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Wings Issue Repaired

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Sunrise builds some nice rigs, period.



Agreed!

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My point is that virtually every manufacture has some problems, some bigger some smaller.



Too true.

That's why I'm all for jumpers taking a greater interest in their gear.....:)
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I noticed this on my Wings but thought nothing of it. I am in NZ so if I wanted to get a fix it would be better to get a rigger here to fix it. My rigger would want instructions from Sunrise. Is that the right way to get this safety precaution fix? If so would I send them the pic you included and ask them for an instruction for a rigger to fix it?

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I just wanted to add my experience to this. After reading the thread, I checked my rig right after I got it back from a repack anyway.

I jump a W-13 wings, with a PDR 176, and a hornet 170 main. The reserve pack is pretty dang tight at that volume and the Wings containers do have deep pocketed corners on the reserve, with a freebag whose shape is perpendicular to the reserve container. For these reasons, I was eager to find if the catch existed, because my reserve volume above such a catch would be very firm.

Upon examining my rig, I did not find this condition at all. The left corner comes completely to a flush seam into the packtray. The right corner recedes a very slight bit, maybe 1/4", and gradually. Therefore, both my rigger and I think the possibility of anything catching is none existent.

Whether this speak to the difference between cut in lateral (which I do not have) or simply rig variation, I have no idea. Just wanted to share that my wings does not exhibit this at all.
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