HELLvetic 0 #1 May 2, 2005 I thought I would post this for some other newbies who might do the same thing while packing their rigs...Luckly I survived my rigging f... up but only found out about it at deployment time! (no slider jump) What really happened is that on the previous jump I had not daisy chained my lines and stuffed everything in my stash bag... so I ended up with a big mess to start packing my canopy; toggles had come undone. So while sorting out the whole mess, flipping the whole canopy around, pulling the red brake lines to make sure both lines were free, somehow I managed to route my toggle through the my d lines on the right side. To make sure I had a clean canopy I did the same control I do with my skydiving canopy. I ran up the lines with the group in my fingers to make sure that everything was clear. Everything looked in in order, when in fact one of my brake line was routed right through the D lines with the only red line.... Bottom line is that I know I f... up! I was fooled by the fact that it happeard fine when I did the continuity check but in fact I had the red line of the D group with my brakes! It's a really crappy way to find out you screwed up when you jump a 330 feet S. Luckly the misrouting did not affect opening or the steerability of the canopy...but this could have easily turned ugly! Go head flame away if you want! Lesson to learn don't just assume everything is clear because it looks right and based on color of the lines... really make sure all the groups are clear of one another. or stow your brakes at the end of the pack job!_________________________________________ Signature Max Size: 4 lines, 200 characters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #2 May 2, 2005 You can avoid this by doing continuity checks on the outermost lines and the control lines. I do this on every pack job, just before I untwist the control lines.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #3 May 2, 2005 which span ?? If it is the famous Span in the french speaking part of Switz, be careful, it's getting hot. This week they had the cops (lots, I was told 5 cars) looking for a body down there... The person who called them didn't know that the person who jumped off the bridge had a parachute...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HELLvetic 0 #4 May 2, 2005 Not to hijack my own thread... but yes I know the low down of the situation there right now...Will start a new thread for it just as a word of caution._________________________________________ Signature Max Size: 4 lines, 200 characters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakydiver 0 #5 May 2, 2005 Hey the first step in improvement is the ability to admit you made a mistake - for that you deserve no flames. Granted continuity checks should occur during every pack job, but I'd be willing to be you know this now... Glad you are ok. -- (N.DG) "If all else fails – at least try and look under control." -- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
