Bag Lock + Tucktabs

[Andy_Copland 0]

Just watched a video that i believe Squeek posted about magnetic riser covers.

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If you have a bag lock with tuck tabs, its not gonna open em, so you have to breakway, throw your handle away, grab your risers and pull them free

Anyone had experience of this? I find it hard to believe unless we are talking brand spanking new riser covers here?

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[DSE 5]

It's absolutely possible, with rigs old and new. After watching Bill demo this on a couple rigs, I tried it on my Eclipse. If the angle is "just so," then the tuck tabs actually lock on themselves up to a point, and it takes a hell of a jerk to free them. Think "bag lock." Very little pressure on the tuck tabs.
Additionally, "brand spanking new" systems have mal's just as old ones do. Do you want to be worrying about it with a brand spanking new rig?

[Andy_Copland 0]

My rigs getting a reserve repack right now so i cant have a play myself and experiment.

I just find it strange that its the first time i've heard about it.

1338

People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[AndyMan 7]

A normal pilot chute attached to a jumper at terminal will pull somewhere around 75 pounds.

As long as your pilot chute is cocked, that's then enough more force to to pull either tuck-tabs or magnetic riser covers. If your pilot chute is not cocked, I would think that all bets are off in both cases.

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[Andy_Copland 0]

So as long as my window is green i have nothing to worry about.

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People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

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[NWFlyer 2]

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So as long as my window is green pilot chute is cocked i have nothing to worry about.

Edited ... always always always check that your pilot chute is actually cocked... the window is a nice backup and a way to check it once it's already in the BOC pouch, but make sure that you check to make sure it's catching air. It's possible you could see color and not get it fully cocked.

Here's my routine.

I cock it as soon as I lay the canopy down on the ground after flaking it. I check that the color is showing and that it catches air.

I check it again just as I am about to fold it up to go in the pouch, make sure it's still cocked and catching air. I also look at the color again at that point.

And as for the nothing to worry about part, there's other things that could cause a pilot chute in tow. But if your PC is cocked and in good condition, the PC not inflating probably won't be the reason.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Andy_Copland 0]

I was being tongue in cheek, appreciate your concern though

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People aint made of nothin' but water and shit.

Until morale improves, the beatings will continue.

[NWFlyer 2]

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I was being tongue in cheek, appreciate your concern though

Good to know that you were, but there are probably some out there who really do rely just on "seeing color."

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[spoons 0]

I was told by a rigger to not just check it was catching air but that you could also see a slack kill line inside the pilot chute

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[jheadley 0]

As I understand it, the key is that if you hold the bridle and hang the pilot chute upside down, you need to see that the apex is at the same level, or below the skirt (where the fabric and mesh meet)

here's a great thread by Bill Booth about it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=132976;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;