thepollster

The PDR is proven over approx. 15 years. There are many deployments that were outside of the design envelope in that time (overspeed, overweight) that we never heard about because the reserve is good enough to allow the jumper to survive mistakes. The PDR also has good flight characteristics. The Smart is new. All the testing in the world won't show what happens in the real world. There is likely nothing wrong with the Smart, but wouldn't it suck to be the one who discovers a problem (by dying), just to save a few bucks, or to be able to say you have newer technology? Just remember, people used to say the Ravens were good, until they started blowing up.

7 days a week.

When you have quotes like "I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by a lesbian sex scene", how can you not quote them?

When the majority say the same type of thing about a person, rarely are they not true.

Currently listening to "It's a man's man's man's world" as done by Concrete Blonde. Up next is some Bob Dylan.

Thank you for demonstrating why one should always take their rig as a carry-on.

All GA was down for the weekend following the attacks. I think Andrew is asking for DZs that were shut down for more duration.

How is this not advertising? Not to mention the exact same post in the RW forum. http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1161225;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

This clearly belongs in the womens forum.

One thing not mentioned, that should be checked out is how the canopy reacts to rear riser inputs with the brakes set. Some canopies will oversteer in that configuration, and you should know what you are getting into.

If I'm not mistaken. Precision measures their canopies differntly than Icarus/PD, so you are dealing with a much larger size difference than you think. Try comparing the Nitron 170 with a Safire2 160 and see if you still think the same. If I am wrong with the measuring system, I'm sure someone will stand up to tell me

I used to have a keeper. She kept the house, the kids, the furniture when we divorced. Worth every penny.

The d-bag is attached correctly. If you know how many jumps are on the lineset, we can advise whether a reling is likely needed, but it really needs someone to physcally inspect it.

Can you give a link?

We will just have to agree to disagree. To me, skydiving involves jumping from aircraft. Paragliding is ground launching using thermals. Arguing over the internet is like the special olympics.