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I have a little metal one with two tiny screws that hold the blade in place. I pulled it out while I was waiting for the plane to come down one day and saw one screw had fallen out making it useless. Haven't had to use it though

I have a Pilot 168 with a 200 reserve. Main and reserve don't have to be the same size (68 sq ft is probably a bit too big of a difference), but obviously you need to be proficient with both sizes/wing loadings. A 120 canopy is considered by a lot of people to be in the high performance category even for very light people. As always, talk with some instructors at your DZ before you invest in any gear.

I had always thought most if not all canopies have them. My Pilot has does.

I hope that one day we can attain that goal of reaching terminal velocity ;)

Here's another vote for Elsinore.

People fear what they don't understand. I think what would help out a lot is if you reviewed the specifics of how a rig works with an instructor. Once you understand it inside and out, some stress about jumping should be relieved. If you're 100% confident in your gear, you should at least feel safe when thinking about your next jump.

You can disagree with Obama. Just do it in one thread. Don't be a fag and start ten.

That's been my take on things. If he does exist and is as the bible paints him, I'd much rather spend eternity in hell. I won't be intimidated into bowing down to a sadistic narcissist, call me proud but that's just not an option. Yet the whole Satan entity gets all the grief when someone is suffering. It'd be quite easy to flip it around and paint Satan as a good guy and God as the mean enemy. I'm not big into following people who require one to have faith and blindly follow. Sounds like a used car salesman or a pyramid scheme. Well here we are again. May I assume you would paint Satan as the good guy because with him there isn't really much guilt for doing the things you want? If so, I can obviously see how so many would be into that. To me, he is like a crappy parent that isn't around much and lets his kids do whatever. On the other hand, to me, God is an awesome father that has the big picture in mind and is trying to grow a mature and complete adult. Whether or not you're a dad, I can't imagine you would think it smart to give your kid anything they want whenever they ask.

A - This thread is entirely about blaming God. B - Killing and slaughtering innocent people wouldn't make you stronger since the hardship wouldn't be on you. If everyone loved their neighbor as they love themself as I believe God wants, this world would be excellent. It's the horrible people on this planet that make it awful.

When you have a very short term scope, like the majority of us do, so many things seem just awful. But when you broaden that scope to an eternal perspective, things change quite a bit. I don't blame God for the 'bad' things that happen in my life, but rather try to look at them as He might. Hardships, as awful as they may be, develop us and grow us into stronger people (if we are fortunate enough to live through them). The testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Let me turn that second paragraph around. What would you say of a world who lets people starve to death even though the Father provides plenty of food to go around and more than enough means to deliver that food to the starving? I believe that God wants us to be as charitable as we can afford. If He gives us the means, but we do nothing about it how could we blame Him?

Ya your right, the kid lived to to the ripe old age of two. So what is the age where it is ok for people to die and not say God is a dick for causing it? Or is God a dick even when the oldest person in the world dies?

It would be pretty awful if God loving us meant that everyone stayed alive forever. This place would be pretty crowded. I say you have a horrile perception of love.

Ohhhh yeah boy did I misread that

Yeah, Mirage sells them at least in their G4. They call them "Armored Risers." They just put the same steel cable housing that is used for reserve cables up in the risers. http://www.miragesys.com/products/mirage-g4/armored-risers/

Well we've got one of the best riggers in the sport right in the bay area - Mr. Pete Swan. Also in the bay area is Ed Pawlowski (www.westcoastwingsuits.com). Fantastic guy with tons of experience.

I like that idea... I like it a lot. The welfare state of mind must be removed at all costs.... no work.. no pay. It is goat fuck stupid to pay stupid women to have babies who will also be supid fucks. They need to set up group day care so they all can work at SOMETHING and instill some pride in earning a paycheck.. not sitting on their ass all day waiting for their next baby daddy to show up so they can get a pay raise in 9 months First paragraph = intelligent. Second paragraph = the rant of a bumbling idiot. It sounds like you knocked someone up and are pissed that you have to pay for the kid now

So what I think I'm learning from this thread is the liberal viewpoint is that even though the government is giving away tax money to people for doing absolutely nothing, we can't put any limitations on it and that they deserve the money. Occasionally, in a movie, I'll root for the bad guy to get away. But it seems like liberals are encouraging welfare recipients to get away with as much as possible. The thing I don't get is that it's not just conservative money. Both the left, right, and center are paying for this.

Well said

I'm 100% down with a food stamp-type program where recipients can only spend it on certain things. I'm not a fan of how the government just write you a check and you can do whatever you want with it. I couldn't agree more If you think our government is capable of handling that, you are high and therefore not eligible for welfare.

Yeah, so for every criminal out there, we should just start paying their bills and give them some extra spending cash so they stop stealing.

Smoking and drinking and eating are legal. Doing something about the welfare problem is better than sitting and watching it happen. This probably isn't the best way of dealing with it, but it's a start.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/02/florida.drug.tests.welfare/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 "A controversial law requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening has gone into effect in Florida. Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott signed the legislation in June." As much as I dislike the government getting all up in our business, I'm cool with this

My Pilot gives me about those results. If I have an off heading opening it's generally because of a quick pack job. I like a snug opening, and I can pack it to open in about 500-750.

I have 300 jumps on a Pilot and have had fantastic openings. The opening speed can be very easily adjusted when you pack it. Anywhere from firm (how I like it) to a pretty decent snivel. I have about 10 jumps with a Safire2 and they're known for snivelling. Someone that started jumping about the same time as me bought one because of the long opening time. The Safire has soft/long openings and a good flare but is pretty boring to fly. The Pilot is a lot of fun even at 1.3

Yeah Elsinore is pretty awesome