TheDonMan 0 #1 April 20, 2006 Ok some of you old timers in the sport. what do you feel the top 10 improvements are in skydiveing equipement. 1. the three ring release system. 2. the BOC 3. the ram air parachute. 4. the curved closing pin 5. cypres looking for more.... The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #2 April 20, 2006 airlocks,X-braces,RDS, wingsuits Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDonMan 0 #3 April 20, 2006 Whats RDS? The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #4 April 20, 2006 Removeable Deploment System used by pro-swoopers. You can remove PC, D-bag, slider after opening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDonMan 0 #5 April 20, 2006 QuoteRemoveable Deploment System used by pro-swoopers. You can remove PC, D-bag, slider after opening. Thanks. I knew that I have been up all night and Im not thinking straight. The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #6 April 20, 2006 Piggyback containers. Back in the day we had belly mounted reserves and backpack mains. You felt like a parachute sandwich. Ughh! Amazing that anybody stuck with the sport. .Tom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigger_john 0 #7 April 20, 2006 The free bag deployment system_________________________________________ Nullius in Verba Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #8 April 20, 2006 Other than some very high profile ones already mentioned: -Zero P and Spectra construction -The Sigma Tandem harness/container -The loop cutter AAD (CYPRES was the first) -The Skyhook RSL (newest on the scene) -Jumpsuits with bootiesArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbla4024 0 #9 April 20, 2006 What about: 1) risers 2) kill-line Fido Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #10 April 20, 2006 Am only guessing, but what about electronic quipment - GPS for spottign, Netpune and Protack etc etc? THey are quite useful so ive heard and offer more choice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDonMan 0 #11 April 20, 2006 QuoteAm only guessing, but what about electronic quipment - GPS for spottign, Netpune and Protack etc etc? THey are quite useful so ive heard and offer more choice. GPS and Neptune is not really about the rig, I'm looking for improvements on the rig The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbblood 0 #12 April 20, 2006 velcroless tuck tabs cut-in laterals hip rings chest rings deluxe back pads pull-out deployment I'm all about comfortable rigs.Blues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #13 April 20, 2006 -The Sigma Tandem harness/container >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Heck! Any tandem system! The invention of tandem allowed me to quit my day time job and make my living as a skydiving bum. Hallaluyah! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #14 April 20, 2006 Quotevelcroless tuck tabs cut-in laterals hip rings chest rings deluxe back pads pull-out deployment I'm all about comfortable rigs. if you want comfortable try a racer with NONE of your items... I'll add wind tunnel training and design of RW suits. rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #15 April 20, 2006 Miniature cameras, small enough to mount it all on one helmet. Trust me, my first freefall jumps with a video camera included a full-sized VCR strapped to my chest. Miniature cameras vastly increased the amount of marketing disseminated by DZs. Those marketing materials (video tapes) were disseminated by the best spokes men: average people who had just made their first skydive. All those thousands of enthusiastic junior jumpers told thousands of their friends, who came out to DZs to make a single tandem jump. All those thousands of one-time tandem students forced dropzone bums to quit their day time jobs to focus on tandems. Even more important, all those tandems forced DZOs to imcrease their lift capacity with turbines. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdfreefly 1 #16 April 20, 2006 Instead of BOC, I would say hand deployed pilot chute, some people use pull outs, and some even use *gasp* ROL!!!!! Methane Freefly - got stink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,365 #17 April 20, 2006 Re: tombuch Ding. Ding. Ding. We have a winner; no more calls. The original poster simply did not go 'far' enough back when asking. The piggyback made almost everything later possible in major equipment changes; except for the ram-air. IMO the ram-air would have came about w/o the piggyback. So now you can all say THANKS to a guy named Dan Abbott who designed it ( he is now about 84 and still with us ). And if you don't believe me, go try on an old military surplus rig with belly mount; you will change your mind. Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nbblood 0 #19 April 20, 2006 QuoteQuotevelcroless tuck tabs cut-in laterals hip rings chest rings deluxe back pads pull-out deployment I'm all about comfortable rigs. if you want comfortable try a racer with NONE of your items... I'll add wind tunnel training and design of RW suits. rm Um....no thanks.Blues, Nathan If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #20 April 20, 2006 There are only four that where major in my opinion: 1. Three ring release system 2. Hand deploy pilot chute 3. Curved pin. 4. Cypres You could call the development of tandem a fifth. The other stuff is fluff.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigger_john 0 #21 April 20, 2006 QuoteThe other stuff is fluff. Well if it wasn't for the free bag I wouldn't be here to disagree _________________________________________ Nullius in Verba Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #22 April 20, 2006 QuoteQuoteThe other stuff is fluff. Well if it wasn't for the free bag I wouldn't be here to disagree As I said, that’s my opinion, and you are entitled to yours. You are aware that the free bag does not work as advertised?My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigger_john 0 #23 April 20, 2006 Yes I am aware of that but for me it worked for a difrent reason, I had a PC in tow on my main and after I cutaway and deployed my reserve, the main came out, at the same time as the reserve. Any way I watched as my free bag caught up in the main as it came from the bag, at about the same time my riser covers released and the main disconected. Back then a lot of people were still using round reserves and I had only just went on to a square reserve myself. I think had the reserve deployment system not been a free bag, ie still a round I would have went in. If I see you in Reno, I'll buy you a beer and admit the embarrassing reason as to why I had the mal in the first place._________________________________________ Nullius in Verba Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #24 April 20, 2006 QuoteI'll buy you a beer and admit the embarrassing reason as to why I had the mal in the first place. Most malfunctions have an embarrassing reason behind them. At least most of mine have. If I make it to Reno I will hold you to that beer.My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #25 April 21, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuotevelcroless tuck tabs cut-in laterals hip rings chest rings deluxe back pads pull-out deployment I'm all about comfortable rigs. if you want comfortable try a racer with NONE of your items... I'll add wind tunnel training and design of RW suits. rm Um....no thanks. you missed tie dye containers. that is major too! rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
