why don't they do this?

[bch7773 0]

Hey I have always wondered this:

Why don't parachute makers make the reserve pilotchute and freebag orange?

Wouldn't that make the job of finding them much easier if someone were to have a cutaway? Its not like we could complain about the color, since normally nobody sees it. And I imagine orange fabric could not be that much more expensive then whatever they use now.

edited for spelling

MB 3528, RB 1182

[Hazarrd 1]

yes it certainly would make finding it easier. do you really think they want you to find it? hah!

.-.

[payback462 0]

wow, that would be a great idea,
oh, wait a sec
RI already does that!!

still didnt help me find my damn freebag though

[aneblett 0]

I was gonna say : Mine is Orange...

and yes it is an RI container...

S.E.X. party #2

..It is far worse to live with fear, than to die confronting it.

[payback462 0]

i think the relfex freebag is orange too, either that or red, cant remember, but i know its pretty much a copy of the RI bag.

[grega 0]

But, but,... i want my reserve to be yellow.

"George just lucky i guess!"

[tobi778 0]

Some Atom containers that I have packed have had orange freebags. Wings use neon yellow, that's good too...

[Tonto 1]

Find it? It came right off your back! Where's it going to go?

Bright colours would help though.

I've caught half mine before I've landed. I've also caught many others. Just watch your stuff. It's not that hard. And if you lose it? That's not such a bad thing when you consider the alternatives.

t

It's the year of the Pig.

[phoenixlpr 0]

Lucky one!

Mine has been found after sereval months with my main.

[Tonto 1]

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Lucky one!

Mine has been found after sereval months with my main.

Mmm. I hope you're not going to pack it again. Several months of UV exposure to your bridal could really spoil your day come your next mal...

t

It's the year of the Pig.

[masterrig 1]

Bright colors on free-bags and pilot chutes can sure help. I'm just curious about something. When I first started in skydiving, I was told that, if I had a reserve-ride, I should keep an eye on my pilot chute and free-bag and follow it to the ground the best I could within safety guidelines. Someone else on the load should try to do the same with the jettisoned main. Does this still apply? In recent years, it seems as though the big thing is to hit the peas under a reserve and worry about the main, free-bag and pilot chute, later. Losing any of those components can be costly.

???

Chuck

[phoenixlpr 0]

:)

I have a plan to reline it because it had 4 lines broken.

I can use as a drag chute :).

It was not a real question to use it a week after I lost.

[phoenixlpr 0]

" Bright colors on free-bags and pilot chutes can sure help. "

Yeah sure: if it lands in military area, forest or lake.

Ive read about having a radio signaler on the main, but it was quite expensive, several hundred of $$$.

[Cloggy 1]

You mean something like http://www.paratec.de/Seiten/News3.html?

[riggerrob 558]

Losing any of those components can be costly.

???

Chuck

[MrHixxx 0]

Wings freebags are neon yellow...

Hixxx

death,as men call him, ends what they call men
-but beauty is more now than dying’s when

[phoenixlpr 0]

Its a really nice idea. But there are place that you can not land any other place than the landing area: forest, lakes, high tention transmission, railroad, highway, town....

[bch7773 0]

ok I guess I haven't seen enough reserve pilotchutes and freebags then. My old school javelin has a white one, and the only other ones I've seen was a yellow one, and another white one.

and yes, I know its not hard to keep an eye on a white pc, but if you were to cutaway above a town, it would be nice to be able to look for a landing area instead of watching your stuff all the time. besides, the orange color can't hurt.

Do the new Javelins use orange reserve pcs/freebags?

MB 3528, RB 1182

[masterrig 1]

Good answer! I guess, it's a fairly good idea, but, as I mentioned, 'within safety guidelines'. If, it's not safe to do so... go-back and look for your stuff... after everyone's safe on the ground.
I haven't heard of this being taught to the newcomers.

Chuck

[Nightingale 0]

from what I've seen, most follow the main since its more expensive to replace if lost.

personally, if I saw someone cutaway, I'd try to chase whatever they didn't.

[masterrig 1]

I have 'flown' down, under canopy, to a jumper on our load who had a reserve-ride to make sure he was all-right. Luckily, the PC and free-bag had tangled with the main and with no wind, landed close-by. (This was before AAD's were used by skydivers) He stood it up in a cottonfield. I feel, it's just 'courtesy' to the jumper.

[payback462 0]

the only problem with that is that my main has a hell of a lot better glide ratio by itself then i do under my reserve and im starting out at big altitude disadvantage to begin with!

[mjosparky 3]

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Lucky one!

Mine has been found after sereval months with my main.

Mmm. I hope you're not going to pack it again. Several months of UV exposure to your bridal could really spoil your day come your next mal...

t

Eric,
The pilot chute and bag maybe but the bridle is made of cotton right?
Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[phoenixlpr 0]

I was told that PCs are out,but I can use the freebad and the D-bag as long as they hold.

[Tonto 1]

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Eric,
The pilot chute and bag maybe but the bridle is made of cotton right?
Sparky

Bridle made of cotten? No.

Get it checked out. Here, under the hole in the ozone layer, with people in their teens getting melanoma - I wouldn't touch gear that's been out there for a week.

t

It's the year of the Pig.