callahan 0 #1 September 17, 2002 Last month I was doing a nightjump and most of us put a glowstick on a riser in case we had a cutaway . Another moonless night . Has anyone used one before and it helped keep sight of the main coming down ? I was thinking that once you chop , the main will be a ball of junk falling and that spotting the glowstick would be close to impossible . We had one guy tape a very small light onto his hackey . I thought this might be a better idea . What do you guys think ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazide 0 #2 September 17, 2002 When I cut-away my main (daylight), it streamered a bit, but the risers were the heavy part and stayed plainly visible during the entire float to the ground. for comparison, I couldn't see my pilot chute or d-bag anywhere. (it is a collapsable though, so that undoutably played a part). I would never tape something to my hacky. Just BEGGING for a malfunction of some sort. Something taped to your riser (as long as it doesn't interfere with your three-rings, RSL, or provide some sort of cutting/puncture hazard), seems to be by far the safer option. I can imagine all sorts of bad things happening at pull time involving a light attached to a hackey! Spotting anything except a strobe (unless your main landed next to the peas), would still be a real PITA I would think. I don't think you are going to get your average strobe safely attached to ANY part of your main/main deployment system without it causing some sort of entanglement hazard. Seems like the prudent thing is to not have malfunctions during night jumps --- 'Damn, I sure wish I would of kept that pretty silver handle' - cutaway ruminations Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #3 September 17, 2002 I saw a similar setup with a strobe inserted and hot glued into the PVC pipe type handle."Slow down! You are too young to be moving that fast!" Old Man Crawfish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richcomm 0 #4 September 27, 2002 nothing to do with night cutaways, but when i spent 2 days hacking through dense 100 degree summer tick infested forest all i though was why dont the sew a loud siren (about the size of an audible alti) into the risers and sounds upon release. battery should last 2 days... good idea? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyUserID 0 #5 September 27, 2002 This summer my friends and I launched a whole bunch of model rockets way higher than we should have. Hence launching them at night. (we're talking J and G engines here) We tracked them with glow sticks fine They went well over 1,000 feet. As far as the sticks getting covered by canopy after a cutaway ...well, that's a whole other issue. ------------------------------------------------------ Remember kids, eagles may soar, but at least weasels dont get sucked into jet engines. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #6 September 28, 2002 dude thats a damn good idea! sell em for like $30 it'd be good piece of mind on a canopy that could be worth like 3 grand new! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
