Zennie 0 #1 April 28, 2003 I while back I posted some questions regarding slider-up heading performance with my Ace. Just wanted to fill people in on what I've learned since then. After talking to people, trying a whole bunch of different ideas and watching Adam's & Vertigo's packing tapes a few times, I think I have the issues worked out... I've had 3 dead on slider-up openings in a row after narrowing things down. In a nutshell, the problem appears to be mainly due to how I was closing my container (a Warlock from Vertigo) and partially how I was handling the nose. With all the weirdness and head-scratching between me and my mentor, I decided to go back to the sources. So I studied Vertigo's and CR's packing tapes... Vertigo's to try and mimic how they were folding the canopy & closing the container, and CR's for how they were handling the nose, primarily. On the container front, I was routing the pullup cord through the grommets and then just pulling everything together. No big deal on a skydiving rig, BAD juju on a BASE rig. After I became more disiplined about controlling the pack job and container flaps, my heading performance improved dramatically. I also figured that since the Ace is Adam's canopy, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to do the nose the way he did it. So I started wrapping the nose around the packjob (something which had given me the heebie-jeebies before). So I'm pretty happy with everything now. Thanks to Adam for emailing me out of the blue and offering suggestions, as well as those of you I talked with offline. Now if I can just find a pilot chute fold job that I like.... - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #2 April 28, 2003 Are you using direct control on your slider? I found that I got crisper (and hence, more on-heading) openings by leaving the direct control stow off my BJ (contrary to manufacturers instructions).-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #3 April 28, 2003 Oh that was the other thing.... Adam recommended indirect control, which I am also doing. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dd0g 0 #4 April 28, 2003 I've got to the point where I use direct control only on terminal jumps (greater than 10 second delays). I'm sure that I have rambled on endlessly about this elsewhere, but in a nutshell direct control scares me as it keeps the canopy at line stretch but uninflated a bit longer - perfect time for an off-heading to develop. I've always wrapped the nose around the packjob, both slider-up and slider-down. On a gut level, it makes sense to me - present the nose first, bidirectionally, to encourage initalization of nose-first inflation and decrease the chance of rotational off-heading at line stretch or just thereafter. Peace, D-d0g+~+~+~+~ But this, surely, was the glory that no spirits, canine or human, had ever clearly seen, the light that never was on land or sea, and yet is glimpsed by the quickened mind everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymick 0 #5 April 29, 2003 Hey, just out of curiosity what does it means by using direct control on the slider? Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
julesUK 0 #6 April 29, 2003 Quote what does it means by using direct control on the slider? Some time ago Tom wrote "...Direct Control of the slider involves taking a bite of the slider mesh, and stowing it in a band attached to a line attachment point (usually a center C line). " It's all at http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=403969#403969 as part of a couple of interesting threads Jules Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
