A post of appreciation

[CrazyIvan 0]

To ALL PACKERS!!!

Since the weather is crappy here, I'm home practicing my packing and DAMN!!!! that sucker is very hard to get it in the bag, especially a brand new canopy. It's frustrating.

Thank you packers, you're really worth every penny.

Any tips on how to get it in easily?

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[riddler 0]

CrazyIvan - how many jumps you got now? And you still ain't packed??

Shheeeeet.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[andy2 0]

lube it up and stick it in the hole

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[dixieskydiver 0]

This is going to be hard to describe without showing you, but once you have it on the ground and are getting ready to put it in the bag:

Instead of making your first fold from the bottom and then making the other fold and bringing it on top, try making the last fold first and putting it in the bag by itself. Then make the first s-fold last and slide it in towards the middle. Dang that's really hard to describe in words. Hope it helps. It's all in controlling the fabric.

Dixie
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To ALL PACKERS!!!

Any tips on how to get it in easily?

KY Jelly - Rubber Gloves and a Flashlight -


oh wait - umm - nevermind.

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[Aviatrr 0]

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Any tips on how to get it in easily?

I see by your profile you're jumping a Sabre2....psycho pack it.

http://www.precision.net/psycho/psycho_pack.htm

I've got almost 200 jumps on my Sabre2 now, all but about 5 of 'em psycho packed. Excellent openings, even on my wingsuit. Easy to bag. Check out the link above to find out how to do it. Down near the bottom there's a link to another page with pictures showing all the steps.

Mike

[CrazyIvan 0]

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CrazyIvan - how many jumps you got now? And you still ain't packed??

Shheeeeet.

Dude, that stuff is slippery

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[CrazyIvan 0]

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This is going to be hard to describe without showing you, but once you have it on the ground and are getting ready to put it in the bag:

Instead of making your first fold from the bottom and then making the other fold and bringing it on top, try making the last fold first and putting it in the bag by itself. Then make the first s-fold last and slide it in towards the middle. Dang that's really hard to describe in words. Hope it helps. It's all in controlling the fabric.

I know what you mean, I was thinking about that, I saw a packer do that once.

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[The111 1]

Ivan apparently missed a post!

www.WingsuitPhotos.com

[Blahr 0]

Dude, you shouldnt be depending on packers.
Just pack that thing till you can do it consistantly.

I just got my new sabre2 a few weeks ago and was having one hell of a time with it. I hadnt packed ANYTHING in 8 years and never packed zero P before.

At this point it takes me about 30 minutes. Thats pretty slow compared to some but frankly I dont give a crap

I just repacked it a couple times each day and now I
dont have any problems

[The111 1]

Hey Blahr, good timing posting right after what I just posted. I timed myself this weekend and did a 21 minute pack job (<10 jumps on canopy). :) My best yet I think, the only one I ever timed though.

www.WingsuitPhotos.com

[CrazyIvan 0]

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Ivan apparently missed a post!

I know..but this post is APPRECIATING the packers, the question at the end of my post was only a foot note.

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[pilotdave 0]

See I got smart. I know there's no way I'm gonna be able to pack a brand new ZP canopy after getting so used to F111 (I've only packed ZP canopies maybe 25 times at most), so I found a nice used sabre2. It's got under 100 jumps on it so it's apparently still pretty slippery (I don't have it yet), but it's gotta be better than brand new. And I even saved about 25% off the BEST price for a new one I could find. All thanks to dropzone.com's classifieds! YAY!

I should be getting the canopy tomorrow or thursday, whenever my check clears. Then I'll get to learn the fun of fairly new ZP. Can't wait!

Dave

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CrazyIvan - how many jumps you got now? And you still ain't packed??

Shheeeeet.

Dude, that stuff is slippery

I know what you mean. I bought a new Sabre2 and it was taking me 45 minutes to pack plus I ended up exhausted after packing it. I decided to pay a packer until it got less slippery. It took about 30 pack jobs before I was able to do it consistently on my own.

Patrick

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This is going to be hard to describe without showing you, but once you have it on the ground and are getting ready to put it in the bag:

Instead of making your first fold from the bottom and then making the other fold and bringing it on top, try making the last fold first and putting it in the bag by itself. Then make the first s-fold last and slide it in towards the middle. Dang that's really hard to describe in words. Hope it helps. It's all in controlling the fabric.

I know what you mean, I was thinking about that, I saw a packer do that once.

This is what I do. Works great.

New canopy. Mmmmmm CRISPY!!

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