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hemophiliact...  : (29 August 2010 - 10:03 PM) you can't (or shouldn't) open a parachute in an indoor windtunnel
baz  : (30 August 2010 - 01:40 PM) Do parachute manufacturers test canopies in low speed wind tunnels or is it the old 44 galon drum off the roof of a building trick?
Gemetria  : (30 August 2010 - 06:12 PM) I reckon in this modern age they get tested on a computer first.... I did some drop tests for someone who was developing a canopy a canopy via S/L
Gemetria  : (30 August 2010 - 06:12 PM) pushing a dummy out of a 182 was fun :)
Yossarian  : (30 August 2010 - 07:56 PM) Gemetria, that's not how you refer to students
Fester  : (31 August 2010 - 11:29 AM) Im still alive
Phielix  : (31 August 2010 - 09:27 PM) me too
Gemetria  : (01 September 2010 - 11:35 PM) interesting right here.... http://www.courthous...07/16/28888.htm
INVS  : (02 September 2010 - 11:21 AM) yeah your not wrong be interesting to see how that turns out
Gemetria  : (02 September 2010 - 02:52 PM) I guess it meanz that we will have to restrict the use of Cypres now for Students and Novices
Gemetria  : (02 September 2010 - 03:18 PM) http://au.news.yahoo...nally-unmasked/
Winston  : (02 September 2010 - 03:38 PM) sueing airtec what a joke. hope it gets chucked out of court and costs the idiots shit loads of court fees
MattyHylander  : (02 September 2010 - 03:39 PM) Im with you MrB..... We know the consequences of our actions......
Robert Stevens  : (02 September 2010 - 05:02 PM) yep but sad to say she has a good case
Winston  : (02 September 2010 - 05:39 PM) i seriously doubt that, would like to see the data on the cypres. any $ she turned it on at home in the morning which has a different asl than the dz
Robert Stevens  : (02 September 2010 - 08:45 PM) cool at the end of the day it was a life saving device that failed back that up
MattyHylander  : (03 September 2010 - 10:02 AM) Mechanical devices do and will fail - We assume the risk when we jump
Gemetria  : (03 September 2010 - 03:41 PM) sure things fail, but there has been numerous times when Airtec have stated that something couldn't happen and it has happened. They said that you couldn't fool it into firing in a swoop.... dead people say otherwise
Gemetria  : (03 September 2010 - 03:42 PM) Winston... even NASA has problems with electronics at times.... think any of the AAD's are different? Think again. Back up does not mean 'fail safe'
Sadist  : (03 September 2010 - 03:55 PM) http://www.bettercallsaul.com/
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patto  4 months of travelling europe jumping aint too bad ..

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hemophiliacthehorse  got a dirty jumpsuit, and it didn't look cool at all. Its time to get a gopro.

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Winston  how good is flocking hey, did a awesome 4 way that must have looked like a nice flock of birds soaring through the sky from the ground, yeah a very sick flock of birds...

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Uncle Paul  I just want my own rig DAMMIT! any kind souls want to buy me an icon/pilot 210? i'll love you forever, and respect you in the morning...

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Sky Monkey  50 jumps at Nox! Flock Yeah!

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