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  1. mcordell

    so was I the only one that got a message saying there are several chris donovans out there and that you guys have the wrong one? I'm confused. If I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt I need clarification. He also assured me he has been jumping since the 70s soooooo.........?



    Yet again, using common sense alone :

    Name matches
    Location matches
    If we are to believe that he did in fact pay for an FJC at PI, then age matches as well (PI seized existence in 1981ish, so this makes him at least 32 years older now then when he bought the ticket).
    Even attitude matches, although that is my highly subjective opinion

    So, ask yourself - what are the chances of two Chris Donovans doing something skydiving related around Boston area and then coming onto dz.com forums and spewing skydiving and Pepperell/Orage related crap ?

    Not convinced ? In that case, how come this ChrisD character has already altered his dz.com profile with different gear info and name, and removed his personal email address ?

    Too many coincidences for this to be a simple case of mistaken identity.

  2. feuergnom

    ******... and this place can be a source of valuable information. The key is to have a strong set of filters in place, and to hang here long enough to figure out the reputation of the people who post here to know whether or not they are credible. And to pay attention to how something that is said is responded to by others of high reputation...



    Well put. I'm so happy to see you post that, and I emphasized your points that I feel strongly about. Most of the skydivers that think that dz.com forums are all BS simply don't put enough effort into it. Yet they will spend a lot of time on Facebook learning nothing from their Friends (often meaningless) posts.


    and that is exactly the point! you have to spend an awfull amount of time to sift through tons of BS just to get the noise-signal-ratio somehow in balance. which is very annoying most of the time and if bloated egos and madeup personas come into play it gets even worse. and I think this phenomenon has gotten worse over the years....
    in this context I am more than happy, that I was not alone in thinking something smelled funny and that sparky made the call to create this thread... actually that should have been done by the greenies a long time ago

    May I disagree with you ?

    SNR is a valid point to make, however, one should always be using their brains instead of taking random statements as facts.

    In other words, face to face can be just as invalid as dz.com. There are always authority types who have a large ego, a small dick, and an even smaller expertise - yet they speak the loudest and the most assertive.

    So - one should think logically about the information presented, and then go to a verified/credible knowledge maven and confirm the information. Or they can just do the whole "dz.com sucks" on Facebook and exchange dick jokes along with an occasional "safe-ish" style comment. RAAAAd, DUDE !

  3. maxroper

    I do agree with a lot of your points, but if you had an old crappy rig that you could rent out and make some extra cash, it might be worth it?

    I was thinking more for traveling it could be useful. If you want to do a backpack trip through europe and could rent a rig from someone living there, could potentially work.

    Thanks so much! :)



    My point is that the "rent a wreck" concept doesn't work with skydiving gear. This shit can kill you in a heartbeat.

    Treat what I said as one of many opinions you will get on this. Then vote with your money.

  4. It won't work. Or to be more correct, you would have to charge an insanely high fee in order for it to be financially worth it - and that means you won't have any customers.

    Who rents gear - mostly people of low experience and/or currency.
    How do they often land - on their ass/tumbling.
    What does it take to clean up a rig PROPERLY - a full disassembly, wash, and an inspection repack ($100+ for the whole shabang).
    What kind of gear are owners willing to lend to such operations - crappy old Vector2's with PD F111 mains.
    Who wants to rent such gear for exuberant amounts of $$$ - NO ONE.

    Just figure that you would give up after 6 months, so forget about it, and go buy yourself a $5K worth of hookers and blow, and I PROMISE you, you will come out ahead.

  5. wmw999

    Yep, it's high in the BFD, don't let it take space in your brain department.

    Remember that no one reads posts that are that long anyway, so it's unlikely he's led too many people astray :)

    Wendy P.



    Be is as it may, it's still infuriating to listen to someone spew garbage on unsuspecting public.

    Internet is a wonderful thing, but it gives people a false sense of expertise :)

  8. ChrisD


    ...

    I did in fact ask a question of a business man:

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    I would imagine if every buyer of equipment wanted to run it by their own rigger, that would really cramp your sales???



    This is a discussion forum, you can answere the question or once again ignore it by name calling. ?

    Your choice.

    ...



    You asked a rhetorical question. And naturally, no shit, if one's sales cycle is slown down, it naturally cramps their sales.

    Riddle me this, oh great one : If every single skydiving gear related sale has to go through a middle man, who would you broker your ChutingStar purchases through ? What about your ParaGear orders ? What about Square1 orders ?

    Anyways, bringing this back to scope : Just because YOU think an ad is a scam, doesn't make it a scam.

    We may be a nation that likes to hold peoples' hands and protect them from themselves, but let's leave logic and reasoning an open, personal choice, shall we ?

  9. ChrisD

    ***Please stop selling your opinions as facts. They aren't...



    If I have said something that is incorrect feel free to improve upon what I have said.

    Other than that perhaps many should know you do a thriving business on e-bay.

    Bypassing other riggers and selling equipment that you alone have given your stamp of approval.

    I would imagine if every buyer of equipment wanted to run it by their own rigger, that would really cramp your sales???

    That's a question?

    C

    I think the kid has a valid point wanting to protect other jumpers. He took the time to post the ad, and quite frankly I agree that it smells. No harm in checking serial numbers, which are missing in this Craig's listing.

    Is it your ad?

    I will say that yo have a great e-bay rating however:


    http://www.ebay.com/usr/likestojump .

    This thread is not about me, but rather about an ad that someone thought may have been for stolen gear. Your came in in started (as usual) passing off your unsubstantiated opinions as novels.

    Let me rebuke a few of your points :
    * Check out the ads in classifieds on this site, majority are missing serials as well. I doubt most are stolen.
    * I cannot improve on what you have said incorrectly, as I would just be improving something that is still wrong.
    * "That's a question? " <--- I thought long and hard, and I agree, that is a question. However I fail to answer it. Sorry.

    You are welcome to discuss me in a separate thread, but I doubt you will do much aside from boosting my sales.

    anyways, please see my schema of your past posts :


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    ...ChrisD
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  13. yoink

    I'd call Sqaure one and ask them to hold it for you for a day, then I'd call PD and ask them.



    You crack me up. No one is going to hold anything for anyone for a day. It doesn't happen. However, I am sure the reserve will be in stock for a bit, as 281 isn't exactly a high-demand size.

    On another note - I urge people to do their research, not seek handouts. A simple read of the manual or the forums will tell you that PD has no life limit imposed, and needs to go back to the factory after 40 repacks or 25 rides, whichever comes first.

    And for the love of all things nylon, please stop remembering the so vague and phantom 20 year rule. Stateside, it's a lot more of a folklore and personal preference of some crusty or myopic rigger, rather than anything that is written as a rule of law.

    Rigga, pah-leeze.

  15. Before everyone goes and blames the assembling rigger, the picture of the bag shown obviously not been assembled. The rubberband loops are not even set, so they never had a rubberband attached to them.

    I am not saying that it's ok not to notice something like that, but I totally see how one may overlook this non-lifethreateting part of the bag when only packing the reserve. All you rightous riggers, where on your assembly/checklist is the item "check that number of rubberband stows on the main d-bag matches the number of grommets" ???? This is an item that is likely to be missed until you are actually packing the main into the bag and attempting to close it.

    You want your riggers to get diligent into the nitty-gritty and count stitches ? Surely you don't expect that for $50, do you ?

  17. justinbaker27

    So would my 295 exit weight on a 280 square foot canopy after I get my A license in a few weeks be a problem? I think that puts me at .95 or around there... Again I'm very new. To be honest I'm just glad you guys aren't giving me a hard time about buying "my own" & "new" equipment so fast. A few people at the DZ told me it's crazy to not buy used..... (Because a huge guy like me has a lot of options I guess.....)



    Wingloading is lbs/sq ft, right ?
    so 295lbs/280sq ft = 1.05 WL

    As far as your ability to land that - that's strictly up to your instructors to judge.
    You may be an experienced paraglider
    You may be a lard-ass with no muscles
    You may be jumping in an area which is always windy
    You may be landing at 6500ft MSL

    All those things make a very big difference.

  18. Di0

    ***

    Nonsense.


    To the OP - sounds like you're on the right track to me. :)
    Definitely stick with 280 or larger for both the main and reserve. At your size you need to factor in at least 30lbs for the weight of your gear, putting you a touch over 1:1.

    another canopy option might be the Icarus Eqinox.



    That was my experience, it doesn't have to make sense. :)
    Anyway, beside that, the point was: as long as you stay between 0.8 and 1, you should be fine. Of course you don't want to go above 1 for obvious reasons, but I was also saying that going too low might also have some adverse effects, for what I experienced. It has to be "right".

    I have a dozen jumps on NAV300's and 280's all loaded well below .8 and I second the notion that you are not making sense.

    I am betting you are relating your student/low time lack of experience to the canopies performance. In other words your are saying that your guitar is shitty, as opposed to admitting that you are a crappy musician.

  19. corpkid

    First jump went great and had a nice soft opening under a 280 student rig. Great comfortable ride down.

    Second jump, not so much. I yanked the pilot out and about 2 seconds later it felt like my legs were going to be severed. Hurt like hell and left a really nasty looking bruise on each side of my inner thighs.

    I'm just wondering, being a new diver how often does this happen and is there anything I can do to avoid it? I had really good body position and heading so I don't think it was anything I did? Hurt bad enough for me to ask here how to avoid it and I'm jumping tomorrow and am NOT looking forward to putting the rig on given how my crotch feels. LOL

    Thanks....



    The best way to have a higher chance of a better opening is to pack the canopy yourself. "No one loves you more than you".

  21. mcordell

    ************There is a 20 year shelf life on containers.



    Not true. Some manufacturers say that, and some riggers refuse to pack anything over 20 years old. But there are plenty of 20+ year old rigs out there that can be legally jumped.

    I don't mean to sound like I am completely nitpicking, but I am.

    Shelf life is not the same as service life.

    And as far as I know no civilian parachute manufacturer specifies shelf life - can someone please correct me if I am wrong ?

    The Military is the only one I know of that differentiate between “shelf” and "service" life. Civilian manufactures use DOM as a reference point.

    Sparky

    MAINTENANCE NOTES

    2 The following Maintenance Notes are to be observed:

    2.1 The life of the assembly is 15 years from date of manufacture subject to a critical inspection at 10 years.

    And that's from where?

    That's from a British GQ manual for a PEP. GQ does not manufacture civilian sport gear.

    next !

  22. SansSuit

    As long as we are on the subject ...

    Is there any issue with using different types of lines for the lowers? Say a rigger didn't have the Vectran. Could he use Dacron instead? (Not that he would, just hypothetical,)



    no issues at all. Germain used to have Spectra lines with vectran steering on his canopies for a bit, then went to all Vectran.

    some people prefer to change out the steering lines on the all-HMA Katanas to Vectran, etc, etc.

    I wouldn't recommend dacron for steering lines though, too bulky, and too high maintenance with no real benefit.

  23. Ron

    ***There is a 20 year shelf life on containers.



    Not true. Some manufacturers say that, and some riggers refuse to pack anything over 20 years old. But there are plenty of 20+ year old rigs out there that can be legally jumped.

    I don't mean to sound like I am completely nitpicking, but I am.

    Shelf life is not the same as service life.

    And as far as I know no civilian parachute manufacturer specifies shelf life - can someone please correct me if I am wrong ?