maurice1369 0 #1 April 10, 2008 Does anyone know if Mirage will make a checkered container and harness. I want to have a Mirage H/C made but I want it to be checkered black and red to match my jumpsuitEXPECT THE WORST, HOPE FOR THE BEST!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #2 April 10, 2008 Have you tried contacting the mfgr? http://www.miragesys.com/DesignOrder/OptionList.aspx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #3 April 10, 2008 No one will checkerboard the webbing that is part of the harness or risers. That needs to be a solid piece of webbing. Wings used to do the checkerboards but I haven't seen a new one of those in a while. Its not going to be a free option no matter who does it Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maurice1369 0 #4 April 10, 2008 I already contacted WINGS and they no longer offer the checkerboard for the container. As far as the harness I wanted to make the right side black, the left side red, the cutaway handle red and the reserve handle black. I do not know if it is even possible but I have already contacted the manufacturer. I am just waitingEXPECT THE WORST, HOPE FOR THE BEST!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #5 April 10, 2008 Maybe you could ask the manufacturer if you provided the fabric, if they could make it from that. And then have a local rigger stitch together the pieces to make it checkered Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #6 April 10, 2008 Quote Maybe you could ask the manufacturer if you provided the fabric, if they could make it from that. And then have a local rigger stitch together the pieces to make it checkered Yeah, that'll work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #7 April 11, 2008 If the manufacturer's complaint is the fact that it takes too long to make the fabric, then why can't you provide it? I have seen many rigs with fabric that the owner provided, such as camo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 April 11, 2008 Maybe a new jump suit to match your rig?.. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maurice1369 0 #9 April 11, 2008 Well, It looks like I can't get the Container itself checkered but I may be able to get the right side of the harness black with a red cutaway pillow and the left side red with a black reserve handle. I will take what I can get. Hell, I am also gonna have the right legstrap black and the right legstrap redEXPECT THE WORST, HOPE FOR THE BEST!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #10 April 11, 2008 Quote I have seen many rigs with fabric that the owner provided, such as camo Hm. In my 10 years of selling gear, not once did a customer send fabric for a container. Fabric used on a container must come with a certificate from the manufacturer that states it meets certain requirements (think mil-spec). Then the container manufacturer has to inspect the fabric to be SURE it meets those requirements. So I guess if you wanted to make the effort to find fabric that comes with a certificate, and it was then inspected and accepted by the manufacturer you could do that. Dunno why anybody would want to when it's so much easier to pick from the stuff the manufacturer has in stock though. One thing that I can guarantee you can't do is have your local rigger sew pieces together and then send it to the manufacturer to be put on a container. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #11 April 11, 2008 Quote Quote I have seen many rigs with fabric that the owner provided, such as camo Hm. In my 10 years of selling gear, not once did a customer send fabric for a container. Fabric used on a container must come with a certificate from the manufacturer that states it meets certain requirements (think mil-spec). Then the container manufacturer has to inspect the fabric to be SURE it meets those requirements. So that mink container Booth built with the diamond-studded 3-rings was Mil-spec mink? Cool!"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #12 April 11, 2008 Quote Quote Quote I have seen many rigs with fabric that the owner provided, such as camo Hm. In my 10 years of selling gear, not once did a customer send fabric for a container. Fabric used on a container must come with a certificate from the manufacturer that states it meets certain requirements (think mil-spec). Then the container manufacturer has to inspect the fabric to be SURE it meets those requirements. So that mink container Booth built with the diamond-studded 3-rings was Mil-spec mink? Cool! Hell yeah....ALL the S.F. guys use 'em! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #13 April 11, 2008 Quote So that mink container Booth built with the diamond-studded 3-rings was Mil-spec mink? Was it jumped? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #14 April 11, 2008 Quote Quote So that mink container Booth built with the diamond-studded 3-rings was Mil-spec mink? Was it jumped? IIRC, it was brown or tan cordura trimmed in mink. I think the mink portions had cordura or parapack under the mink. The points where you normally find padding, (backpad, shoulders, legstraps), were mink. The hardware was gold-plated, and the large ring (of the large-type 3-rings), had a 1 carat diamond in the corner. It was the 10,000th rig Booth had produced. I was standing there at RWS's booth at the Nationals, talking to The Bearded One himself, when this drop-dead gorgeous blonde barely wearing a halter top and skimpy cutoff jeans saw the rig and stopped to look at it: "Ooh!" she squealed, "Can I try it on?" Being the gentleman, Bill helped her into it. More squeals of delight: "Oh, this would be great for night-naked jumps! I wouldn't get boob-burns or anything!" I can't speak for Bill, but that incident certainly has stuck in my mind."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #15 April 11, 2008 Lotta weird stuff! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #16 April 12, 2008 those are bad ass AWESOME.... The best looking one i see is the lion! I would like one in clear (lower right).... That is just way cool! However I am sure that it would last for perhaps one EXIT and deployment seq..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #17 April 12, 2008 ryoder bytch the OP Et All, Wake up and smell the coffee here folks. We're talking the ol' Don't Do As I Do, Do As I Say thing here with a bit of the Rank Has Its Priveledges (RHIP) thing thrown in on top of that. If Bill Booth wants to make a "one off" rig made out of mink-skin or what not... or the gang at Sunpath want to make a "see through" rig... or any other funky rig from any other mfgr... they're just gonna go and do it... AND... if they jump it, they're gonna do that too. Now, for the rest of us smucks... like bytch says... "One thing that I can guarantee you can't do is have your local rigger sew pieces together and then send it to the manufacturer to be put on a container." Reality bites. Deal with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #18 April 12, 2008 Quote Reality bites. Deal with it The reality of the situation is that any of those manufactures will make just about anything you want. You just have to be willing to pay for it. Not an extra $300 option, but toss a few tens of thousands of dollars and they might. Toss $100k onto the fire and I'm sure they'll make you just about anything you want as long as its safe and meets the TSO. So its not that we're all average smucks, its that we just don't have that kind of "walking around money."--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #19 April 12, 2008 Yes, that too is very true Aggie. On top of... Don't Do As I Do, Do As I Say and Rank Has Its Priveledges... there is another saying, Money Talks and Bull Shit Walks, which your discussion about going to a mfgr with lots and lots of $$$$ is both truthful and a good "proof" there of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #20 April 12, 2008 I had a brilliant idea yesterday regarding your situation. Buy a red rig, and go to town with a sharpie. Booya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #21 April 12, 2008 Thus rendering the rig un-airworthy! Easy enough to have a checkered rig, harder to have it airworthy. User of markers can have unknown effects tothe material and no rigger should be willing to accept responcibility for unknown material potentially leading to structural failure of the rig.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #22 April 12, 2008 Quote I had a brilliant idea yesterday regarding your situation. Buy a red rig, and go to town with a sharpie. Booya I know this is going to come off like I'm truly living up to my screen name, but oh well. I have a brilliant idea right now. Don't give advice in the topical forums if you don't know what you are talking about. If you go ahead and give advice when you don't know what you are talking about, don't get all pissy when someone who does know what you are talking about calls bullshit on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #23 April 13, 2008 Quote Quote I had a brilliant idea yesterday regarding your situation. Buy a red rig, and go to town with a sharpie. Booya I know this is going to come off like I'm truly living up to my screen name, but oh well. I have a brilliant idea right now. Don't give advice in the topical forums if you don't know what you are talking about. If you go ahead and give advice when you don't know what you are talking about, don't get all pissy when someone who does know what you are talking about calls bullshit on you. So what you are trying to say is... STFU, less posting more jumping right? Just trying to make sure I am understanding your point ok. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #24 April 13, 2008 JUST HAVE SOMEBODY SEW A BUNCH OF PATCHES ON IT. EASY AND COMPLETELY AIRWORTHY. Is that really that hard ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #25 April 13, 2008 Ummm... yeah... right. Anyway... Et all, What happened to the good ol' days when one could get a rig in any color they wanted as long as it was black? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
