storm1977 0 #1 August 11, 2003 I just posted in talk back, but I wanted to here from some riggers. I am looking into a container, res, main, and cypress as a package deal. The reserve has 2 jumps on it. Am I better off finding one with 0 jumps, or is this one OK. How amny reserve rides is it usually good for? I hear many people get rid of them after 5 or 6 reserve rides. Chris ----------------------------------------------------- Sometimes it is more important to protect LIFE than Liberty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #2 August 11, 2003 Jumps don't put significant wear on a reserve parachute, pack jobs do. I believe that PD requires all of their reserves be returned for a factory inspection after 40 pack jobs. Something to think about.... - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #3 August 11, 2003 Have it looked over by a rigger and find out if the deployments were terminal or sub-terminal. 2 rides doesn't wear a canopy out, main or reserve. I have seen damage to reserves from gear bag zippers, trees, car doors, etc, but never from deployment. Not to say that it doesn't happen, it does, but it is unlikely, especially for sub-terminal deployments. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #4 August 11, 2003 (My response copied from Talk Back) Yes... have it looked over just the same as if it was never jumped. 2 jumps on a parachute is almost never something to be alarmed about. One of my reserves has 14 rides on it (2 unplanned and 12 planned under controlled conditions) I'd still jump it if it were larger. The one I'm currently usinng has 4 or 5 jumps with one water landing. (2 rides were mine, the water and the other rides were someone else) After inspection including a porosity test, they both proved to be quite airworthy. Parachutes take a beating. Hope that helps.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigging65 0 #5 August 11, 2003 2 jumps just proves that all the seams are sewn shut and the lines are attached. "...and once you had tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you long to return..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blahr 0 #6 August 11, 2003 Quote I believe that PD requires all of their reserves be returned for a factory inspection after 40 pack jobs. Something to think about.... Jim With a repack exactly every 120 days and no delays in between, thats 13 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #7 August 11, 2003 40 pack jobs or 25 deployments and a PD reserve has to be sent back to the factory, per the PD Reserve Manual . Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webracer 0 #8 August 12, 2003 two jumps should not be a problem, but best will be for you to have it checked out by a rigger you trust, which may cost you a repack, but will ease your mind. If your rigger gives it the ok, buy it.Troy I am now free to exercise my downward mobility. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
