Hi Everyone,
On 29/04 on a training jump for 2-way Nationals, both my partner and I had problems with our Neptune II. They both gave us the 1000 ft signal, so we know it was on, however in FF neither of the 2 gave us an alarm.
First I thought we might have not heard it, but both of us not hearing our audibles seems very unlikely. An instructor/coach jumped one of them the following day and confirmed us that it did give a signal at 1000 ft(even though it was a different type of signal according to him), but did not give any alarm at the alarm/breakoff altitude(4500 ft).
I have e-mailed Alti-2 and they are looking into it, however a first look tells them everything looks ok. Battery might be a little low, even though my Neptune is still showing full battery.
We have only had the Neptunes for 3-4 months, and have never had any problems prior to this one jump.
Can anyone give me some insight, or let me know if it has happened before?
Didn't want to post this as an incident, but we were so low 1 of us did have a dual deployment when their Cypres fired. I am not blaming the audibles for us not being alti aware, but just don't want the same thing happening to me or anyone out there if it is a problem with the Neptune II.
Thank you,
Roy49