aidanjames1 0 #1 January 6, 2014 Just as the title says. Personally I would prefer a hackey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigMark 1 #2 January 6, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXdHcH3FRcM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #3 January 6, 2014 aidanjames1Just as the title says. Personally I would prefer a hackey. hackey handle ? freefly pud ? monkey fist handle ? whiffle ball ? PVC pipe ? ripcord ? your poll is incomplete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trigger 0 #4 January 6, 2014 FreeFly pud....CHOP WOOD COLLECT WATER. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swoopfly 7 #5 January 6, 2014 freefly pud for sure, if it wont come out free flying, i wont have to worry to much on belly! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #6 January 6, 2014 Freefly pud or PVC pipe for mescissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocPop 1 #7 January 6, 2014 Pull out. It's the future! "The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls." ~ CanuckInUSA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottd818 0 #9 January 6, 2014 freefly pud!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rstanley0312 1 #10 January 6, 2014 aidanjames1Just as the title says. Personally I would prefer a hackey. FF Pud.Life is all about ass....either you're kicking it, kissing it, working it off, or trying to get a piece of it. Muff Brother #4382 Dudeist Skydiver #000 www.fundraiseadventure.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #11 January 6, 2014 Monkey fist. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
excaza 1 #12 January 6, 2014 Monkey fist with a tuck tab Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #13 January 6, 2014 SkyCoi Boobies? Damn!A nice soft, pink little boobie handle for pilot chutes?I think that idea would sell!"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
Titanman2789 0 #14 January 6, 2014 Mirage freefly hackey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ouch 0 #15 January 6, 2014 'You's'? Really???? I thought they spoke English down there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unkulunkulu 0 #16 January 7, 2014 Saw this (the one on the right) on one of the tandem systems here. [inline 800x600_1318423743_voda.jpg] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #17 January 8, 2014 Personally, I have a hackey but all types of handle have pro and con. Especially for people jumping in cold countries during the Winter or any time, beware of the combination of your handle and gloves, it can be deadly. I have investigated a case where the jumper died while using a borrowed rig equiped with a very tin and flat freefly handle with gloves. He was used to jump with his gloves, used to jump with hackey like the two precedent jumps he made just before the fatal one, but maybe he wasn't used with the combination he had on his third jump that day. Unfortunately for him, in a hurry, he had forgotten to turn on his AAD. OTOH I recommend that the handle whatever the type, to be of a bright color different from the rig, it is for the people close to you in an aircraft door when doing a tight exit. A bright different color handle catches the attention of other jumpers nearby therefore it's easier for them to avoid and not entangle with it . I am still badly surprised to see quite often handle color matching the color of the rig. When there are works on a highway, don't they use the bright orange color ? There should be a reason for it.Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogers 0 #18 January 8, 2014 erdnarobI recommend that the handle whatever the type, to be of a bright color different from the rig, it is for the people close to you in an aircraft door when doing a tight exit. A bright different color handle catches the attention of other jumpers nearby therefore it's easier for them to avoid and not entangle with it . But... that's not cool! Nothing is more cool than a black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit. Yeah, baby! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #19 January 10, 2014 [But... that's not cool! Nothing is more cool than a black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit. Yeah, baby! ] Black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit DURING A VERY DARK NIGHT JUMP TEASING THE BLACK DEATH Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogers 0 #20 January 10, 2014 erdnarob [But... that's not cool! Nothing is more cool than a black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit. Yeah, baby! ] Black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit DURING A VERY DARK NIGHT JUMP TEASING THE BLACK DEATH And a black helmet with a black visor tint. Darth Vader baby! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #21 January 11, 2014 I swear I've recently seen a couple of pillows done in digi-camo. . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #22 January 11, 2014 erdnarob OTOH I recommend that the handle whatever the type, to be of a bright color different from the rig, it is for the people close to you in an aircraft door when doing a tight exit. A bright different color handle catches the attention of other jumpers nearby therefore it's easier for them to avoid and not entangle with it . I am still badly surprised to see quite often handle color matching the color of the rig. When there are works on a highway, don't they use the bright orange color ? There should be a reason for it. Weren't the first plastic PVC handles all orange? I think it was a standard color for few decades. Nice read from Bill Booth here!: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1932397#1932397 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 60 #23 January 11, 2014 skydiverek ***OTOH I recommend that the handle whatever the type, to be of a bright color different from the rig, it is for the people close to you in an aircraft door when doing a tight exit. A bright different color handle catches the attention of other jumpers nearby therefore it's easier for them to avoid and not entangle with it . I am still badly surprised to see quite often handle color matching the color of the rig. When there are works on a highway, don't they use the bright orange color ? There should be a reason for it. Weren't the first plastic PVC handles all orange? I think it was a standard color for few decades. Nice read from Bill Booth here!: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1932397#1932397 Standard? I had a white PVC handle in '79, FWIW.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #24 January 11, 2014 Orange PVC tube handle, sure, my 1978 Wonderhog and futher RWS rigs were equiped with them. But because of Murphy's law, there was a small possibility for that kind of handle/tube, being hollow, to catch something. I have seen people putting a cork on both sides of that tube. This is again a typical problem of fashion versus function. On an airplane, some push buttons, switches, levers or handles have a bright color and even better, they have a shape related to their function like the lever for flaps have the shape of a flap and the lever to get the landing gear up or down has the shape of a wheel. This can be very convenient at night when your electrical power is down. Back to our problem, when I am in the door for a tight exit, as long as I can, I protect my hackey using my hand and sometime, I ask the people behind me to keep an eye.Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuai43 7 #25 January 11, 2014 Boogers ***[But... that's not cool! Nothing is more cool than a black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit. Yeah, baby! ] Black webbing with a black handle against a black jumpsuit DURING A VERY DARK NIGHT JUMP TEASING THE BLACK DEATH And a black helmet with a black visor tint. Darth Vader baby! Darth was a piker. Hotblack Desiato did it first and did it better... "It's the wild colour scheme that freaks me,'' said Zaphod whose love affair with this ship had lasted almost three minutes into the flight, "Every time you try to operate on of these weird black controls that are labelled in black on a black background, a little black light lights up black to let you know you've done it. What is this? Some kind of galactic hyperhearse?''Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
