Best way to straighten out lines?

[cvfd1399 0]

OK so in the process of cleaning, flexing, playing with my canopy the lines have gotten messed the hell up. There seems to be a step through, a twist and all kind of other crap in them. I tried to follow them from the riser end to the canopy to figure out what happened, but each riser needs to do something different to correct the mess. What is the best wat to fix them? Hang the canopy up, or what? It is a huge 370sf canopy, that is what is the biggest problem is dealing with all the mess. By the time I think I get it figured out and start to make untwists and step throughs the mental picute of how I was going to fix it goes all to hell.

[Ron 10]

The BEST way?

Don't get them all tangled up.


The next best way,
Call a rigger buddy and offer beer.


Now if you MUST do it yourself.

1. Hang the canopy up from the tail.
2. Disconnect the risers and first seperate left lines from right.
3. Then seperate front from back on both sides.
4. Don't do whatever messed them up again.

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[yoink 321]

1) IMO Hanging it up makes it loads easier if you can do it.
2) Don't pull your cutaway... if you managed to tangle it attached to the risers, you can untangle it still attached. It can all become a hideous mess if you chop it...
3) Do it one step at a time - make an alteration and then run the lines again. If you make multiple changes you'll have no idea if you're making things better or worse.

my advice...

[mjosparky 4]

If it has not been taken off the risers try this. Go to the tail of the canopy and find the 4 brake line attachments on each side. Follow these down to were the are cascaded in to one on each side. Now walk those 2 steering lines down to the risers shaking all the twists out ahead of you. Now take the container and flip how ever it needs to be flipped to straighten things out. Good Luck
Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[mr2mk1g 10]

If you know how to re-attach the risers correctly I'd go with Ron's advice and cut away. I've found that to be a good deal easier than trying with the container still attached as you can work on one side at a time.

[slotperfect 7]

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Call a rigger buddy and offer beer.

A perfect solution, I must say!

Here are some Riggers from Gold Coast that are registered here on dropzone.com:

jumpercozic
sidandcarolyn
HankEllis

Hope this helps!

Arrive Safely

John

[cvfd1399 0]

Yea I know how to connect/disconnect them, that is how I got into the mess that I am in now. The canopy is in a duffel bag as we speak while the rig is at the shop getting a AAD installed. My plan was to leave the main there with him in the duffel bag, and he would pack it and find out without telling him that I messed it all up. He told me he did not need it, and the less e.q. he had around the shop that he does not need for a repair the better he feels. I was like Dayum almost slipped one on him lol. I have this problem of taking things apart, seeing how they work cleaning them, and putting them back together. I will sit down with it tonight have a calm look at it, sip some sweet tea and figure out what is up. Thanks

[cvfd1399 0]

I know paul, he lives a good ways away. Hank Ellis lives in my town according to his profile!! Although I cannot picture his face.....can anyone send him a shout to get in touch with me

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[JohnRich 4]

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The canopy is in a duffel bag as we speak while the rig is at the shop getting a AAD installed.

For the future... When I disconnect my canopy, I do two things to help keep things straight so they don't get tangled up:

1) Put the two riser rings together, one on top of the other, and stretch a spare line stow rubber band over them to hold them together.

2) Daisy-chain the lines.

This will keep things straight.

Then when you're ready to re-attach the canopy, you just undo the daisy chains, lay the canopy out, remove the rubber band, and it should be ready to hook-up.