pBASEtobe 0 #1 February 14, 2006 I think it was here I saw this link to a Relative Workshop page. At the bottom of the page under "Available for Order" there's "Wheelchair Deployment". What the hell is that? Anyone have any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #2 February 14, 2006 Quoteplease contact Dorothy scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #3 February 14, 2006 I saw that. I figured I'd ask here quickly before trying to get a hold of anyone at The Relative Workshop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #4 February 14, 2006 Hmm...I tried contacting Dorothy. No reply! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeForsythe 0 #5 February 14, 2006 I'm looking. It is not in digital format.Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBRnick 0 #6 February 15, 2006 No wiser than anyone else, but a wild stab in the dark is maybe some sort of prototype rig system that would allow a disabled person to be stable/comfy in a solo freefall and deployment as opposed to a tandem jump ? Or maybe a tandem rig specificaly for taking disabled people with atrophied(spelling?) limbs? Though maybe you would be able to have more of an idea on whats feasable or realistic as a suggestion that I would. Got me interested now :) Let us know if you find out what it is :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #7 February 15, 2006 Yea I was talking to Bill Booth at PIA and he was talking about this, he said he was tinkering around with how to keep jumping in old age when he gets to the age when he has to have a walker or chair to get around, he can just roll out said he got the idea from the pops patch. ~you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #8 February 15, 2006 Re - tandem skydiving with 'wheelchair dependent persons' Yeah I tried contacting RWS a couple times about it last year. (Starting before the whole falling-out-of-the-harness accident thing.) They said they had misplaced the paper copies during a move of one of their departments, were planning to get it updated or something, but I never heard back. One document that is floating around somewhere is the 1995 "Tandem Skydiving with Wheelchair Dependent Persons" by Paul Murphy from Australia. It's a 128k Word file that has some recommendations plus results from a survey of DZ's for their policies and procedures. I have a copy which I might have found on dropzone.com during the long discussions on that accident last year. It has some useful info for those of us who aren't familiar with all of the complications of spinal cord injury etc.. As for procedures to use, the document discusses a few different techniques, but still leaves it open to judgement what is best or sufficient in any particular situation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #9 February 15, 2006 I'm curious as to what the document is about. Are you saying it just talks about how to take wheelchair dependent people on tandems or is it about how to actually deploy a parachute from a wheelchair or what? I think I know of the document you're referring to but I'm not sure the "Manual: Wheelchair Deployment" is the same thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #10 February 15, 2006 The Aussie document is about taking wheelchair dependent people up as tandem passengers, leaving the chair on the ground. I understood that the RWS document is the same type of thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klingeme 1 #11 February 15, 2006 The document is "Tandem Skydiving with Wheelchair Dependent Persons" by Paul Murphy and is located at the following link. http://www.relativeworkshop.com/docs/THESIS%20Tandem%20Skydiving%20with%20Wheelchair%20Dependant%20Persons.doc I will have our website updated to contain this information. Mark Klingelhoefer Spare Parts Sales Relative Workshop Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #12 February 15, 2006 Thank you very much! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Floats18 0 #13 February 15, 2006 Early Prototype:--- and give them wings so they may fly free forever DiverDriver in Training Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #14 February 15, 2006 Here's mine. Dubbed "The Stunt Chair". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #15 February 15, 2006 And everybody thought I was kidding......LOL ~you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #16 February 16, 2006 QuoteThe Aussie document is about taking wheelchair dependent people up as tandem passengers, leaving the chair on the ground. I understood that the RWS document is the same type of thing. RWS are just redistributing Paul's thesis. Credit where credit is due, please In case the RWS link goes dead in future, the document is also available here on dropzone.com. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lifewithoutanet 0 #17 February 16, 2006 Looks like a pretty well-executed PCA there, Rusticle. Now, how many PCAs did that asshat have prior to this deployment? -C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
