riggerrob 643 #26 October 13, 2016 Dear mathrick, We agree on most of those points. Both Collins Lanyard and Skyhooks are add-ons to RSLs. Whether an RSL ends in a pin or a Skyhook or a lasso is off to the side of th OP. As for Mr. d. We could get into a long and rousing debate about the curvature of L.O.R. and Sigma. They are more curved that MIL/PIA SPEC ripcord pins but less curved than Asauito-pattern curved main pins. Because Sigma and Asquito pins are curved, they can be pulled from a variety of different angles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mathrick 2 #27 October 13, 2016 Deimian****** Collins Lanyard can also be integrated into a MARD (albeit only Skyhook, due to licensing, not due to physics) That's not true. Sife rigs (www.sife.at) and SWS rigs (http://sws.aero/) both have collins lanyard and pin-based MARDs (RAX and DRD respectively). Admittedly, I don't know if they are simply ignoring licensing issues. Right, I considered mentioning that, because I think the licensing policy of UPT is completely idiotic ("Why can't I license Collins Lanyard without the Skyhook?" "Because they go together". Actual answer I got from a Vector rep), and I'm thankful that people out there ignore stupid politics if the idea is sound. Also Paratec Next has a variant of the Collins scheme in a more traditional guide ring arrangement."Skydivers are highly emotional people. They get all excited about their magical black box full of mysterious life saving forces." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
