tetra316
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Per the Vector manual: Min main deployment is 4000ft Min reseve initiation is 2500ft So cutaway no later than 3k.... (manual says initiation not deployment of reserve by 2500)
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That's also the first thing I noticed. Never look up with anything on your head
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Definitely edited. It looks too perfect and even in italics.
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0:4:2 Ditto on the fun 6 way and the crazy ass 17 way hybrid. Dumb ass free flyers that are too good to learn simple belly flying. My first tandem solo and first tandem with Valinda in 10 months. I think I was more nervous that she was Oops - next time I see you guys beers on me :)
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I use a strap on top - to keep the screen from coming open in freefall and getting ripped off
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So did they really do the crew to spell Accord too? It almost looks digitally altered but then again its youtube.
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Good luck with that one It's too bad.
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Really..so I take it Toledo never got a plane for it's $16 boogie?
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Sounds good!
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Well, I have taken 230 once. But you'd need at least 100 jumps though or I don't think Keri would go for it.
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Sure! I keep meaning to try a wingsuiting out one of these days
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Where did you get this info, just curious? By the way I try to only use ARCO, just because its the cheapest.
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I thought the only dz in Alaska was at Wasila and was shut down last year or so.
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If the drogue is in tow, it is not in the pouch so you don't have a horseshoe. If the closing loop breaks at that point, the main will deploy. You will not end up with a drogue in tow with an open main container, which is something that can happen on other tandem systems. Dave Thanks I think that was what I was getting at. If you could have the main bag out and still have the drogue attached via the safety pin, ie. deployed but not released.
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Ok now I'm getting confused. Not that I wasn't already though You said earlier "This design does do away with the open container and drogue still in tow scenario. " I read that as eliminating the horseshoe mal. But you can still get one but more than one thing needs to happen. ie. if just the main closing pin breaks it will not give a mal unless something else also contributes. If this is not true than how can RW claim to eliminate out of sequence deployements any better than any other manufacturer.
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What about the 'safety pin' on the drogue? From reading the manual I understood there is a main closing pin and a safety pin. So wouldn't BOTH pins have to be pulled in order for the container to open? Hence the no drogue, no main emphasis and the manual touting that the Sigma virtually eliminates out of sequence deployments?
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Ok, that makes sense but two different things would have to happen then. Main closing loop breaking and you having released the drogue before deploying it. Highly unlikely but not impossible then.
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Well...I once did a tandem at 330 mph...according to my neptune at least
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That's what got me to asking these questions. Manuals can be a bit convoluted. So my understanding is there is no way to have a horseshoe mal on the sigma then? And the differences in emergency procedures between the 2 & 3 is there are no out of sequence handle pulls on the 3?
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So based on the sigma's design you cannot deploy the main without first deploying the drogue due to the 'safety pin'. Makes emergency procedures simpler and uniform. However, can you deploy the drogue and have the main bag come out without releasing the drogue? I'm thinking not due to the safety pin, the bag could not come out without releasing the pin therefore releasing the drogue right? That was the whole point of the safety pin and new design correct? Just want to be sure I completely understand this. I was thinking about it from the question of what are the differences in emergency procedures from the Vector 2 to the Vector 3. Differences being no out of sequence deployments to react to.....?
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What, no takers?
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Anyone going to be at Kapow next Saturday? I'm heading up to do my cross over tandem training. I think a couple other people might also be coming that would do a tandem jump with me but if not I need help. Anyone want to do a tandem with me? I have to do one solo and one with an experienced passenger. Any backup takers
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And the video of the tree encounter is pretty spectacular too!
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Mad cow disease.
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Just looked up the actual rule on the Redcross site. "At this time, the American Red Cross donor eligibility rules related to vCJD are as follows: You are not eligible to donate if: From January 1, 1980, through December 31, 1996, you spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 3 months or more, in the United Kingdom (UK), or... From January 1, 1980, to present, you had a blood transfusion in any country(ies) in the (UK). The UK includes any of the countries listed below. Channel Islands England Falkland Islands Gibraltar Isle of Man Northern Ireland Scotland Wales" So they really should be letting me donate according to this