Mad47 0 #1 January 8, 2003 I know it sounds sillyWhat is the best way not to attach the main canopy backwards when cut it away for cable cleaning ect. ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #2 January 8, 2003 If you have good riser covers, pack the main, pull the cutaway handle, clean the cables and flex the 3-rings. Be careful when flxing the 3-rings not to open the riser covers. Put the handle back and re-connect the 3-rings. Double check your work. If your riser covers aren't up to the task, use a weight to pin down the risers, then clean the cable/flex the 3-rings, and re-assemble. Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyerno 0 #3 January 8, 2003 Quote I know it sounds sillyWhat is the best way not to attach the main canopy backwards when cut it away for cable cleaning ect. ? Do a full line-check after each time. This is the only way to be sure you haven't done something wrong. If the canopy is in the bag the whole time you won't know until you open the bag, either by jumping it or while on the ground.--- Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #4 January 8, 2003 If all your doing is cleaning the cables don't remove the three rings. Just lay the canopy out, carefully pull the handle, clean it, and reinstall. If you really want to remove the main, you need to worry about more than just putting it on backwards. You can twist one riser, flip one riser throught the lines, flip one riser through the other risers lines, and most of this above or below the slider. When you take the risers off the harness rings, immediately lay one rise on top of the other and tie an overhand knot in the two risers. This keep things in order. I started rigging long before pro packing so here's a description checking it with the canopy on it's side. Put a weight of some sort on the knoted risers. Pull the slider down, and lay the canopy out on it side like side packing. Straighten it out and pull the lines tight. Untie the risers and replace the weight. I always put the nose to my left so I'll describe it that way. If the nose is to the left, the left side of the canopy is on top of the stack and the right side is against the floor. So, the lines from the top half of the stack are attached to the left riser. If things look twisted untwist the risers, place in the proper right/left orientation and replace the weight. Now, start with the lines on the outside of the left link, front or back, and pick up the lines off the floor one at a time going from out to in on the left riser and continuing inside to out on the right. You will pick up the lines from the top of the stack to the bottom. If you look at the cascade and pick up a line in the wrong order you will lift up a cascade with the one your lifting. Do the same with the other, either front or back. Check the steering lines. The left one should go from the left riser through the keeper ring, throught the slider grommet, and directly to the top of the canopy stack. The right should go directly to the lower half of the stack. They shouldn't go around anything or each other. This sounds confusing, but with practice you can do a complete line rotation in about 3 minutes. After it's hooked up, lay the harness face down and run the line groups up to the canopy. The left lines front, rear and steering line on separate fingers of the left hand and the right side the same in the right hand. Nothing should cross and the nose should be on the bottom, pointing toward the floor and the tail up toward your head. This all sounds confusing. You can also just label the riser left and right like some manufacturers do. Or inflate it. Some people never are convinced it's on straight unless the inflate it in the wind and see it. Have some one show you. I once watched someone spend an hour and a half hooking up a main. They never looked below the links to see if the left side is on the left and the right is on the right. It was on backwards. If you haven't figured out quit how things look, take a long look at your canopy when your under it. Look at the order of the lines on the links in relation to the canopy. Once you get used to looking at it, it's not hard to see. Have fun. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
