Mar 12, 2012, 12:09 PM
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leg strap bungee + wing suit
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I did a search and came up with a single thread (http://www.dropzone.com/...ap%20bungee;#2750316) from 2007 and was wondering if there has been any progress made in a detachable bungee for your leg straps which would allow a rig to go from freefly friendly (with bungee) to wingsuit friendly (sans bungee) configuration.
Is this still a roll your own solution type deal, in which case I should just talk to a rigger, or does anyone out there market something that fits this use case?
(This post was edited by 3mpire on Mar 12, 2012, 12:10 PM)
I don't know the brand of rig, but I saw a jumper board the Otter in Eloy this weekend ahead of me, and instead of a bungee, they had a short length of tape (looked thinner then webbing) instead, with a quick release buckle on it.
I think the jumper was German, so it may have been a Euro rig (or a after market add-on).
I don't know the brand of rig, but I saw a jumper board the Otter in Eloy this weekend ahead of me, and instead of a bungee, they had a short length of tape (looked thinner then webbing) instead, with a quick release buckle on it.
I think the jumper was German, so it may have been a Euro rig (or a after market add-on).
Wouldn't be difficult to do, but then you have a comfort thing to deal with (who want's to sit on the floor of the otter/skyvan etc with a shackle/buckle in their ass?
My current rigs have removable ""bungees" made out of 2 softlinks, the ones with the metal ring. They are sown to the legstraps with the canopy-lines end. I undo the softlink to open the "bungee". After the wingsuit is on the rig, I do the softlink up again.
I've also used a small french link: knot your bungee on one side of the rig as usual, and attach the other side with a small french link. Whether this works depends mostly on your rig: if you have the small loops for the bungee this is easy, if you have the long tube type loops you'll have to make a loop with tape or something, to attach the french link to.
