Jan 27, 2002, 1:29 PM
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I tried the Wolmari pack for a while. I know the theory behind this pack job is to help prevent line over malfunctions by the way it folds up. It does really fold up nicely and goes into the bag well. The only problem that I seemed to be having with this was very hard openings. I finally went back to my old methods of pro-packing and the openings seemed much better. I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed a difference in severity of openings using this method. I was jumping a 195 Falcon. Thanks Steve,
I read the wolmary web page, and quite frankly I don't get it.
A line over malfunction is already a VERY low probability occurrance with a standard pro pack.
The wolmari pack is a solution to a nonexistent problem. It doesn't enter into the packing sequence until after you've laid the canopy on the ground. At that point a proper pro pack is not going to induce a line-over. Emphasis on proper.
Jay , you are right , My web site is gone, It could be that it is about 5 or 10 times bigger than the 5 Mb they allow me. Maybe they check that shit from time to time.
I wolmari pack every time. It has wicked predictable openings and I think they are softer than my propack. Put it this way, it will take extreme circumstances for me to hand my rig to a packer. I have just gotten so used to the openings. It's also a lot faster for me to pack, easier to handle and much easier to get in the bag. Bringing the corner to corner (read about it and you'll know what I am talking about), and you can grab the whole top of the canopy with one hand.
The whole line over thing--most of the propackers I see tucking the excess under to get that nice tight column are in fact at more of a risk of a line over than a wolmari packer who is putting all the excess on the top. If one line migrates out of the center of a propack, is tucked around the bottom and finds its way inside an end cell on the nose, you most likely have created a line over. Feel free to correct me.
IMHO, Wolmari rules!! peace
mike
A bucket of Jet A can heat an entire county if burned all at once.
The whole line over thing--most of the propackers I see tucking the excess under to get that nice tight column are in fact at more of a risk of a line over than a wolmari packer who is putting all the excess on the top. If one line migrates out of the center of a propack, is tucked around the bottom and finds its way inside an end cell on the nose, you most likely have created a line over. Feel free to correct me.
I guess this would explain why there's so many chopped line overs every day?
There aren't are there? So where's this increased risk of a line over and how do you know Wolmari reduces it?
When I lay my canopy down, I run my hands along the length, you can feel where the lines are. I keep them nice and straight and in the center. The "excess" that you tuck in is safe. There's no lines there. Provided you have proper technique, and it obviously doesn't need to be that good (evidence: line overs are very rare) you are not migrating any lines forward.
The most important thing to do is when you first wrap the tail around, make sure that you aren't pulling any lines around in front of the nose - THAT's the way line overs happen. If you keep everything in the back you'll be fine.
The propack is an established packing method and works well. The wolmari "technique" is probably no worse, but it's unfair to tout it as a solution to a problem that isn't really there.
The main thing I learned - from those photos - was the concept of squeezing air out of the canopy, then keeping a knee or arm on it to prevent it from re-inflating.
Sorry, but I have been getting frustrated training new packers. New packers have a bad habit of squeezing the air out of canopies, letting go, watching the canopy re-inflate, squeezing the air out, letting go, watching it re-inflate, squeezing the air out, letting go, watching it re-inflate ....
