TreeRat

when the poorist man has a roof over his head..... when the last hungry child is feed...... when a man wont die for the words he said........ then shall we be free...... untill that day there is no law that will protect any of us

I'm sure there has been changes made ..... but as many riggers from my area and as an old DZM The wings where referred to as the dump your shoulder before deploying reserve rig .... I base my opinion on the older models i seen and watched popped and after all this is just my opinion

I have 2400 jumps on a wings 2800 total and 3 reserve rides on the same rig ... guess i have no idea what I'm talking about.... Glade you have it worked out

to mjosparky: a manufacturer would never say there rigs have weak points . untill you see or ride a reserve from a wings you wont understand ..... i have an older wings around the 2000 model ..... and never has it launched past 4 foot

as a S&TA .....IMHO yes you need experience in every part of skydiving to give advice to others in matters of safety and trainning..... how could i tell you what you need if i my self don't know....

yes in most cases the spring strength has allot to do with it ......take your talon one of the strongest springs it will bloody your nose if the closing loop breaks on repack......

Been flying a wings for years and have had to blaze the reserve a couple times.........don't take this wrong i like my wings but.......every one knows the wings and the javelin have the worlds weakest reserve springs..... take that for what its worth!

trying to do alittle reserch on what a drop zone is covered under ........ is a dropzone covered under part 91 thus we don't have to go by the TBO of an aircraft?

Looks to me to be an early attempt to stop the oscillation problem of the typical military round

happy holidays from the usa

lets them all fail, sorry if its your job but if my business go's under i wont see any gov come running to my aid,

I have been in contact with Douglas S. Smith
Chicagoland Skydiving Center in Hinckley, IL.
It's not skyride and from what he has told me he might have a good idea time will tell

wtf is this? is it another sky-ride attempt to make money on official drop zones?

O just friggin great, why did i read your post then watch the video...now i need to listen to some kid rock or something to flush that out of my head