Front riser pull pressure

[Zep 0]

About a year ago I sliced through a tendon in my right forearm,
This has left me unable to get a good equall pull on the front
risers

Is their any way of making the front riser pressure lighter

I jump a Saffire2 loaded at 1.5

Gone fishing

[BigM 2]

You might want to look up Jay Stokes (Mr. 535 Jumps in one Day). He has come up with some sort of system with an extra pair of toggles on the front risers (attached to somewhere in the front of the canopy)that do essentially the same thing. He told me a couple of weeks ago that the toggle pressure on them was less than the toggle pressure on his normal steering lines.

Sorry, I don't have his e-mail, but he's not hard to track down. Jumps in Elsinore and Skydive Arizona mostly.

Good luck.
Blue 111-
Jeff

"When I die, I want to go like my grandmother, who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."

[faulknerwn 38]

Those sound like the old Nasir toggles that were used for years in CRW. These days CRWdogs find 2-1 assist toggles more popular. They're basically just a pully system on the front riser which can halve the front riser pressure.
W

[AggieDave 6]

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Is their any way of making the front riser pressure lighter

Firstly, I'm sorry to hear about your arm.

Secondly, the quick no rigging "fix" would be to try going to your front risers after holding in 1/2 brakes for a bit. It tends to lighten your front riser pressure as well as increase your recovery arc a bit.

I would insert my standard warning here, but I have no doubt you've got more experience then I do (seeing how you've been in the sport nearly as long as I've been alive and have double the jumps I do) and could give me some good warnings.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Zep 0]

Thanks for your input guys.

I know the CRW systems you're talking about I have a set of risers with loops
which I very rarley use, I find that a sustained pull and the loops will start sliping out of my hands
I prefer the risers in my palms with the palms facing outwards making a fist an rolling the wrists down.
Whats happening now is that I can't keep up a sustained "pull" (for a straight in approach)

I'm wondering if adding a extra set of slinks (changing the angle of attack ) would help to lighten the nose
I think maybe I'll take this to Rigging


AggieDave you keep on with your warnings, the old Dogs need to be reminded every now an again

Gone fishing

[faulknerwn 38]

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I'm wondering if adding a extra set of slinks (changing the angle of attack ) would help to lighten the nose

We do this a lot on the Lightnings, but I've seen some weird effects when done on 9-cells. It definitely can affect the stability of the canopy.
W