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grue

So what happens if you lose your packing data card?

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You have to burn the rig.



:ph34r::ph34r:
Rough.

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That got me laughing.

Talk to your rigger. If he/she's not around, and you have to bring it to another rigger, you're looking at another I&R (that's what I'd do).
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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just send it to me grue, i will take good care of it in the states, b/c it was last jumped in the states it is not allowed to be jumped anywhere else. give me or no more double double challenges, i can make that happen!



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nah, nah, all wrong, it was jumped in australia where the card was issued, then it went to the states where the card was lost, it now has to go to europe without the card.. jeeesus, dont you guys know anything!? ;)

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

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The not so serious answer (like many here), is the rig doesn't work without a data card, that's like trying to start a car without a license.

The serious answer, is if you can, contact the previous rigger, get him or her to make and send you a new card. They should have extras and have all the information about the last repack in their logbook. You'll probably lose the entire repack history of the system, but the last repack is all that really matters.

If you can't wait or contact the previous rigger, then get a new A&I&R.

I also notice you jump an Infinity. I love mine, but I don't like the data card location. I lost my data card out of it during two freefly jumps in a row. My rigger was nice and made me a new one (twice), which I no longer keep in the rig.
BASE 1224, Senior Parachute Rigger, CPL ASEL IA, AGI, IGI
USPA Coach & UPT Tandem Instructor, PRO, Altimaster Field Support Representative

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...but the last repack is all that really matters.



I can't let that statement pass by without comment.

No, the entire history is important. A rigger would like to know how long the canopy has been in service, how many times it has been repacked, how many times it has been jumped, what repairs or modifications might have been made to it, and so on. All of that is on the packing data card(s). It could be important in determining the fitness of the canopy for continued service.

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