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Any opinions on this base rig/main by performance-variable?
Anyone jumped it?
Considering to get one
Thanx in advance
http://www.performance-variable.com/EN/03_Gurtzeuge/03.htm



Lars

[dexter]

It looks like they're using Type17 mini risers.

Stay safe out there! ---Dex
dexterbase@hotmail.com

[dexter]

It looks like they're using Type17 mini risers.

Stay safe out there! ---Dex
dexterbase@hotmail.com

[imported_Tom Aiello]

I inspected one of these rigs in Italy last year.

They are, in my opinion, dangerous to jump. Not only are they using mini-risers, they are using min-risers with a hole punched in the center of them.

The jumper who's rig I inspected was relatively new, and didn't think it was a big deal. His basic reasoning was "well, they wouldn't sell it if it wasn't safe, would they?"

He went home and asked his mentor, BASE 283 (a man with just a wee bit of rigging and BASE experience--like 20 years of rigging work). Shortly thereafter, I got an email from 283, mentioning that the new jumper had stopped using the performance variable risers, and had a real set of BASE risers.

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@mac.com

[imported_Tom Aiello]

I inspected one of these rigs in Italy last year.

They are, in my opinion, dangerous to jump. Not only are they using mini-risers, they are using min-risers with a hole punched in the center of them.

The jumper who's rig I inspected was relatively new, and didn't think it was a big deal. His basic reasoning was "well, they wouldn't sell it if it wasn't safe, would they?"

He went home and asked his mentor, BASE 283 (a man with just a wee bit of rigging and BASE experience--like 20 years of rigging work). Shortly thereafter, I got an email from 283, mentioning that the new jumper had stopped using the performance variable risers, and had a real set of BASE risers.

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@mac.com

[imported_Tom Aiello]

I've also noticed that the PC shown has a hackey handle.

Before jumping with a hackey, be sure to find out about last year's wingsuit fatality:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=244302

The investigators of this accident concluded that the hackey handle was at least partially responsible for the fatality. The accident report can be found on Flare's web page:

http://www.linetwist.net/

More information here:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=161&mesg_id=161&listing_type=search

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@mac.com