I was just sitting here thinking about all of the technology involved in BASE and realized something, this sport will not progress any further until hot glue is integrated into our gear in some way.
I was just sitting here thinking about all of the technology involved in BASE and realized something, this sport will not progress any further until hot glue is integrated into our gear in some way.
Maybe it already is ?????
However a Zip-Loc closed rig is where the future lies!
Am I the only one who uses hot glue to augment worn velcro?
Michael
let me tell you a story.............
about a rookie skydiver in '82.
i had just got a brand new square parachute and was stoked to be jumping something other than a round or a paradactyl.
i hooked up the risers to my harness, ( back in the old days canopies came on risers ), had my rigger check it out and went up to do a "HOT" ohio 4 way out a cessna from 8,500.
as they say in parachutist, the freefall was uneventfull.
opening however was not.
the right front riser failed on opening shock and i lost 1/4 of my suspension lines instantly.
even a gargano spirit loaded at about .75:1 seems to spin pretty fast when you only have ~ 150 jumps.
blah blah blah
the cause?
one of the connector-link riser ends had only been folded over and hot-melt-glued down and was never sewn.
DUH !!!!
for some reason i was a bit more fastidious about gear inspection after that.
and
to add to the happy ending, don rumble, the guy that had sold me the canopy, sent me $$$$$ for a repack and beer.
i didn't even have to threaten to sue him!
what a concept!
stay safe,
craig (check your stitching) fenstermaker
Tired of worn out velcro? Uncomfortable with those new fangled pin thingys?
Parachutes Australia, long the world's leading manufacturer of BASE gear, has just announced the re-release of a classic BASE container.
The product of years of intensive research and development, the new Suburban SUV is the world's first fully functional zipper closed single parachute container.
Utilizing state of the art zippers (specially removed from worn out blue jeans at PA's facility in Thailand), the Suburban SUV is guaranteed to open at least .5 cm on every deployment (further opening is subject to wind conditions, deployment technique, and animal spirits).
Don't wait, upgrade to the new Suburban SUV today.
I've been having good luck with hot-gluing the seams on the nose together on slider up jumps. I glue them all except the center cell, to encourage on-heading openings. I am presently preparing to do the same experiment with staples, however I can't figure out how to staple all the cells shut EXCEPT #4.
any ideas?
Just get a big rubberband and place it over the entire leading edge. It looks cool on deployment and will cause alot more people to point at you when you jump.
>Tired of worn out velcro?
>Uncomfortable with those new fangled
>pin thingys?
>
>Parachutes Australia, long the world's
>leading manufacturer of BASE gear, has
>just announced the re-release of a
>classic BASE container.
>
>The product of years of intensive
>research and development, the new
>Suburban SUV is the world's first
>fully functional zipper closed single
>parachute container.
>
>Utilizing state of the art zippers
>(specially removed from worn out blue
>jeans at PA's facility in Thailand),
>the Suburban SUV is guaranteed to open
>at least .5 cm on every deployment
>(further opening is subject to wind
>conditions, deployment technique, and
>animal spirits).
>
>Don't wait, upgrade to the new
>Suburban SUV today.
I have a moral issue with this one Tom, the production of BASE equiptment in a sweat shop outside of the U.S.A? What is the world coming too?
Just staple all the cells on either side to the load-bearing rib of #4 on the same side. Works for me. Use 3 staples on each side. 2 staples isn't really enough, and 4 is too much. I used 4 staples once. It sucked.
Michael
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