white powdery stuff seen on opening

[potatoman 0]

Sometimes, I can see white powdery stuff when a chute opens.

And it wasn't a prank, or toilet paper placed in the container.

Can anyone tell me why this happens.

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[JWest 0]

Do you jump where it is dusty or moist? It sounds like on of those two.

[potatoman 0]

Have seen it a few times...both for that matter.

You have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to tell you how Fu***** stupid it is.
Davelepka - "This isn't an x-box, or a Chevy truck forum"
Whatever you do, don't listen to ChrisD.

[chuckakers 369]

potatoman

Sometimes, I can see white powdery stuff when a chute opens.

So those stories about the ghost of Andy Thornton are true. Go figure.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[kuai43 7]

potatoman

Sometimes, I can see white powdery stuff when a chute opens.

And it wasn't a prank, or toilet paper placed in the container.

Can anyone tell me why this happens.

It's packer-dander. Hold your breath.

Every fight is a food fight if you're a cannibal

Goodness is something to be chosen. When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. - Anthony Burgess

[stayhigh 2]

Nylon fiber will degrade over time and the fiber breaks apart. White powdery stuff is the nylon fiber breaking up.

Don't breath that stuff. It is known to cause cancer and other birth defects.

Bernie Sanders for President 2016

[JohnSherman 1]

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Sometimes, I can see white powdery stuff when a chute opens.

I doubt this is the answer but for grins I offer it.

In the very early days of the sport I was taught to pack my 28' Single Blank Gore, C-9, 1.1 oz, round canopy with talcum powder. This was to condition the fabric to make it subtle and last longer or so we were told. We were only required to do this for the first 25 jumps or so. As a result we learned to mix baby power with dye to give the powder color for demos. When the canopy opened it gave off a puff of the powder whatever color it was. I did it for demos until I bought me first PC at 32 jumps. Yes, I was doing demos with less than 10 jumps.

[normiss 620]

I never knew cancer was a birth defect.
huh.

[Andy9o8 0]

Was your canopy manufactured in Colombia?

[skez 0]

Haha

http://www.skydivetownsville.com/index.php?option=com_rsmediagallery&view=rsmediagallery&layout=image&id=98184dc52c7a51500fe6a0b1cea2b06b&ext=jpg&Itemid=11

FTMC

[riggerrob 558]

It is probably snow, if you jump in winter.
If you jump in the desert, it is probably alkali dust.

[oldwomanc6 38]

skez

Haha

http://www.skydivetownsville.com/index.php?option=com_rsmediagallery&view=rsmediagallery&layout=image&id=98184dc52c7a51500fe6a0b1cea2b06b&ext=jpg&Itemid=11

Used to be a not-uncommon practical joke.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[Rick 67]

oldwomanc6

***Haha

http://www.skydivetownsville.com/index.php?option=com_rsmediagallery&view=rsmediagallery&layout=image&id=98184dc52c7a51500fe6a0b1cea2b06b&ext=jpg&Itemid=11

Used to be a not-uncommon practical joke.


yeah I left a smoke ring in the sky on opening after my 500th at least the guy that packed the flour in my rig cleaned it up for me

You can't be drunk all day if you don't start early!

[JohnMitchell 14]

riggerrob

If you jump in the desert, it is probably alkali dust.

Back at Cedar Valley, UT, it was so dusty you were surprised when there wasn't a cloud of dust on opening. Going to boogies you see us, first jump, leaving nice little dust clouds over the new DZ.

[Scrumpot 1]

Is your packer a coke-head?

coitus non circum - Moab Stone

[riggerrob 558]

Scrumpot

Is your packer a coke-head?

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Only users lose drugs.

[oldwomanc6 38]

riggerrob

***Is your packer a coke-head?

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Only users lose drugs.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9