nate_1979 9 #26 July 29, 2005 well, every time mine turned itself off, it screwed up the date and time.... EVERY TIME... So I only speak from personal experience with my protrack But, now its always on, I use a neptune for logging now, so I never pull it out of my helmet... I'd rather not have something else I have to remember to mess with. FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 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
vid666 0 #27 July 30, 2005 Quotehmm... i'm pretty new as a protrack owner but i seem to recall the manual saying it only loses the date when you change batteries, not switch it off? you are advised to switch it off when driving through mountains or taking commercial flights ... Are you sure you mean Protrack and not Cypres ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #28 July 30, 2005 QuoteQuotehmm... i'm pretty new as a protrack owner but i seem to recall the manual saying it only loses the date when you change batteries, not switch it off? you are advised to switch it off when driving through mountains or taking commercial flights ... Are you sure you mean Protrack and not Cypres ??? yes - i've reread the manual . also hook probably talking about eco mode which does switch it off 14 hours after last jump or last used, and which mine was set in anyway [double ] the flying/driving high can apparently lead the protrack to move to 'jump' mode and then it would have to be switched off and on again before you actually jump edited to add: I may be a newbie but I do know the difference between an alti and an AAD!! Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wwarped 0 #29 July 30, 2005 QuoteIf you're cleared to jumpmaster yourself, you should be able to make the decision about whether to jump without a Cypres or not. Why not go ahead and jump without its being armed? what she said! hey folk's get real. I have been to many dz's, and have yet to encounter the BSR police. you should not lawyer them to death. while it's true that safe skydivers follow the BSR's, it's NOT true that focusing on the BSR's & following them religiously makes you a safe skydiver. safe skydivers understand the environment, the various risks, and naturally follow the BSR's. they also realize that occasionally it can be safer to violate the BSR's than to practice strict adherence. (what if the person starting this thread had been sitting in the door of a Cessna, blocking it for everyone else?) remember, there are traffic cops that will cite people for speeding. the law considers it dangerous and unsafe. oh, and I had a high school teacher that told me it was unsafe to... DEVELOP YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT. DON'T PANIC The lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. sloppy habits -> sloppy jumps -> injury or worse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #30 July 31, 2005 Quote what she said! hey folk's get real. I have been to many dz's, and have yet to encounter the BSR police. Yup. No one got all mad at me when I forgot to turn on my Cypres - but it did stick in my mind to remember in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
packerboy 3 #31 July 31, 2005 All of our tandem rigs, student rigs, and rental rigs get "turned on" first thing in the morning whether they are being used or not. Maybe turning everything on would be an issue at a larger DZ, but I think it should be turned on before being rented out. -------------------------------------------------- In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #32 August 1, 2005 QuoteQuoteI almost said, "I can't believe you did that." I have never forgotten my Cypres, but I did forget to turn on the audible last weekend... I have the protrack set to turn itself off. On the plane I went to set the altitude and found it off. OOPS. I was doing a quasi-coach jump. The guy had his "A" but was still working on the most basic tasks... So here I am trying to be a stable base for him to swoop and dock to and all I can hear is the flatline in my ear for most of the jump... So hard NOT to pull when you tell yourself that flatline means PULL reserve. Kept me on edge the entire time. I think I would have turned it back off. What did it say was your deployment altitude? Deployment said "0". I wish it would have said "- (negative) 4000" as that would have been a better story to tell. I did not turn it off because 1) I forgot how on the plane and 2) because I was busy planning stuff with my jump-buddy and my brain did the math backwards and said, "just remember, no audible on this jump" instead of "just remember it is going to beep early." Now, if it was a real safety device like a Cypres, you bet your bottom dollar I would not have been so casual with my "oh well, I screwed up" logic and I would have done some real math. If nothing else, this will make me remember what happens when you turn on a cypres early... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #33 August 1, 2005 Well, I dunno, a deployment altitude of 0 on a full altitude skydive is, well, kinda insane FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 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
tdog 0 #34 August 1, 2005 QuoteWell, I dunno, a deployment altitude of 0 on a full altitude skydive is, well, kinda insane No, it is good timing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nate_1979 9 #35 August 1, 2005 I guess your right, .... It didnt say -6 after all FGF #??? I miss the sky... There are 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
