Off heading Openings

[philhartree 0]

I just had a great week in Spain - where the surrounding coastline makes it easier to spot an off heading opening... and i'm new to all this too - so i'm just glad the bugger opens
My question - it seems I get a 45-90 degree right hand turn on opening. I have tried to keep my packing consistent. I tried using the 'other' mouth lock first. This appeared to fix it - then it didnt What am I doing wrong?
I have a reasonably new PD170 (50 jumps) I propack, I dont roll the nose, just shove it in and roll the tail about 4 times.
TIA Phil
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[wildblue 7]

Always to the right?
Make sure you're not dipping a shoulder at pull time. Might not be a packing thing, might be a body position thing.
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Is the harness properly adjusted as well?
Throw me to the sky becuase I know I'm coming back - Red Hot Chili Peppers

[E150 0]

& get a rigger to check the line lengths

[GrumpySmurf 0]

This is exactly what happened to me.
Jumped with a friend last weekend who was letting me use him as a docking dummy while he used me as a fall rate practice dummy. He watched me as I tracked then pulled (was my first weekend with my Odyssey with the freefly pud throwout for the pilot chute) - and he said I dipped my left shoulder as I reach with my right arm (since the pud is closer to my back than a hackey is, I have to reach a bit more around to get a good grip) - and bam, openned up in line twists - I was wondering why I kept openning up with 90 and 180 degree off heading opennings. Get someone to jump with you and watch you track and pull, they might see something you are not conciously (sp?) aware of?

[3fLiEr 0]

After watching your first hop n pop - I would say Bad body position!!!....... ;op
BSBD

[philhartree 0]

SECOND actually!!! the first one was REALLY low: 5,000ft
I think i redeemed myself on Saturday with my second one though - (just coz you're used to pulling low )
L8R
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[3fLiEr 0]

Its all a learning experience - good fun though hey??
Yeah your second pulled you from numpty jumper to stable jumper - nice work soldier!!! - most would not have had the balls to try again! - Respect dude!
- ah the joys of British winter and cloud base jump n dumps -
Cya
BSBD

[philhartree 0]

Aw - shucks you say the nicest things.....
I was there to jump - so i jumped - no point going to the DZ otherwise
A jump's, a jump's a jump L8R
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[rgoper 0]

i fly a triathlon 170, and at one time or another, it was pulling the same stunt you described. once i deployed, and the canopy went into a wicked counter clock wise spin, leaving me in a belly to earth position under my inflated canopy. i assed the situation, i thought i had a line over at first, but upon further observation, i came to the conclusion that it was not my canopy as it was fully inflated, but not stable, or steerable. so i unstowed my brakes, the canonpy started behaving itself, and the rest of the dive was uneventful. after returning to the packing area, i traced out the steering lines, which i haven't checked for a while (a divemaster of mine helped bring this to my attention, thanks derek!) the left hand steering line had a shitload of twists in it, causing it to deploy in a spin, because it was shorter than the right hand side steering lines. the canopy had been telling me for a few dives that something wasn't right, because it was opening off heading, and in a slight left hand spin. check your steering lines every repack! i never thought it would cause an event like this, but hey, it did! hope this insight helps.
Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"

[riggerrob 643]

Untwist your steering lines at least once a week.

[FallinWoman 1]

I've gotten in the habit of untwisting my steering lines on the last pack of the weekend. Part of my ritual now.

[mnischalke 0]

I don't know if it was a post by you or someone else about twists shortening the lines, but I encountered a soft right turn on deployment last weekend. I got to the ground, started packing and noticed the right line had a bunch of twists in it. I worked them out and the next deployment was perfectly on heading. It takes an extra minute or two to untwist the lines, but it sure is a minute or two well spent. Thanks!!
mike