Packing time

[shermanator 4]

Just curious to what peoples packing times are. I'm still new at it, and takes me around 25ish minutes. I'm a bit slow and its not even a great pack.

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[cs_source 0]

a packing time is very important for profesional packers, it´s their job. for me is considerable, if my reserve canopy will repack only in time of repack, not after an intentional cutaway

[TrickyDicky 0]

Currently takes me about 10-15 mins to pack my sabre 170 that has >700 jumps on it, but I dont generally rush and sometimes chat to people while Im doing it. I recon I could do it in about 5 at a push.

I have a brand new pilot 150 coming in a month. I get the feeling my pack times may skyrocket for a bit :(

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[grue 1]

About twenty minutes, but my canopy's too big for the bag. Literally about ten of those minutes are spent squeezing every bit of air out of the canopy.

cavete terrae.

[jheadley 0]

8-9 minutes fast, 11-12 minutes comfortably. 5-6 minutes if I really need it quick.

(Yes I do time myself with a stop watch )

[popsjumper 2]

16-23 minutes because I'm anal about it.

I learned to do it one way starting out and continue to do it the same way because I've never had a problem and I'm one of those who subscribe to the idea of, "If it's not broken, don't fix it."

My reality and yours are quite different.
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[diablopilot 2]

From laying it down to putting it on my back when I'm training or working, just about 6 minutes.

Otherwise it takes about 2 minutes less than the length of the call I'm on.

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[tdog 0]

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From laying it down to putting it on my back when I'm training or working, just about 6 minutes.

Other wise it takes about 2 minutes less than the length of the call I'm on.

That is SO funny... Because my canopy has the same pack time - but I prefer 3 minutes...

[CanuckInUSA 0]

If I really rush it, I can do 3 minutes. On average it's more like a 6 or 7 minute pack job.

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[billvon 2,921]

6 minutes normally, with no snags (brake line untwisting, canopy cleaning, broken rubber bands etc.)

[woodpecker 0]

About 1/5 painstaking hours....

Brand new at packing and brand new pilot 150. I'm good till the second S fold...then all hell breaks loose. I get my knee on one side to keep pressure, grab the other with my hand to start sliding (suffing) into the bag and everything goes to shit.

SONIC WOODY #146

There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on?

[packerboy 3]

1-6 minutes for sport main, 10-15 for tandem main. However I have been know to take hours, days, weeks, and yes even months to pack both. As a matter of fact, my first jump last week was on a pack job that took me 6 months. Stupid Canadian winters.

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[johnny1488 1]

About 40 minutes when I was where you were at, about 3 minutes now.

But i get a lot of practice!!

Johnny
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Mike Rome

[councilman24 37]

Make sure your not putting your knee on the stack and putting weight on it. IF you put your knee on top keep almost all of your weight on the other knee. Otherwise is will squirt all over.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[sunshine 2]

To pack for other people 8-10 minutes. To pack my own about 2 hours. Since i don't get paid to pack my own i tend to leave it sit there forever...

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[woodpecker 0]

ahhhhh
Thats where I'm going wrong. I'm putting all my weight on the wrong knee.

Thanks terry. I'll try it correctly tomorrow.

Billy

SONIC WOODY #146

There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on?

[councilman24 37]

What I do is put my left knee on the floor next to the stack. I put my right knee behind the stack forming a corner. I work the stack back into this corner when I fold the top under and finish forming the stack. Then I put my right knee on the stack BUT ONLY with a enough pressure to hold the stack in place. All my weight is on my left knee. I pull the left side of the bag over the left corner and put the gromment under my knee. Then I pull the right side over and around the other corner. After putting the bag on the stack, not the stack in the bag, as far as I can I set it up on the bridle end and straddle it with one knee on the rig side and one on the PC side. Finish dressing the stack into the bag and close the first one or two locking stows. THEN you can let go of it.

Some people have figured out how to put their full weight on a ZP canopy. There are as many ways to pack as there are people but this way has seemed to work for some. I had to do it slow to actually see what the hell I was doing when I started showing it to others.

Have fun.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[hexadecimal 0]

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To pack for other people 8-10 minutes. To pack my own about 2 hours. Since i don't get paid to pack my own i tend to leave it sit there forever...

Shh... you should know better. Packing for other people and/or having someone else pack for you is illegal around these parts.

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[Plummet 0]

35 minutes when I pack blindfolded. Otherwise 10-15.

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[skyfreek 1]

it takes WAY less time to reach into your pocket for a fiver!. your openings would probably be better as well.[snicker]

[L.O. 0]

I pack more then 2000 a year

8 minutes, always the same unless it's a canopy I don't know or something is wrong ( step through, broken line ect, ect...,). I never change anything about what I do while packing. It works well so I do it the same way everytime, I have never been responsible for a reserve ride in 15000+ PJs.

HPDBs, I hate those guys.
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[karenmeal 0]

3 minutes?

How many steps do you skip?

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[johnny1488 1]

All the ones people dont realize they do 3 and 4 times each pack job.

3 minutes is probably under stress. An average pack job for me would probably be 5 with no sweat.

Johnny
--"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!"
Mike Rome

[skydivekid 0]

it takes me about 6-7 minutes on a samurai 120 and i have been packing for about 2 and a half years

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[skydivekid 0]

heck yea, and it helps out the packers too...we gotta get money to jump at somepoint too

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