The rig I learnt to jump on had a mechanical AAD (or AOD, as we called it at the time). It was a HUGE clockwork device that would pull the main pin at a set altitude. It would trigger every time, regardless of what you were doing. You'd hear a the clockwork whirring, then a click as the cable retracted. If I recall, it was a small ring that sat around the cable to your ripcord, and was armed by pulling a cable to wind the mechanism. My instructor had to arm it once we'd climbed well past the activation altitude, or you'd open in the aircraft.
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"The life saving device that every skydiver should jump with" I would have some points against that statement as a swooper doing 360+ rotation at a 2.5+ WL. Don't trust AAD's to not fire during a dive. Btw, all AAD's use barometric pressure to read height and speed, which isn't accurate enough for swooping, so the available settings aren't to be trusted. I always switch it off when doing hop n pops and limit to 270 rotation when doing regular jumps and swoop.
Your so awesome I wish I could go skydiving with you just watching your videos makes me want to jump off my couch but i think the aad wouldn't work for two foot jumps 😝
This is an informative video. However, I wouldn't call it a review. You're more summarizing the info that is available online for each product. I would like to see an honest review where skydivers share their actual opinions about the various AAD models. Thank you for the information.
if I'm not wrong, the pricing and the benefits don't match. Less benefits for higher cost and vice versa. what's the logic? Anyways nice and informative video as always.
Skydive Vibes I hear from people (not you) that Vigil doesn’t work or Cypres doesn’t work. One of our S&TAs who’s also a rigger, TI and AFFI said the internals all come from the same place. To downplay one is the same as downplaying your favorite. It’s like the people who have a favorite car brand. Ford is no better than Chevy or vice versa. All items can have flaws or not operate the way they should. I’m a believer that as long as I have an AAD back there, I’ve done my part in ensuring my safety. From that point, it’s up to the device to operate properly if needed.
Jason C they are all supposed to work as they should and every brand have had flaws at some point. But it's really uncommon. I agree that no one is better than another. It's all about choice and maybe preference on the maintenance schedule.
I just heared that there was or were some virigl units with production error and now cutting knive, but it was just "grapevine". 'cause i am living in germany i think that i am going for a cypres after i got my licencse and a few jumps :) btw weight is the same with all models?
