Atom Legend - R / Risers

[skyjuggler 0]

My understanding is that reverse risers should be only fitted on rigs designed for them, although normal risers can still be used with a rig designed for use with reverse risers.

My question:

Can normal, RWS truelock risers be fitted on a PDF Atom-R container???

[iambeav2 0]

And while answering that question, answer me this one...what are reverse risers?

...it's not the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone...it's the fact that you don't appreciate what you have until someone appreciates it for you!

[IanHarrop 42]

See this post

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1909498#1909498

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[IanHarrop 42]

What are reverse Risers?

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=18255#18255

Got to love the search function...

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[skyjuggler 0]

Thanks, that thread was excellent - it was in relations to demoing canopies on other risers and getting hold of some longer risers for my atom. This post from Bill Booth is the most applicable:


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If you have seen problems with reverse risers, why have you not replaced your risers with conventional risers?

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Would you go against the manufacturers recomendations and change the risers on your rig. PDF rigs all come with integrity risers, I have contacted them in the past about changing the risers and they don't recommend it, they don't even manufacture a standard riser. So if PDF owners were to change they would have to use a riser from another manufacturer. Mismatching gear is recipe for more trouble.
If you were told that Aerodyne's miniforce system was the best would you rush out and change your risers even though the particular manufacturer of your rig told you not to.

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The 3-ring release is a system of carefully matched components. I did everything I could to "standardize" that system, but a lot of people refused to listen. The result was mini-rings of differing dimensions, soft housings, and reversed risers, to name just a few. Each of these changes lowered the integrity of the original design, and therefore lowered reliability. This also happened with my hand deployed pilot chute, with people changing dimensions and construction methods to the point where a lot of people are having problems with what ought to be the most "dirt-simple" and reliable part of their gear. This is the main reason I have not released the Skyhook yet. I'm scared what people will do to it.

So, do I recommend haphazardly replacing reversed risers with standard ones? NO, unless you really know what you are doing. The diameter of the new riser rings may be different, and the housing lengths might be wrong.

[skyblu3 0]

i like how my post got a reply from Bill Booth and is still being quoted here

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