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Meet the creator of the "TETRAHEDRON"
Michael Chambers
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Michael Chambers |
Skydive New England stalwart Michael Chambers has been skydiving
hard since his first jump nearly ten years ago.
Currently he holds the position of S&TA for his
home dropzone in southern Maine.
Over the years Mike noticed jumpers having trouble
seeing the windsock in light wind conditions or
when it became bleached out.
Having seen the design at various municiple airports,
Mike decided to try and correct the problem.
As part of his constant effort to improve safety Michael built a
"Tetrahedron" ( a polyhedron with four faces) out of aluminum
and steel. Placed on a ball-bearing caster welded to a post,
the weight and balance is corrected until the device points
into the wind with the slighest breeze.
Once in place it proved a huge success. Skydivers as well as
Jumppilots found they could tell the wind direction well before
they had to enter the landing pattern.
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