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[ryoder 1,590]

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What happened to the good ol' days when one could get a rig in any color they wanted as long as it was black?

I was just about to suggest that;
Order black; It goes with any color, and doesn't kill the resale value like some ugly-ass one-off color-pattern.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[airtwardo 7]

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Ummm... yeah... right.


Anyway...


Et all,

What happened to the good ol' days when one could get a rig in any color they wanted as long as it was black?

They're alive and well and living at the Dolphin factory !

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[LongWayToFall 0]

When did I come off as pissy? And since when is information on here deemed as legitimate without confirming that info with a trusted source? Maybe I should have posted something with a more easily distinguished tone of complete lack of credibility. Such as "what you should do is buy a lightly colored rig, and instead of paying the fee for tie dye, just slit your wrists and bleed all over the place, should give it a nice effect." Blood shouldn't effect the TSO right?

[RMURRAY 1]

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What happened to the good ol' days when one could get a rig in any color they wanted as long as it was black?

I was just about to suggest that;
Order black; It goes with any color, and doesn't kill the resale value like some ugly-ass one-off color-pattern.

exactly. more about what you do in the air and less about how you look on the ground.

[riggermick 7]

Checker boarding is usually as an apliquie (sp) on top of the already cut container pieces. This is where the time consumption and irritation that cause the option to be pricy come from. If you look carefully at a checker board rig you will notice all of the extra stitching and lineup work needed to make the effect work and look symetrical. It's not as easy as finding a piece of fabric and marking it out, it has to be 'constructed' in to the rig as it is being built. That's why many mfg's will tell you to pound sand. Hope this helps clear up the mystery.

Mick.

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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Checker boarding is usually as an apliquie (sp) on top of the already cut container pieces. This is where the time consumption and irritation that cause the option to be pricy come from. If you look carefully at a checker board rig you will notice all of the extra stitching and lineup work needed to make the effect work and look symetrical. It's not as easy as finding a piece of fabric and marking it out, it has to be 'constructed' in to the rig as it is being built. That's why many mfg's will tell you to pound sand. Hope this helps clear up the mystery.

Mick.

Fliteline built my second Reflex in a black and white checkboard and it turned out very nice. Thanks! That had to have been a lot work.

For your second or third rig you often end up at a size where you won't want a smaller container and it takes a long time to wear out a rig when you don't jump much in desert conditions. You might as well get something you really like.

[riggermick 7]

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Checker boarding is usually as an apliquie (sp) on top of the already cut container pieces. This is where the time consumption and irritation that cause the option to be pricy come from. If you look carefully at a checker board rig you will notice all of the extra stitching and lineup work needed to make the effect work and look symetrical. It's not as easy as finding a piece of fabric and marking it out, it has to be 'constructed' in to the rig as it is being built. That's why many mfg's will tell you to pound sand. Hope this helps clear up the mystery.

Mick.

Fliteline built my second Reflex in a black and white checkboard and it turned out very nice. Thanks! That had to have been a lot work.

For your second or third rig you often end up at a size where you won't want a smaller container and it takes a long time to wear out a rig when you don't jump much in desert conditions. You might as well get something you really like.

Guess who's grubby little mitts did all the work on your rig. We made many like yours and some crazy assimetrical stuff I came up with for fun. It is time consuming hence the reluctance to do it.

Mick.