no. You are wrong. http://parachutistonline.com/safety_training/ask_a_rigger/psycho-pack
  13. You've got it backwards. The real difference between a psycho pack and a pro pack is rolling vs s-folding. The actual technique used to narrow the canopy isn't important to the final result, as long as the lines are maintained in the center of the pack job. The narrowing technique that a lot of people use for the psycho pack is just more convenient because you put the canopy on the ground "upside down".
  14. I have a long torso and a V309 and I wish I had gone with the longer container.
  15. How do you reconcile that with AC105-E? (I know, I know, an Advisory Circular isn't the reg. But if you can't rely on an AC to help interpret the regulations, you might as well not read them and the FAA might as well not publish them).