how do you pack a main pilot chute?

[Newbie 0]

Whats the best method? If anyone could detail it, preferably with pics, i'd appreciate it. If not, just a good description will do. I just received my rig and want to practice PC throws, but dont know how to pack fully yet.

Also, i read that packing the PC a certain way means that if a horse shoe occurs, there is a way to pack it whereby it will pull the PC free of the pocket. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this, and if so, how do you pack the PC so that it will be pulled free if the bag deploys?

Thanks

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[Spy38W 0]

This is pretty similar to the method I use, plus there are pictures to make it easier.
http://www.bigairsportz.com/Pilotchute.html

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[indyz 1]

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This is pretty similar to the method I use, plus there are pictures to make it easier.
http://www.bigairsportz.com/Pilotchute.html

Ditto.

As for the best packing method, that's like asking, "What the best way to pack a main," or, "What's the best container?" If you ask ten different skydivers, you'll probably get 10 different answers.

[Sonic 0]

Biggest thing to remember is to pack it so that the pilot chute will extract if you pull on the bridle (eg in a horseshoe)

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[falxori 0]

there are many many ways of doing it.
or as someone once told me "it will most likely work even if you just stuff it in".
but dont, we dont like "most likely" here...

i just asked someone to show me while packing, its the best way. or simply spy on someone packing.
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[masher 1]

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This is pretty similar to the method I use, plus there are pictures to make it easier.
http://www.bigairsportz.com/Pilotchute.html

This method looks really good. I may have to try this when I get my rig.

Eventually.

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[lewmonst 0]

most people i know pack their pilot chutes that way. i happened to have been taught a different way, and it has always worked. a rigger once packed mine the way shown in the link, and i had a hard pull where my hand actually slipped off my hackey... so i'm sticking to my old method.
point is, many ways will work. just watch everyone pack

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[AggieDave 6]

See step 10? Don't freak'n do that! Putting a rig up on its yoke like that isn't very good for a Cypress, it's not good for those of you with soft or partially soft housings, too.

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[PhreeZone 20]

I know that rig does'nt have a cypres, or at least it did'nt when i jumped it this summer.

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[AggieDave 6]

I didn't know if it did or not, I just wanted to mention that while people were looking at it, to save them some possible problems.

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[Kris 0]

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See step 10? Don't freak'n do that! Putting a rig up on its yoke like that isn't very good for a Cypress, it's not good for those of you with soft or partially soft housings, too.

Chill Winston. From the angle of the shot it's obvious he just had the rig like that to show the PC distribution in the pocket.

But you do raise a good point.

Kris

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[ernokaikkonen 0]

>I know that rig does'nt have a cypres, or at least it did'nt
>when i jumped it this summer.

That's the point. I don't have a CYPRES in my rig, but I've made a habit out of keeping the rig on it's side while stuffing the PC in. That way when I'm packing a CYPRES-equipped rig, I don't have to change the way I pack. Actually I don't even have to think about whether or not there's a CYPRES in the rig.

[Ducky 0]

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See step 10? Don't freak'n do that! Putting a rig up on its yoke like that isn't very good for a Cypress, it's not good for those of you with soft or partially soft housings, too.

OK I'll bite, there are o stupid questions here right???????um right???

Why is that bad for a CYPRES????

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[PhreeZone 20]

It puts pressure on the cypres cables that can lead to them splitting or cracking, making the unit unworkable.

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[AggieDave 6]

Thanks Phree, that's what I would I have said.

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[DaMan 0]

I use the same method, but keep the PC on the floor throughout. Couldn't see the need to pick up everything twice if I planned the placement correctly.

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[jimmytavino 16]

I pack it differently than the next guy ,, who packs it differently than somebody else,,, who packs it differently than the packers at my DZ....... who pack
it differently than the packers at your DZ...... jeez,,, what could be simpler????
Ah variety,, the spice of life....

[Unutsch 0]

wow, thanks man... i too pick up the rig that way, but in the future, i won't do it anymore... never thought of that

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[SkySlut 0]

I like Brian's method, its what I do...for a couple of reasons. Pulling the bridle attatchment down and putting it in the BOC that way makes for an easy pull and it also is good for the mesh because the bridle doesnt rub on it at pulltime. It rubs on the ZP instead. Its just what I prefer.

[rigging65 0]

If you're worried about a horseshoe type malfunction, transition over to a pull-out deployment system. Much more difficult to have a horseshoe with the pull-out...reduces several other potential problems as well (IMO). You don't have to worry as much about how you "fold" the pilot-chute that way either.

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[bobsoutar 0]

I agree but you can't jump one until C licence in the UK.

[rigging65 0]

Interesting, I did not know that. Is there a published reason why pull-outs have a restriction on them??

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[indyz 1]

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See step 10? Don't freak'n do that! Putting a rig up on its yoke like that isn't very good for a Cypress, it's not good for those of you with soft or partially soft housings, too.

Another good reason not to do that: I was sitting cross legged with my rig balanced on my legs so that it was tipped up like that (yoke was not on the ground) so that I could put the pilot chute in the pouch. The pouch, or at least the elastic on the mouth, was apparently replaced not to long before I bought the rig so it is really tight. I had two fingers prying the mouth open while I worked the PC in with my right hand. My fingers slipped and WHAP, I punched myself right in the nose, and hard. Glanced around the hangar, didn't look like anybody saw me hit myself, finished packing and made a note to never do that again.