pop 0 #51 August 19, 2002 Quoteother was AAD fire- How did yo uend up in that situation?7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #52 August 19, 2002 QuoteMine's still 0...93/0...if you want to get technical...you can't divide anything by zero, it does not exist..I went round-and-round on this one with my linear algebra prof. The universally accepted term for dividing anything by zero, and the solution for dividing anything by zero is "undefined." 'Does-not-exist' implies that there is a choice of something existing or not existing, and is not the mathematically accepted standard for the term [x/0]. 'course, all that stuff is a bunch of "bovine-excrement," right? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Rachill 0 #53 August 19, 2002 580/0 1 intentional cut-away, but that wasn't a reserve ride, so it doesn't count. BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites prepheckt 0 #54 August 19, 2002 QuoteQuoteMine's still 0...93/0...if you want to get technical...you can't divide anything by zero, it does not exist..I went round-and-round on this one with my linear algebra prof. The universally accepted term for dividing anything by zero, and the solution for dividing anything by zero is "undefined." 'Does-not-exist' implies that there is a choice of something existing or not existing, and is not the mathematically accepted standard for the term [x/0]. 'course, all that stuff is a bunch of "bovine-excrement," right? I stand corrected, I couldn't remember what it was, It's been over a year since I took a math course, the farthest I got was 3-D calculus...it still gives me nightmares"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #55 August 19, 2002 QuoteDo you usually have them on just one? I have grabbed the cut away handle a couple times. That one time I was mere mili-seconds from cutting away. I was just going to look down at my handles to make sure I had my hands on both before pulling it. Thats when the canopy finally opened fully. I had line twists so bad that I was still going probably 70-80MPH. Still had the "Wind Rush" of free fall because my canopy was pretty much a ball of shit. I looked down and the canopy slammed open. Spun me around a couple times. I look up...see that I now have a "flying" canopy with a couple line twists. Kicked out of those and flew back to the DZ. That's probably my closest call so far. That and a sniveler on a static line once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #56 August 19, 2002 QuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #57 August 19, 2002 QuoteQuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! A friend of mine has a Sabre the same size as my '2... he calls it the classic "Spank/Goddammit" opening. It sneaks up on ya every now and then (hmmmm.... BODY POSITION? Nah!) ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #58 August 19, 2002 You GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #59 August 19, 2002 QuoteYou GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Okay, that was just WRONG. ROFL!!! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #60 August 19, 2002 Quoteyou'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre Why? Are you doing CRW? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #61 August 19, 2002 What? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #62 August 19, 2002 QuoteWhat? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre! HOOSIER DADDY? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fudd 0 #63 August 19, 2002 65/1 (container lock) It was my own mistake. I had a line over once too, but got lucky and it cleared itself even before i got the breaks unstowed. Don't know how it happend. I think the person who had my canopy before me was a little lighter than me, because it's cut a 10" hole in my slider. Had some hard openings until I started stuffing the end cells into the middle one. Now I get it to open smooth each time. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #64 August 19, 2002 ***Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre!*** Yea, baby, You know who's boss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites slotperfect 7 #65 August 20, 2002 I have 2613 jumps and 2 malfunctions that required a cutaway & reserve deployment. That's 1/1306.5 jumps. Other facts: -I went 1882 jumps before I had a cutaway. -The second one came only 70 jumps later. -Both were on the same canopy. -I packed both of them. -I blew three nose lines on the second one, and retired the canopy for good. -I have had three other reserve rides; canopy transfers from an AAD firing high (military version of the old Sentinel). I don't count those as mals, since my main inflated properly both times.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #66 August 20, 2002 Quotemilitary version of the old Sentinel Geez...tell those horror stories around the campfire to scare all the young skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lowpull 0 #67 August 20, 2002 3400 jumps 3 rides #1 with 38 jumps #2 Tandem cutaway 2700 jumps 650 tandems(line over) #3 non cocked pilot chute Velocity96 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #68 August 20, 2002 400 jumps, 1 reserve ride. It was a packing error, and yes - I packed it. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dutchboy 0 #69 August 20, 2002 150/1 Guess how many times I ever paid a packer? Yes, that would be 1. No I have never used a packer since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FallinWoman 1 #70 August 20, 2002 274 / 2 = 1 in 137 One I will take credit for...the other was a demo rig that the main blew up on deployment....(ok...it didn't blow up but quite a few lines were broken) I didn't pack either....LESSON??? I shall pack for my damn self!!!! Anne ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Viking 0 #71 August 20, 2002 30 jumps and no cutaways. Not even close. The only thing that bothers me is that i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me sillyI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnnyD 0 #72 August 20, 2002 >i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me silly You were silly before that riser cover came open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FreeFlyFreaky 0 #73 August 20, 2002 2 years - 460/2 - No RSL #222 - Line twist I created in a really hard turn, collapsed one side of the canopy and it reinflated nastily - chopped at 1,500' - found everything. #440 - Bag Lock - in the saddle 1,900' - I had packed the free lines over a loop - found everything. Ironically, it was one of my best jumps ever, doing a two way with Olav Zipser and my freaking video was turned off.... Blue ones, Whit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #74 August 20, 2002 1 and a half years.....170something/0 havn't seen it yet......thank god...I do have an RSL but no cypres Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riggerrob 643 #75 August 20, 2002 3890/17=228.8 The first was when a Crossbow (high performance round canopy that looks like aPara-Commander) mal'd. The second was a horseshoe. The third was while test-jumping a huge square for the German Army. All the rest were on first generation tandem mains. There was one bag lock and a streamer, but most of them were the result of hard openings. I cutaway from a few line knots until I learned how to clear them, but most were cutaways from broken lines or torn canopies. Knock on wood, but I have not had a reserve ride during the last 5 years. That might have something to do with the F-111 canopies gathering dust in the corner. 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Rachill 0 #53 August 19, 2002 580/0 1 intentional cut-away, but that wasn't a reserve ride, so it doesn't count. BooYa#1 GR#50 You might be a skydiver if... Your having sex and she whispers in your ear "I've never done this before" and you yell out "Case of Beer" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prepheckt 0 #54 August 19, 2002 QuoteQuoteMine's still 0...93/0...if you want to get technical...you can't divide anything by zero, it does not exist..I went round-and-round on this one with my linear algebra prof. The universally accepted term for dividing anything by zero, and the solution for dividing anything by zero is "undefined." 'Does-not-exist' implies that there is a choice of something existing or not existing, and is not the mathematically accepted standard for the term [x/0]. 'course, all that stuff is a bunch of "bovine-excrement," right? I stand corrected, I couldn't remember what it was, It's been over a year since I took a math course, the farthest I got was 3-D calculus...it still gives me nightmares"Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #55 August 19, 2002 QuoteDo you usually have them on just one? I have grabbed the cut away handle a couple times. That one time I was mere mili-seconds from cutting away. I was just going to look down at my handles to make sure I had my hands on both before pulling it. Thats when the canopy finally opened fully. I had line twists so bad that I was still going probably 70-80MPH. Still had the "Wind Rush" of free fall because my canopy was pretty much a ball of shit. I looked down and the canopy slammed open. Spun me around a couple times. I look up...see that I now have a "flying" canopy with a couple line twists. Kicked out of those and flew back to the DZ. That's probably my closest call so far. That and a sniveler on a static line once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #56 August 19, 2002 QuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #57 August 19, 2002 QuoteQuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! A friend of mine has a Sabre the same size as my '2... he calls it the classic "Spank/Goddammit" opening. It sneaks up on ya every now and then (hmmmm.... BODY POSITION? Nah!) ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #58 August 19, 2002 You GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #59 August 19, 2002 QuoteYou GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Okay, that was just WRONG. ROFL!!! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #60 August 19, 2002 Quoteyou'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre Why? Are you doing CRW? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #61 August 19, 2002 What? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christoofar 0 #62 August 19, 2002 QuoteWhat? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre! HOOSIER DADDY? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fudd 0 #63 August 19, 2002 65/1 (container lock) It was my own mistake. I had a line over once too, but got lucky and it cleared itself even before i got the breaks unstowed. Don't know how it happend. I think the person who had my canopy before me was a little lighter than me, because it's cut a 10" hole in my slider. Had some hard openings until I started stuffing the end cells into the middle one. Now I get it to open smooth each time. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PLFXpert 0 #64 August 19, 2002 ***Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre!*** Yea, baby, You know who's boss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites slotperfect 7 #65 August 20, 2002 I have 2613 jumps and 2 malfunctions that required a cutaway & reserve deployment. That's 1/1306.5 jumps. Other facts: -I went 1882 jumps before I had a cutaway. -The second one came only 70 jumps later. -Both were on the same canopy. -I packed both of them. -I blew three nose lines on the second one, and retired the canopy for good. -I have had three other reserve rides; canopy transfers from an AAD firing high (military version of the old Sentinel). I don't count those as mals, since my main inflated properly both times.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #66 August 20, 2002 Quotemilitary version of the old Sentinel Geez...tell those horror stories around the campfire to scare all the young skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lowpull 0 #67 August 20, 2002 3400 jumps 3 rides #1 with 38 jumps #2 Tandem cutaway 2700 jumps 650 tandems(line over) #3 non cocked pilot chute Velocity96 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AndyMan 7 #68 August 20, 2002 400 jumps, 1 reserve ride. It was a packing error, and yes - I packed it. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Dutchboy 0 #69 August 20, 2002 150/1 Guess how many times I ever paid a packer? Yes, that would be 1. No I have never used a packer since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FallinWoman 1 #70 August 20, 2002 274 / 2 = 1 in 137 One I will take credit for...the other was a demo rig that the main blew up on deployment....(ok...it didn't blow up but quite a few lines were broken) I didn't pack either....LESSON??? I shall pack for my damn self!!!! Anne ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Viking 0 #71 August 20, 2002 30 jumps and no cutaways. Not even close. The only thing that bothers me is that i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me sillyI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnnyD 0 #72 August 20, 2002 >i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me silly You were silly before that riser cover came open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FreeFlyFreaky 0 #73 August 20, 2002 2 years - 460/2 - No RSL #222 - Line twist I created in a really hard turn, collapsed one side of the canopy and it reinflated nastily - chopped at 1,500' - found everything. #440 - Bag Lock - in the saddle 1,900' - I had packed the free lines over a loop - found everything. Ironically, it was one of my best jumps ever, doing a two way with Olav Zipser and my freaking video was turned off.... Blue ones, Whit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymedic 0 #74 August 20, 2002 1 and a half years.....170something/0 havn't seen it yet......thank god...I do have an RSL but no cypres Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riggerrob 643 #75 August 20, 2002 3890/17=228.8 The first was when a Crossbow (high performance round canopy that looks like aPara-Commander) mal'd. The second was a horseshoe. The third was while test-jumping a huge square for the German Army. All the rest were on first generation tandem mains. There was one bag lock and a streamer, but most of them were the result of hard openings. I cutaway from a few line knots until I learned how to clear them, but most were cutaways from broken lines or torn canopies. Knock on wood, but I have not had a reserve ride during the last 5 years. That might have something to do with the F-111 canopies gathering dust in the corner. 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freeflir29 0 #55 August 19, 2002 QuoteDo you usually have them on just one? I have grabbed the cut away handle a couple times. That one time I was mere mili-seconds from cutting away. I was just going to look down at my handles to make sure I had my hands on both before pulling it. Thats when the canopy finally opened fully. I had line twists so bad that I was still going probably 70-80MPH. Still had the "Wind Rush" of free fall because my canopy was pretty much a ball of shit. I looked down and the canopy slammed open. Spun me around a couple times. I look up...see that I now have a "flying" canopy with a couple line twists. Kicked out of those and flew back to the DZ. That's probably my closest call so far. That and a sniveler on a static line once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #56 August 19, 2002 QuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #57 August 19, 2002 QuoteQuoteMy Sabre may spank me Yea, I love my Sabre, too. Ha ha ha! A friend of mine has a Sabre the same size as my '2... he calls it the classic "Spank/Goddammit" opening. It sneaks up on ya every now and then (hmmmm.... BODY POSITION? Nah!) ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #58 August 19, 2002 You GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #59 August 19, 2002 QuoteYou GOTTA love a canopy that spanks you. I know I do. If you hear a girl scream "OOoooo" at about 2500 feet, you'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre. Okay, that was just WRONG. ROFL!!! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #60 August 19, 2002 Quoteyou'll know it's me and my trusty Sabre Why? Are you doing CRW? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #61 August 19, 2002 What? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #62 August 19, 2002 QuoteWhat? You mean that's not why everyone gets a Sabre? Am I missing something? Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre! HOOSIER DADDY? ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fudd 0 #63 August 19, 2002 65/1 (container lock) It was my own mistake. I had a line over once too, but got lucky and it cleared itself even before i got the breaks unstowed. Don't know how it happend. I think the person who had my canopy before me was a little lighter than me, because it's cut a 10" hole in my slider. Had some hard openings until I started stuffing the end cells into the middle one. Now I get it to open smooth each time. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #64 August 19, 2002 ***Beat me, SPANK me, MAKE me fly a Sabre!*** Yea, baby, You know who's boss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #65 August 20, 2002 I have 2613 jumps and 2 malfunctions that required a cutaway & reserve deployment. That's 1/1306.5 jumps. Other facts: -I went 1882 jumps before I had a cutaway. -The second one came only 70 jumps later. -Both were on the same canopy. -I packed both of them. -I blew three nose lines on the second one, and retired the canopy for good. -I have had three other reserve rides; canopy transfers from an AAD firing high (military version of the old Sentinel). I don't count those as mals, since my main inflated properly both times.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #66 August 20, 2002 Quotemilitary version of the old Sentinel Geez...tell those horror stories around the campfire to scare all the young skydivers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowpull 0 #67 August 20, 2002 3400 jumps 3 rides #1 with 38 jumps #2 Tandem cutaway 2700 jumps 650 tandems(line over) #3 non cocked pilot chute Velocity96 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #68 August 20, 2002 400 jumps, 1 reserve ride. It was a packing error, and yes - I packed it. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutchboy 0 #69 August 20, 2002 150/1 Guess how many times I ever paid a packer? Yes, that would be 1. No I have never used a packer since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #70 August 20, 2002 274 / 2 = 1 in 137 One I will take credit for...the other was a demo rig that the main blew up on deployment....(ok...it didn't blow up but quite a few lines were broken) I didn't pack either....LESSON??? I shall pack for my damn self!!!! Anne ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #71 August 20, 2002 30 jumps and no cutaways. Not even close. The only thing that bothers me is that i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me sillyI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #72 August 20, 2002 >i had a riser cover come open in freefall and slap me silly You were silly before that riser cover came open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeFlyFreaky 0 #73 August 20, 2002 2 years - 460/2 - No RSL #222 - Line twist I created in a really hard turn, collapsed one side of the canopy and it reinflated nastily - chopped at 1,500' - found everything. #440 - Bag Lock - in the saddle 1,900' - I had packed the free lines over a loop - found everything. Ironically, it was one of my best jumps ever, doing a two way with Olav Zipser and my freaking video was turned off.... Blue ones, Whit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #74 August 20, 2002 1 and a half years.....170something/0 havn't seen it yet......thank god...I do have an RSL but no cypres Marc otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #75 August 20, 2002 3890/17=228.8 The first was when a Crossbow (high performance round canopy that looks like aPara-Commander) mal'd. The second was a horseshoe. The third was while test-jumping a huge square for the German Army. All the rest were on first generation tandem mains. There was one bag lock and a streamer, but most of them were the result of hard openings. I cutaway from a few line knots until I learned how to clear them, but most were cutaways from broken lines or torn canopies. Knock on wood, but I have not had a reserve ride during the last 5 years. That might have something to do with the F-111 canopies gathering dust in the corner. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
