thepollster
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As far as rigger friendly, I would say the Infinity has an easier reserve container (but that shouldn't affect your decision). For the main, neither are particularly difficult to pack, but I'd probably pick the Infinity over the Icon. Other people will have different opinions, and most will favor the rig they own. For the record, I own neither container.
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True I just mean someone should have noticed. (I did not mean or want to point any fingers) Yes, someone should have noticed. I will point fingers, and say, in this case, that someone was Solly. He was jumping the rig, it was his responsibility. Luckily, he came out of this okay, but if he didn't, it would have been nobodies fault but his.
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Why would his packer check his AAD? Packers are paid to pack a main, not to be responsible for the whole parachute system.
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I knew a girl that thought like that. She had over 1000 jumps, several hundred on the same canopy, loaded about 1.4:1. She never got hurt, until she died, that is.
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Not all the manufactures. Off the top of my head, Sunpath,Altico, RI, Relative workshop, and Aerodyne won't make a custom sized container. Mirage only has 2 sizes with a large reserve, small main, but I have heard that they can sometimes be talked into an odd size.
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First off, high performance rear-riser landings are dangerous. Even though they are now in vogue, unless you have hundreds of perfect toggle landings on your current canopy, you have no business trying hi-po RR landings yet. Can you land on rear risers on a straight in approach? But to answer your question, yes, you can swoop a sabre on rears. I've done it on a 135 loaded at about 1.4, with good results.
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Proposal: manufacturer's guidelines for loadings
thepollster replied to billvon's topic in Gear and Rigging
What, like 5-6 years ago, when PD had a 500 jump minimum to jumpt the Stilleto, and a waiver for the 97 and 107? It didn't work then, and now the problem of easy to obtain HP canopies has become so large, what can the manufactor do? -
Yes, but he is alive, and if not tet, will be jumping again. The same could be said for Clem Major, same situation, he lived, and is jumping again. Much better odds than getting rid of the main that low, and impacting at line stretch on the reserve.
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I just lured the best person ever into the sport
thepollster replied to Vallerina's topic in The Bonfire
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So why won't RWS make risers with large rings and mini-webbing? I have called and asked for this, and was told you wouldn't do it.
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What do you enjoy most? Performing a hook turn Pulling at 2000 feet Performing a downwind landing Doing a no moon night jump Doing a hop 'n' pop from 3500 feet
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What scares you the most? Performing a hook turn Pulling at 2000 feet Downwind landings No moon night jumps Hop 'n' pops from 3500 feet
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how many people did you have sex with this weekend? zero-unless I can count my hands 1 2-4 where is the STD clinic?
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what is your favorite skydiving song? Jump Around by House of Pain Freefalling by Tom Petty Fly by Sugar Ray Parachute by Too Much Joy Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz jump high, pull low...and if you forget the words, hum it.
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Q:what kind of person jumps out of an airplane? A: the best kind of person
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what kind of person jumps out of a perfectly good airplane? The best kind A bunch of drunks and drug addicts The ones' whose parents said "If all your friends jumped off a bridge" I don't remember the question; I have AAD, no wait I mean ADD, no what I said only 47 more polls to get off newbie status :->
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What was your last mal? malfunction junction, whats your function? spinning mal, elliptical canopy spinning mal, square canopy p.c. in tow total mal, no p.c. out baglock canopy/line damage line over other-please elaborate Ihaven't cut away yet, but I had a "mal" that cleared right when I went to chop If there is a good story to go along with your answer, please reply. The mal forum takes too long to get a post up.
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ther are so many quality skydiving actors, so which one is your favorite? best actor award goes to Charlie Sheen in Terminal Velocity Wesley Snipes in Drop Zone That Baldwin in Cutaway Keanu Reeves in Point Break (don't let the fact that he knows movie kung-fu influence you)