riggerrob!! snapping leading edge?

[ramon 0]

Hey,
Why does PD frown upon snapping the leading edge of the canopy? I hve never heard of this.
Am I confusing snapping with a hard jerk on the nose to straighten the lines?
Should I pull less hard?
very curious
ramon
"wee girls on a skydive road trip on big bikes...... yikes, dykes and bikes kinda thing...... ", David McKelvie

[riggerrob 558]

P.D. says that jerking or snapping the leading edge does little to straighten out a pack job. I get the same results by lslowly ifting the leading edge over my head and giving it not much more than a wiggle to align the line groups.
But then I usually also reach inside to flake the bottom skin. I doubt that flaking the bottom skin makes much difference, so call me a neat freak.

[skycat 0]

Ramon, I trash pack to, when you say snapping do you mean just pulling strait out to the side? I do a sap that goes infront of me and back towards me making the canopy do that wave thing like when putting on a bed sheet.

[prost 0]

But does it hurt anything?
William

[riggerrob 558]

Short snaps don't hurt anything, they just don't do anything to improve the pack job, except maybe keep you amused.
But if they keep you amused, continue snapping.

[ramon 0]

Since the whole discussion was started on the use 'snap' (where I really pull my nose about four or 5 feet till my tail is hanging vertically, small canopy')
then I guess the discussion is moot.
"wee girls on a skydive road trip on big bikes...... yikes, dykes and bikes kinda thing...... ", David McKelvie

[SkymonkeyONE 3]

Yep, I am a "snapper" too. I flake the nose, snap it, then stick it between my legs.
Chuck
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[ramon 0]

I get good openings unless I am really lazy with my line groups.
ramon
"wee girls on a skydive road trip on big bikes...... yikes, dykes and bikes kinda thing...... ", David McKelvie

[drenaline 0]

I snap, people that don't know and see me do it, get kinda amused. Whuffos.
"Life is full of danger, so why be afraid?"
drenaline