riggerrob 558 #26 August 17, 2009 agreed! True line dump requires ridiculously loose rubber bands and "imaginative" line stow methods. True line dump breaks lines, breaks risers, tears canopy fabric, bends hip rings and takes four days to straighten your neck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #27 August 17, 2009 >The only disadvantage: if it is made for a certain packvolume, do not a >bigger canopy in it. Probably it will not stay closed. I'd also add that if you entangle a line with a rubber band stow, odds are it will break and the canopy will deploy normally. If you entangle a line with one of those locking 'teeth' I'd doubt that it would release. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #28 August 17, 2009 QuoteI'd also add that if you entangle a line with a rubber band stow, odds are it will break and the canopy will deploy normally. If you entangle a line with one of those locking 'teeth' I'd doubt that it would release. My concern would be having a tension knot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,400 #29 August 17, 2009 >My concern would be having a tension knot. You mean due to the loose stowage of the lines? Given that BASE and reserve canopies use a similar system, I could see how a good 'pocket' design could work well. If the magnets can hold as well as velcro it might give a similar level of reliability (assuming care stowing the lines of course.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 3 #30 August 18, 2009 Quote i still believe that line-dump is a myth.. And I believe you are right. With all the video taken to date I have yet to see "line dump" on any of it. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jurgencamps 0 #31 August 18, 2009 Quote>The only disadvantage: if it is made for a certain packvolume, do not a >bigger canopy in it. Probably it will not stay closed. I'd also add that if you entangle a line with a rubber band stow, odds are it will break and the canopy will deploy normally. If you entangle a line with one of those locking 'teeth' I'd doubt that it would release. There are no locking theeth with the Mpod. Never heard of a line entanglement with the locking theeth of the other versions. Everything is possible, but ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites