f1freak 0 #26 May 2, 2003 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAa....... holy shit that looks like one of them "HURRY UP your on a 5 minute call....." say a quick prayer and call it good...... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RevJim 0 #27 May 2, 2003 Quote We were all pretty drunk after the beer light came I had a night like that. A slightly senior to me jumper was complaining about the slammers he got on his Sabre 210. I mentioned I had never been slammed on one of my own Sabre packjobs, and said I could give him a nice, soft opening too. We were both quite drunk at the time. He asked me to pack it for him. Well, we were both drinking in the hanger, by ourselves since everyone had already passed out and/or gone home. I said "shhlurr, wfat ta fluk". I ran his lines out, cocked his pilot chute, unstowed his slider and set his brakes. In the time it took me to do this, I glanced over to see him passed out on the floor of the Porter (the same night he did his first night jump, too bad the plane never left the hanger ). I seriously thought about doing the same at that moment, in the 205. Well, I had told him I would pack it for him, so I did. Our first jump of the day (noonish) was uneventful. After we landed, he came up and said "Man, that was the sweetest, softest opening I have ever had! How did you pack it?" I felt really bad telling him I had no idea. I barely remembered telling him I'd pack it, and didn't remember at all (at that time) actually packing it!It's your life, live it! Karma RB#684 "Corcho", ASK#60, Muff#3520, NCB#398, NHDZ#4, C-33989, DG#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #28 May 2, 2003 HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA.... oh yeah..... gotta love the "OH YEAHHHHHHHHHH, lemme show ya how to pack that"..... I know i've been there..... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #29 May 2, 2003 Quote umm... the carpet is wrinkled Yes but also there looks like there may be some cigarette burns on the carpet and you shouldn't smoke in the packing area.Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,174 #31 May 2, 2003 I made a couple hundred dollars replacing a cell and doing some other work for someone who won a packing contest like that. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #32 May 2, 2003 That pic gave my goose bumps! _______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NightJumper 0 #33 May 2, 2003 Quote I made a couple hundred dollars replacing a cell and doing some other work for someone who won a packing contest like that. I agree. When I see somthing like that I just make sure that I have my cell phone to call 911, medic bag and start clearing the loft to get ready for the repack. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #34 May 2, 2003 nah. it was a nice friendly spectre. and the pack job wasn't really bad. just quick. my rigger hates me. no matter what i do it doesn't end up in a cutaway. i'm a 120 day repeat customer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikeat10500 10 #35 May 2, 2003 You can still save it! Clean it up a bit here and there and once inside the rig it will look great! ...mike ----------------------------------- Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1 Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #36 May 2, 2003 Quote You can still save it! Clean it up a bit here and there and once inside the rig it will look great! Man I actually heard that once. I didn't know how to pack so I didn't know any better but something didn't seem right.Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #37 May 2, 2003 Dang, i give up. Whats wrong with it?? Funny story - This is serious, i saw this with mine own eyes. Some guy who just bought a rig showed up at the DZ, his first packjob i think, but when he open the container up to show us his canopy, the slider was outside of the bag! -sds "I like bushes because the don't have pricklers. Unless the do. This one did. Ouch" - ralph wiggam=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #38 May 2, 2003 ouch. my back hurts just thinking about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #39 May 2, 2003 looks pretty good to me... can't tell about the slider... can you teach me to pack? I wish mine looked that tidy... chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #40 May 2, 2003 I've got a Mesh slider and I free stow mine.. there is nothing wrong with a 3 second delay no matter the altitude.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #41 May 2, 2003 right there with ya..... my fist canopy off student status was a cloud lite (230 7cell, DOM 1980 (shame.. as my student canopy was a sabre 170, but i digress)) that routinely smacked the hell out of me EXCEPT when i flat-packed it blind drunk in my college house in a room not wide enough to lay it out completely and not very well lit besides.... those were always really nice openings... *shrug* -jerm *DISCLAIMER* you probably shouldn't pack drunk, and if you do, make sure you remember your emergency procedures!! Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #42 May 2, 2003 Quote And someone dare me that I wasn't able to pack his canopy in less than 3 minutes. The result is on this picture and I won 3 minutes to closed container and stowed pilot chute, or 3 minutes to what we see in the picture? BIG difference there. and one certainly more impressive than the other. Quote Nobody jump this trash packjob and I was aware enough to undo it, to be sure nobody jumped it. pah!!! only counts if it's jumped!!! though the best packing race story i ever heard was the guy who stuffed the main into a paper shopping bag and coiled the lines in on top. he jumped it. he won. Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #43 May 2, 2003 What's wrong? I'd jump it...Remember, if you jump it and you have a problem, it was probably your body position...(this coming from me, a packer. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #44 May 2, 2003 I tried a packjob recently where I all I did was get the slider really cupped, made sure the chips were clear, wrapped the tail, deflated the thing by about 80%, shoved it into the bag without s-folding it, and only did the locking stows. Took about 3 minutes and I jumped it with a wingsuit. It actually opened great. I've put the canopy in the bag sideways a number of times, too, and if I don't move on deployment, I stay on heading. Maybe some rotation, but that's usually body position. This was the result of a discussion wherein a friend of mine and I were talking about the only necessary elements of a pack job: get lines away from the material, expose and cup the slider, and lock the bag. Wanted to put my money where my mouth is and it worked. Keep in mind, I jump a Sabre (not Sabre 2), and it doesn't have a lot of time to screw up between deployment and inflation. Especially with a wingsuit. The story might be different with a Crossfire or Velocity. Hell, I'd jump the pictured pack job. I'd pitch out the door, but I'd do it. I collapsed my slider before an 1800' hop and pop and left it on top of the pack job to get a fast deployment after a thre second delay. I also shave my genitalia regularly."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NightJumper 0 #45 May 2, 2003 Quote Remember, if you jump it and you have a problem, it was probably your body position...(this coming from me, a packer. Yea, bag locks are always a result of bad body position Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #46 May 2, 2003 So are line overs, especially line overs...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #47 May 2, 2003 And hard pulls."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BPO 0 #49 May 2, 2003 pilotchutes-in-tow are usually caused by bad bodyposition too, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #50 May 2, 2003 i cant see the girls or any beer... were i rigth? Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
