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Was looking at the "big ways" article on Wendy's site. Can someone tell me a bit more about 2-1 assists on front risers? Do you have to get a whole new set of risers or can you hook 'em up with a little bubblegum and some scotch tape?

I'm deciding whether I should get them when I finally buy a lightning or if I should just do more pullups. Also, any recommendations that this device be left to someone with more than 10 CRW jumps?

thx,
Doug
"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

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Doug,

Hopefully Wendy will be able to answer this since it was on her sight. Anyway, I only found the 2 to 1s useful when flying a wing slot. They weren't much help when you need to dive quickly. For that, a good set of dive blocks worked the best for me. Other than that, I believe your rigger can set up the dive assists on a standard set of risers.

Mark
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Never, ever, ever, try to hook something else up to your canopy without first consulting your local rigger.

Hell, we had a local rigger that installed some dive loops himself and as a result ended up whacking in and laid up in the hospital for months! So, even that advice should be taken with a grain of salt.

So, not only find and talk with a rigger, but make sure he knows what he's doing!
quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

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Don't worry, not trying to attach anything to my canopy, with bubblegum or otherwise. Just looking into options for the fine day when I purchase a dedicated crw canopy. I'm jumping a 185 sf Paraflite Turbo ZX (9 cell) and it's almost a perfect match with the Lighting my instructor/mentor uses.

Can you purchase the whole rig with trim tabs, 2 in 1 assists, bells and whistles, or is it all after-market shamanism? I looked on the PD site briefly and didn't see anything but I'm guessing they have people who can hook it up just how you want it.
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Can you purchase the whole rig with trim tabs, 2 in 1 assists, bells and whistles, or is it all after-market shamanism?



Maybe used. Certainly a used Lightning may be sold already on the risers, with bells and whistles. Most crewdog's containers are dedicated, so they may be unwilling to part with them.

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>Can you purchase the whole rig with trim tabs, 2 in 1 assists, bells
> and whistles, or is it all after-market shamanism? I looked on'
> the PD site briefly and didn't see anything but(...)

Risers are a part of the harness/container, not the canopy. As such, you should look at the harness-manufacturers websites. As I recall some manufacturer had an option of "CRW-risers" for their rig, but I couldn't find it right now.

Your local rigger can quite easily modify a pair of risers for CRW. The modifications may include: larger toggles for control lines, dive blocks on the front risers, Nasser(sp?) -toggles for front-risers and 2in1-assists for the fronts.

Erno

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>Can you purchase the whole rig with trim tabs, 2 in 1 assists, bells
> and whistles, or is it all after-market shamanism? I looked on'
> the PD site briefly and didn't see anything but(...)

RErno



Depending on the willingness of the manufacturer, yes you can. When I ordered my last CRW rig from Jumpshack, I sent 2 pages of text on how I wanted my risers set up :-) They did well.

2-1's can easily be added to existing risers. I use them for everything but rotations and landing. My risers are mini risers (many/most CRWdogs prefer wide risers but my hands are too small to grip wide risers well), with blocks on both the front and the rear risers and 2-1's on the fronts. Basiclally a rigger would need to sew a ring on the risers simillar to the ring the brake line goes through. I've found the best setup has binding tape going from the bottom of the risers up through a ring at the top and attaching to a toggle. Its basically just a pully system. Works wonders when flying wings for a while. I've replaced broken 2-1 lline/tape on numerous occasions at boogies with a tacked on pullup cord. Works just as well. Have had that last for hundreds of jumps before :-)

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