I had planned on a big approach. giving me plenty of room on final to make adjustments, but I still had problems. My (new, damned, but damned pretty) Rotor harness wouldn't rock upright. I struggled against the backplate as the ground sped towards me, and finally, with a "pop", the slider bar rotated. Finally, I was able to look up higher than my belt buckle. I felt as spastic as a kid wrapped in a snowsuit, but since I was flying my easy Sport 2 instead of my fabulous (but more opinionated) Litespeed, she set me down Ok anyhow. After I quit quaking I tried again.
Really it wasn't so bad. The Quest crew wasn't betting on how well I would succeed in flying my new harness, since it is rumoured to be harder to land and flare with, but I did fine. Lisa towed me up around some small cummies my first flight. I was busy testing the harness and moving it around, but the view still moved me to tears. Who gets to see this kind of thing -- clouds streaming by below, a hawk, screaming a song as she rides the air near me -- and how the hell did I get so lucky?
I had to run out a couple of landings, which isn't great since Angel will throw herself on the ground like the drama queen she is when Griffin will merely shrug her soft wings and protect herself when I am too stupid to do it for her. But it was fine. I got the landings great by the last of my 5 tries, and none of them were bad.
One more day and I will pair up Angel and the Rotor. I have finally gotten most of my equipment figured out. Thankfully this step doesn't seem too drastic.
We are having lots of fun here at Quest. Poker nights, dinners at the Thai Nazi's, and visits with our friends from Britian, as well as from our Northern friends. Come join us. The weather sucked today; I couldn't strip down to my tank top until almost 11 AM.
Lauren
Rotor in Florida
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Re: Rotor in Florida
you don't need to use the lever at the back plate to go upright, the "kick ass" lever is just adjusting your pitch,Lauren Tjaden wrote: My (new, damned, but damned pretty) Rotor harness wouldn't rock upright. I struggled against the backplate as the ground sped towards me, and finally, with a "pop", the slider bar rotated. Finally, I was able to look up higher than my belt buckle.
Lauren
make sure the bar with your hangstrap attached is nice and clean,
i addet a bungee there to keep these little ropes out of the way, the bungee is pulling them to the side,
if you want to, i can take a pics of it
http://rotorharness.com
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Paul Tjaden
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Rotor in Florida
In a message dated 12/11/2005 8:13:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, selbaer@yahoo.com writes:
The slider bar needs to rotate, though, which is what I had trouble with for a minute. I found I needed to push up on my basetube as well as rotate upright to get the bar to slide to the front of the slot. The "kick ass" lever, for pitch, worked fine. Am I misunderstanding you?
Thanks for your advice.
Lauren
you don't need to use the lever at the back plate to go upright, the "kick ass" lever is just adjusting your pitch,
The slider bar needs to rotate, though, which is what I had trouble with for a minute. I found I needed to push up on my basetube as well as rotate upright to get the bar to slide to the front of the slot. The "kick ass" lever, for pitch, worked fine. Am I misunderstanding you?
Thanks for your advice.
Lauren
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Flying Lobster
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At times it can be stiff and take a little pushing to get rotated up. Make sure you get good pressure when pushing the pad with your feet inside the boot--you may need to put an extra one or two in. You may also need to adjust the lines which control the bar slide range--it's not likely that in stock configuration that it will balance perfectly for you. I occassionally will rub down the slider bar with silicon lubricant. Rotors are nice harnesses--but they add a level of complexity to everything. (wait till you repack your chute 
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marc
)marc
Great Googly-moo!
You'll get the trick of it.
I know it took a sec for me to get used to backplate harnesses. I know have this mental picture of rocking upright while sitting down (I imagine a motion like sticking a coat on a coatrack)... I even think "ka-thunk" when I get the slider going... rocking the slider unconciously became a step in my landing process.
Jim
I know it took a sec for me to get used to backplate harnesses. I know have this mental picture of rocking upright while sitting down (I imagine a motion like sticking a coat on a coatrack)... I even think "ka-thunk" when I get the slider going... rocking the slider unconciously became a step in my landing process.
Jim