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Thanks for the drawing, I do have the manual and the supplement, the print on my drawing was so small and hard to read I had to borrow one

I have a reflex that has come in for a repack and I'm looking for dimensions to make a reserve closing loop.any help would be appreciated.

Is Parachute Systems still in business?

Replace it as time goes on you never know if that edge could have some wear on the inside of the riser where it will be hard to see

it seems that dome sliders do work, I jumped a canopy from Paratec and noticed that the slider was not rectangular but domed shape, it really had an affect on the openings, a few years later packing tamdems I saw a dome slider on the sigmas and they had great opening. looking at todays canopies and their crossport designs and tapered leading edges on high perf canopies, manufactures are doing great things with openings.So its hard to say whether it's canopy design with today's tech. that's allowing canopies to open slower or is it slider design. After a few years in the sport I learned that even if you think you have the best opening canopy, you may have that one opening that will zap you, whether it be from air temp, or cond in the air or whatever it may be

vectors are nice and so is digi camo, have you checked out multi-cam fabrics, a company named Firebird in Eloy offers it as well as multi-cam webbing

Some p/c hesitations might be caused by your kill line shrinking and being to short.when cocking your p/c not only check the window on the bridle for color, but, check the inside of p/c after it's cocked and your center line(s) should be showing no slack, but your kill line should show a little slack, or the same length as center line(s)

It doesn't look bad from the pic, when in doubt consult the manufacturer of the gear, they'll probably know more than some local riggers.

I'm not sure if I agree with the slider placement in vid he was doing from side to side, 2nd pd does not recommend doing what he did to the nose.3, apocket slider is a nice idea, after about 150 jumps or so you'll start to see wear on the bartacks where the a & b line cascades are. some of the things as a rigger I can suggest is P/c size, and F-111 vs zp, there are riggers who make dome or oversized sliders that work and also reline with dacron lines, they help absorb the opening shock.

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No need to downsize unless you yourself know your ready, there's a lot at stake when downsizing such as reaction time in the event of a mal, landing conditions and field elevations, different locations and formations, enjoy the flight while you have the canopy.after all the years ive been jumping the same size canopy, I've actually gave some consideration to moving up in size as I get older and I don't jump as much as I use to,Blue Skies

most of the ideas are good even the pocket slider,just remember pocket sliders can stay up longer after a long snivel and after a hundred jumps or so you may start to see some wear on the bartacks where the a & b lines cascade, also make sure p/c size is not too big for the canopy size your jumping, check and see if your local rigger can build you a dome slider, theres a few out there

what are some of the ways a coil lock can occur, would it be rigger error or spring design

check out firebird usa they make the evo very comfortable

I don't know if I would recommend sitting up during deployment,wouldn't you induce more speed in a sit position?

thanksRob I appreciate the info, this is Brian from Eloy I think I worked with you at Rigging Innovations for a while when you ran the loft.I just needed the input because I rarely run into people who have their reserves for this length of time. Brian

I had a cust ask me to pack a res its a Raven 2 and DOM is Feb of 1987 should I pack it and if so should I do any tests on the fabric to ensure its safe

as usual very nice article and to the point,once again

Nice catch. been rigging for a few years and was taught that a rigger should not have to tack the slink to the riser,because that's not the way the harness was TSO tested.I have had the same slinks on my main and res.no tackings or covers and they stay set.PD does recommend that after installing the slinks pull to 50lbs to set and that works for most risers

these are all good advice and if i may ad try relinig with 550 spectre line or dacron line as well as a bigger slider. thicker lines help absorb shockload

if jumping a canopy with spectra lines check outer a & c lines for shrinkage and then check steering and readjust to factory length

can't see the pics but knowing reflex's, get rid of it poptops never seet right

after working with voodoos for quite some time, it is one of the best built cont. on the market, if you put a large canopy in a voodoo they don't always look good. i would rec a talon they pack up nice and look good

learn how to pack properly for camera openings and at least some bellyfly experience

I was tought that packing data card always follows res canopy whereever it goes now some rigger trainees seem to think it follows the cont. I'd like more input