grue 1 #1 January 15, 2006 Is this something I need to get fixed stat, or can it be jumped until someone re-traps them?cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bodypilot1 0 #2 January 15, 2006 Best to show them to a rigger BEFORE you jump it again. Be safe Edwww.WestCoastWingsuits.com www.PrecisionSkydiving.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redramdriver 0 #3 January 15, 2006 Quote Best to show them to a rigger BEFORE you jump it again. And have the rigger show YOU how to fix them yourself..fairly simple procedure. glad to see you noticed them before you had a toggle come free. Be safe EdSo, you bring your beer? Its 5 o'clock somewhere POPS #9344 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GravityGirl 0 #4 January 15, 2006 If he has a knot, it is doubtfull that the toggles will come off. That is if they are properly attached. But the excess hanging out can cause a hesitation or minor snag through the ring. At flare time, that might mean that one side hesitates just long enough to induce a turn that is not desired on landing. Grue, do you have a finger trapping tool? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peace and Blue Skies! Bonnie ==>Gravity Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnny1488 1 #5 January 15, 2006 This is why I am a fan of finger trapping the line BEFORE you make the knot, and the fingertrap will never come out like has happened with yours. See if your rigger will make the loop in this way and you wont have the problem again. Johnny --"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!" Mike Rome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #6 January 16, 2006 Quote Grue, do you have a finger trapping tool? I thought only cool gear sales chicks like you had them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #7 January 16, 2006 could try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Remster 30 #8 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. You still need to fingertrap tool for that.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #9 January 16, 2006 Grue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen!Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ZigZagMarquis 9 #10 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. True... but I've seen those come un-done too, if the person doing them isn't careful to pierce both the "outter" and "inner" line. QuoteG-Gril... Now don't you go selling finger trap tools to anyone! It will detract from the ritual of "riggers in training" making some of their own tools as they progress through their lessons... wax on... wax off... paint the fence... sand the floor... etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mark 107 #11 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. I've tried no-sew fingertraps and gone back to previous methods. Whatever method you use, the running end which you'd like to stay inside frequently winds up poking out. Some jumpers can live with that, but most want it trimmed off. With the no-sew method, there's a limit to how much you can trim off before the the locking part is affected, and I don't want to find out exactly what that limit is. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thepollster 0 #12 January 16, 2006 QuoteGrue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen! Cheap shot. I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,116 #13 January 16, 2006 >I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites thepollster 0 #14 January 16, 2006 Quote>I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #15 January 17, 2006 QuoteGrue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen! Oooooh, that one hurt Sorry I never did demo that Pilot. I was struggling putting the Fusion into the bag until near the end of the boogie. I figure once I put another 100 or so jumps on the 210 though, I'll prolly wanna demo a 188 or something for a while though The Pilot, Safire 2, and another Fusion are the main contenders for when I downsize (in no particular order).cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites grue 1 #16 January 17, 2006 QuoteQuote>I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Dom and I were giving each other crap for the entire holiday boogie, he's allowed to tease online cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Elisha 1 #17 January 17, 2006 Yah, like a PD Sabre2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #18 January 17, 2006 Don't take it to serious on here. Especially when a person takes the time to put one of these "" with it.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites billvon 3,116 #19 January 17, 2006 >The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't >have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Heck, the companies I buy from don't do that either! (Hint - if you ever get on a plane, and all the people inside sing "him, him, fuck him!" to you, don't take it too hard! They're really not dissing you.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #20 January 17, 2006 Plus he didn't say what canopy he had until he replied back. I could have been talking about one of our products.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dgskydive 0 #21 January 17, 2006 Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CReWLL 0 #22 January 18, 2006 Would you suggest pulling the canopy through that line with or without the pilotchute? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #23 January 18, 2006 just fingertrap the line, then pull the loop back through."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
kingbunky 3 #7 January 16, 2006 could try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #8 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. You still need to fingertrap tool for that.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #9 January 16, 2006 Grue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen!Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #10 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. True... but I've seen those come un-done too, if the person doing them isn't careful to pierce both the "outter" and "inner" line. QuoteG-Gril... Now don't you go selling finger trap tools to anyone! It will detract from the ritual of "riggers in training" making some of their own tools as they progress through their lessons... wax on... wax off... paint the fence... sand the floor... etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark 107 #11 January 16, 2006 Quotecould try a no-sew fingertrap. works for me. I've tried no-sew fingertraps and gone back to previous methods. Whatever method you use, the running end which you'd like to stay inside frequently winds up poking out. Some jumpers can live with that, but most want it trimmed off. With the no-sew method, there's a limit to how much you can trim off before the the locking part is affected, and I don't want to find out exactly what that limit is. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thepollster 0 #12 January 16, 2006 QuoteGrue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen! Cheap shot. I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #13 January 16, 2006 >I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thepollster 0 #14 January 16, 2006 Quote>I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #15 January 17, 2006 QuoteGrue, if you got a real canopy, that wouldn't happen! Oooooh, that one hurt Sorry I never did demo that Pilot. I was struggling putting the Fusion into the bag until near the end of the boogie. I figure once I put another 100 or so jumps on the 210 though, I'll prolly wanna demo a 188 or something for a while though The Pilot, Safire 2, and another Fusion are the main contenders for when I downsize (in no particular order).cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #16 January 17, 2006 QuoteQuote>I'm glad I didn't buy gear from a manufacture where the reps resort to this. I'm glad I buy gear from companies with a sense of humor! The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Dom and I were giving each other crap for the entire holiday boogie, he's allowed to tease online cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #17 January 17, 2006 Yah, like a PD Sabre2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #18 January 17, 2006 Don't take it to serious on here. Especially when a person takes the time to put one of these "" with it.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #19 January 17, 2006 >The companies I buy from have a sense of humor. They just don't >have to put down other manufactures to advance their product. Heck, the companies I buy from don't do that either! (Hint - if you ever get on a plane, and all the people inside sing "him, him, fuck him!" to you, don't take it too hard! They're really not dissing you.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #20 January 17, 2006 Plus he didn't say what canopy he had until he replied back. I could have been talking about one of our products.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CReWLL 0 #22 January 18, 2006 Would you suggest pulling the canopy through that line with or without the pilotchute? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #23 January 18, 2006 just fingertrap the line, then pull the loop back through."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
