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Re: Harnesses/age/exposure..........

I find these scenarios interesting

1. I cannot race a Toyota Corolla with a brand new-never-out-of-the-box set of belts made in 2005, but.......

2. I can drive a 800 HP project car in an HPDE with stock DOT 3 point belts that have been exposed to the sun every single day over the past 30 years.

3. The FAA and the United Parachute Association have never put dates on parachute harnesses, parachutes (including reserves) or any equipment except automatic activation devices. They let parachute riggers (the equivalent of race tech inspectors) simply visually inspect and decide if the equipment is airworthy or not. My rig (harness/container) and reserve parachute are 20 years old and I will, once again, not worry about them when I jump this weekend. I have a buddy whose rig and main parachute (read; lots of UV exposure) are 30 years old.

Regulations don't alway make sense. And don't get me started on the logic of motorcycle laws. ROFLMAO. :biggrin:

<blockquote data-quote="92 white 0650" data-source="post: 1446492" data-attributes="member: 5386">Re: Harnesses/age/exposure..........I find these scenarios interesting1.&nbsp; I cannot race a Toyota Corolla with a brand new-never-out-of-the-box set of belts made in 2005, but.......&nbsp; 2.&nbsp; I can drive a 800 HP project car in an HPDE with stock DOT 3 point belts that have been exposed to the sun every single day over the past 30 years.&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; The FAA and the United Parachute Association have never put dates on parachute harnesses, parachutes (including reserves) or any equipment except automatic activation devices.&nbsp; They let parachute riggers (the equivalent of race tech inspectors) simply visually inspect and decide if the equipment is airworthy or not.&nbsp; My rig (harness/container) and reserve parachute are 20 years old and I will, once again, not worry about them when I jump this weekend.&nbsp; I have a buddy whose rig and main parachute (read; lots of UV exposure) are 30 years old.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> Regulations don&#039;t alway make sense.&nbsp; And don&#039;t get me started on the logic of motorcycle laws.&nbsp; ROFLMAO.&nbsp; :biggrin:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="92 white 0650, post: 1446492, member: 5386"] [b]Re: Harnesses/age/exposure..........[/b] I find these scenarios interesting 1. I cannot race a Toyota Corolla with a brand new-never-out-of-the-box set of belts made in 2005, but....... 2. I can drive a 800 HP project car in an HPDE with stock DOT 3 point belts that have been exposed to the sun every single day over the past 30 years. 3. The FAA and the United Parachute Association have never put dates on parachute harnesses, parachutes (including reserves) or any equipment except automatic activation devices. They let parachute riggers (the equivalent of race tech inspectors) simply visually inspect and decide if the equipment is airworthy or not. My rig (harness/container) and reserve parachute are 20 years old and I will, once again, not worry about them when I jump this weekend. I have a buddy whose rig and [U]main[/U] parachute (read; lots of UV exposure) are 30 years old. :eek: Regulations don't alway make sense. And don't get me started on the logic of motorcycle laws. ROFLMAO. :biggrin: [/QUOTE]

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