IMGR2 0 #1 March 9, 2007 Just installed my new RDS and I'm sure I will just remove it and stuff it in my swoop shorts. I'm just curious what other ideas people have come up with. I was thinking a spandex pouch on something that looks similiar to a cumberbun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrigger1 2 #2 March 9, 2007 Well, do not lose it as it is white and it wil be hard to find. Believe that are not!! Anyway, Have you jumped it yet! Cheers, MELSkyworks Parachute Service, LLC www.Skyworksparachuteservice.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #3 March 9, 2007 Make sure you stuff it into the front of your shorts for package enhancement. You could sew a tandem boc pouch on the let of your pants/shorts. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMGR2 0 #4 March 9, 2007 Just put it on last nite, hopefully I can make a jump on it after work today? I will let you know. As for you Mr. Brains, are you gonna compete this year or just stay behind the camera and heckle? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #5 March 9, 2007 QuoteAs for you Mr. Brains, are you gonna compete this year or just stay behind the camera and heckle? My last jump was in Eloy during nationals Heckling sounds pretty good right about now. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 3 #6 March 12, 2007 Hey, Muffin, did you jump the new canopy yet? The thinner one? Someone was asking about it in another thread. Call me (that means actual talking; not a fucking text message, you juvenile delinquent). Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGENBLUE 0 #7 March 16, 2007 I just stick mine between my back and container. $=0 rigging=0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites frost 1 #8 March 16, 2007 QuoteI just stick mine between my back and container. $=0rigging=0lost rds=$300expression on your face=pricelessSoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying. Because nobody knows your skills better than you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Spizzzarko 0 #9 March 16, 2007 expression on your face=priceless BWAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA Busted! Back there is actually a really shitty place to put it because of the possiblity of it slipping out and you not having a good idea where you lost it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ORANGENBLUE 0 #10 March 16, 2007 Every jump for the last 400-500 jumps, the only problem I have ever had was losing the p/c and d-bag when the attachment line broke on a hard opening. Maybe you should ask Luke Akins and Andy Farrington where they stash theirs, (thats where i got the idea) and how many they have lost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RMURRAY 1 #11 March 17, 2007 I just shove it down the neck of T shirt (or winter jacket these days). I can't afford to lose the thing. rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnnyZ 0 #12 March 17, 2007 I've seen a few guys with a big pocket sewn on the back of their pants/shorts with elastic at the top to keep it in there... It's looks like an easy and inexpensive solution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhys 0 #13 March 17, 2007 Quotethe only problem I have ever had was losing the p/c and d-bag when the attachment line broke on a hard opening. What RDS system and canopy was that? If that happened to my paraconcepts one it would have to be some ugly opening? where exactly did the line break?"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JGarcia 0 #14 March 18, 2007 Isaiah from PD also stows his RDS after removal between his back and rig and says he's never had a problem. I had a pleated cordura pouch sewn onto the front right thigh of my swoopy man-pris (they're Answer MX pants with the cuff cut off and hemmed to look like I know how to swoop. ) The opening is to the outside of leg, and lays flat when nothing's in it, but can easily fit full RDS because of the pleats. It was cheap... and didn't have to mess with any elastic or spandex. Cheers! --JairoLow Profile, snag free helmet mount for your Sony X3000 action cam! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ORANGENBLUE 0 #15 March 19, 2007 Rhys- I have one of Jeff bells systems. It had two tabs bar tacked to the trailing edge of the slider that the lanyard for the D-bag and P/C attach to. One of the tabs ripped out from the slider and the lanyard broke where the two sides come together. Jeff fixed the torn slider at no charge and has redesigned the attachment slightly to add strength. Thanks Jeff! I have not looked closely at the Paraconcepts slider, but i would think that if it attaches to the slider in this way that it would be possible. I think the biggest factor in this is packing. Because of the stiffness of the sliders W/cable releases and the bulk of the grommets on some of the other sliders, it is very easy to have the rings not full seated when you quarter the slider, or slide down a little while S folding the canopy. If this is the case, the chance of bottom skin inflation occuring is greater, as was the case when mine broke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhys 0 #16 March 20, 2007 Thanks for that, I see that would be the weakest spot. On mine it has a bar tack and looks similar to a line attachment point. I see what you mean with not having the grommets seated properly. I was also thinking the lines from the slider to the D Bag look like they would 'peel' the tail back and increase the speed of inflation. I haven't jumped it yet but simulated a couple of openings and that is what happened. I'll be doing 50 jumps with my RDS at a boogie in 2 weeks and will be doing an additional 10 jumps with the stock slider half way through the piece to compare results. I'll be sure to post my thoughts, Now back to the stowage options? I think I'll go for the 'stuff it all down my jumpsuit' thing for the first session to work out what I really want. thanks for the feed back, Blues skies and long fast swoops, Rhys"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
frost 1 #8 March 16, 2007 QuoteI just stick mine between my back and container. $=0rigging=0lost rds=$300expression on your face=pricelessSoFPiDaRF - School of Fast Progress in Downsizing and Radical Flying. Because nobody knows your skills better than you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spizzzarko 0 #9 March 16, 2007 expression on your face=priceless BWAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA Busted! Back there is actually a really shitty place to put it because of the possiblity of it slipping out and you not having a good idea where you lost it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGENBLUE 0 #10 March 16, 2007 Every jump for the last 400-500 jumps, the only problem I have ever had was losing the p/c and d-bag when the attachment line broke on a hard opening. Maybe you should ask Luke Akins and Andy Farrington where they stash theirs, (thats where i got the idea) and how many they have lost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #11 March 17, 2007 I just shove it down the neck of T shirt (or winter jacket these days). I can't afford to lose the thing. rm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyZ 0 #12 March 17, 2007 I've seen a few guys with a big pocket sewn on the back of their pants/shorts with elastic at the top to keep it in there... It's looks like an easy and inexpensive solution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #13 March 17, 2007 Quotethe only problem I have ever had was losing the p/c and d-bag when the attachment line broke on a hard opening. What RDS system and canopy was that? If that happened to my paraconcepts one it would have to be some ugly opening? where exactly did the line break?"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JGarcia 0 #14 March 18, 2007 Isaiah from PD also stows his RDS after removal between his back and rig and says he's never had a problem. I had a pleated cordura pouch sewn onto the front right thigh of my swoopy man-pris (they're Answer MX pants with the cuff cut off and hemmed to look like I know how to swoop. ) The opening is to the outside of leg, and lays flat when nothing's in it, but can easily fit full RDS because of the pleats. It was cheap... and didn't have to mess with any elastic or spandex. Cheers! --JairoLow Profile, snag free helmet mount for your Sony X3000 action cam! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGENBLUE 0 #15 March 19, 2007 Rhys- I have one of Jeff bells systems. It had two tabs bar tacked to the trailing edge of the slider that the lanyard for the D-bag and P/C attach to. One of the tabs ripped out from the slider and the lanyard broke where the two sides come together. Jeff fixed the torn slider at no charge and has redesigned the attachment slightly to add strength. Thanks Jeff! I have not looked closely at the Paraconcepts slider, but i would think that if it attaches to the slider in this way that it would be possible. I think the biggest factor in this is packing. Because of the stiffness of the sliders W/cable releases and the bulk of the grommets on some of the other sliders, it is very easy to have the rings not full seated when you quarter the slider, or slide down a little while S folding the canopy. If this is the case, the chance of bottom skin inflation occuring is greater, as was the case when mine broke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #16 March 20, 2007 Thanks for that, I see that would be the weakest spot. On mine it has a bar tack and looks similar to a line attachment point. I see what you mean with not having the grommets seated properly. I was also thinking the lines from the slider to the D Bag look like they would 'peel' the tail back and increase the speed of inflation. I haven't jumped it yet but simulated a couple of openings and that is what happened. I'll be doing 50 jumps with my RDS at a boogie in 2 weeks and will be doing an additional 10 jumps with the stock slider half way through the piece to compare results. I'll be sure to post my thoughts, Now back to the stowage options? I think I'll go for the 'stuff it all down my jumpsuit' thing for the first session to work out what I really want. thanks for the feed back, Blues skies and long fast swoops, Rhys"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
