murrays 0 #1 December 31, 2003 I've been scanning some old slides the last little while and thought the Crw-dogs might like the attached. It's a downplane a buddy and I did on our Phantom 145 reserves after doing a double intentional cutaway...circa 1985 or so. I took pictures with a fisheye lens on a camera duct taped to my running shoe.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #2 December 31, 2003 QuoteI've been scanning some old slides the last little while and thought the Crw-dogs might like the attached. It's a downplane a buddy and I did on our Phantom 145 reserves after doing a double intentional cutaway...circa 1985 or so. I took pictures with a fisheye lens on a camera duct taped to my running shoe. Did you guys have second reserve chutes (making for a total of three chutes)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #3 December 31, 2003 Yes...we were wearing tertiary reserves on separable links attached to our main lift webs.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #4 December 31, 2003 Quotetertiary reserves on separable links Off topic, but squares or rounds. I've always wanted to find a Tertiary for a square. I've only seen one, and it wasn't "legal" but it was a neat design. Of course the Master rigger that built it is one of the best in the world....---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #5 January 1, 2004 JP, I wish I could remember who built the tersh that I had...it was a neat design based on a backup system for hang gliders designed by, I believe, Jim Handbury. It was an unmodified round connected to a 20 foot long bridle. The canopy was packed inside a deployment bag that was just velcroed to the harness. You threw the deployment bag away from you, the round came out of the bag...similar to a freebag...opened and lowered you at a high but survivable rate to the ground. I know one hard core crw person from Alberta that owed his life to one...he was completely wrapped up and threw the tersh out of the only opening in the nylon he could see...by his feet...and was lowered to a hard but survivable landing. My buddy and I wouldn't have done the crw on our reserves without them. We figured that the tershs gave us the best possible backup to a wrap when we couldn't cutaway. We had maybe a hundred crw jumps with each other...so we had confidence in the other guy.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
