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Erwin Landau

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I am 6'6", 36" inseam, short torso, long arms. So with the XCS ergo handle, the PRO arm, and the drop on the carbon arm, I am really in heaven. So this drop down may not be everybody's cup of tea.

 

But I would also take note of Larry's words, since he is a much more 'normally' proportioned gentleman.

 

The other point to make is that the hip joint is really the body's fulcrum, in respect to wearing the rig. ie. the major hinge between the legs and the torso. I find that having the socket block close to this pivot point (the hip) gives me a super solid feeling both in my lock-offs & finely finessed moves.

 

Will

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The apparent 'thinness' at the curve in the arm is an illusion. The combination of the flash and the weave of the carbon and the reflection seems to make it look perhaps weaker at the curve area.

 

This couldn't be further from the truth. The workmanship is impeccable. It is the picture that leaves a little to be desired.

 

This curve is laboriously crafted by the expert hands of Walter. The arm could hold an elephant!

 

W.

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If you have a DSD or Klassen vest, why do we need the spring in the socket block adaptor part of the arm?

 

I was talking to Daniel Sauve at cinegear and he brought this up.

Larry McConkey, Daniel and myself were talking about this in the parking lot at Universal after the show. Daniel said he got rid of the sping all together and then Larry mentioned that he tried sawing the sping part out of his Masters [or was it a Tiffen?] arm, but it did not work right and he had to buy a new socket block adapter or at least parts of it.

 

But i have been thinking about this about every other time i pull my DSD vest out. I have the Pro arm and i hate the spanner wrenches, but with the new arm angle of the back mounted vest... what does that spring do now anyway? Do we even need it with a back mounted design?

[To be honest in the last year sence i got the Pro arm and back mounted vest I have yet to even flip the arm once... but i will happen someday right?]

 

anyone else have any ideas on this?

rich

 

BTW Erwin. How is your new Pro male socket doing anyway? Are you seeing the old problems developing in the two grooves? Thats where this threas started anyway...

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Hi Rich

 

I have an old mk3a arm I was using that had no spring in - and I found it worked much better with the backmounted vest as it gave that first level of bounce you get when walking with a frontmounted vest - I hope this makes sense.

Anyway I found it worked very well without the spring in.

 

Howard

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I have been operating for years without the spring, first with frontmounted original 3a harnass, later with my DSD and did not miss it one moment!

 

However, regarding the adjustible bolds, there is another thing I will like to tell you all, but in a new thread as this one is getting a bit loooong!

 

 

Rob van Gelder, Bangkok, Thailand.

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