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kj126 0
QuoteHere is what a packer did for me recently on a tandem. woohoo!
Ah, so thats a Cincinnati Bowtie...
I always thought it was something sexual
jacketsdb23 45
Wow Jason. Did you pay him extra for the ride?
God is Good
Beer is Great
Swoopers are crazy.
jakee 1,254
QuoteHere is what a packer did for me recently on a tandem. woohoo!
A) Sweet!
B) What?
Bill_K 0
QuoteQuoteIve heard many a packer say "you pay for the packjob not the opening", which is why I will nearly always pack my own rig.
I pack for others time to time. They put their trust in my hand. If you don't trust a packer than don't use it. Do not forget they allow you to rest or take that load which you could not make by yourself.
Well said. I trust my packer and he does care about my openings, but he's been packing for me long enough and on the same gear now that it's pretty well worked out. Heck he even knows when I'm wing suiting and packs my pilot differently. I do try to tip well.
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Bill_K 0
QuoteHere is what a packer did for me recently on a tandem. woohoo!
Did one riser hang during the cutaway? Or was that just that 'right' timing to catch it?
ficus 0
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I'm thinking on of the risers got hung up coming out of the container or otherwise had significant slack in it during the opening sequence. This is probably what caused it to catch on the plastic buckle on my helmet and then subsequently break it off.
I have jumped 20-30 packjobs done by the guy who packed for you on this jump. In my experience, he is pretty good at getting the canopy in the bag straight and symmetrical (the openings have been better than from my own packjobs), but does a poor job at dressing the rig in other aspects. I have seen the bridle between main pin and BOC insufficiently tucked in, a bit of main PC fabric sticking out, and then the thing that really comes to mind in your case:
More than once, he has put my main risers directly on top of my reserve risers. Those of you with Wings rigs will note that this is underneath the flap that says "Place main risers ON TOP of this flap". Especially with a low amount of excess line after the last stow, I could easily see this causing a riser slap on your helmet. Then one riser hangs on your helmet buckle, they load unevenly, a Velocity comes out of the bag, and it's off to the races.
ASTKU 1
QuoteReally its not that hard to pack a good canopy, there are really only a few basic things u have to do to get it all true and straight and then shove it in the bag.
Am i on my own here ??
Or is anyone with me?
Dude, Are you kidding about this post?? You Jump a freaking 215sf canopy and only have 40 pack jobs. This is about a high performance canopy not a humongous student canopy.
Have you ever jumped a VELOCITY loaded at 2.2???
Also, I don't think anybody said for sure that this was a step-through.
QuoteQuoteReally its not that hard to pack a good canopy, there are really only a few basic things u have to do to get it all true and straight and then shove it in the bag.
Am i on my own here ??
Or is anyone with me?
Dude, Are you kidding about this post?? You Jump a freaking 215sf canopy and only have 40 pack jobs. This is about a high performance canopy not a humongous student canopy.
Have you ever jumped a VELOCITY loaded at 2.2???
Also, I don't think anybody said for sure that this was a step-through.
Dude, do you know the big difference between you and him? He does have faith and you do not.
Packing is not a rocket science. I have met this kindda guy. He really does not care who packs his rig, even a student under a licensed jumpers supervison.
I have been jumping around WL 2.2. I got lot relaxed than before. You know and see what matters and what does not.
ASTKU 1
QuoteI have met this kindda guy. He really does not care who packs his rig, even a student under a licensed jumpers supervison.
Of course he doesn't care who packs his canopy, its not a velocity 111. Its a 215 sf canopy.
Rocket science is very simple compared to the complexity of a parachute......haha
kj126 0
But his quote was(don't tell me shit till we get down)
Thought that was funny as hell.
Meh, since this post has gotten completely off topic...
I will add that a step thru is not an automatic cutaway. I have landed two of them, and never chopped one. Do a good control check, and determine if you can take it down.
First one, I somehow switched my stuff around when taking my risers off the container to clean some mud off (yes.. that was stupid and I should have put a heavy object on the risers to keep them in place)
Second one, I saw this old guy who always did his locking stows then took the bag down to the container to do the rest of the stows since it was faster than walking it down. He has 2800 jumps of doing this without a mal. I thought that I could do this too if I was careful enough... and I wasn't so I flipped the bag thru the lines.
In both of my step thru's the twists came all the way down to the risers and effectively put them in a candy cane shape. Not really hard at all to land normally in this configuration. Your results may vary
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