adamjenner 0 #1 February 24, 2003 I don't know if this has been asked already or not, but when you take a rigging course and learn to pack reserves, do you learn to pack both round and square reserve canapies or are they separate courses in themselves? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #2 February 24, 2003 The courses can teach whatever they want, but if you want to get a riggers ticket from the FAA, you'll have to know how to do both. I would suspect that any good course will teach you both. Edit again: I didn't check your profile, so the above is US-centric. RiggerRob will no doubt have all of the information you need about rigging in Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rigging65 0 #3 February 24, 2003 The courses we run always include both Round and Squares (with an emphasis on Squares). Both types are most certainly on your test..... "...and once you had tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you long to return..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #4 February 24, 2003 I have a friend who recently got his ticket, and the practical did not include packing a square reserve, only a round. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alan 1 #5 February 24, 2003 QuoteI have a friend who recently got his ticket, and the practical did not include packing a square reserve, only a round. I think the DPRE has some discretion in the practical. The FAA does have a handbook with the standards and it can be found on their web-site. My practical was several years ago, but the packing portion only included a square. There were some orals about rounds.alan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichM 0 #7 February 25, 2003 In the UK square reserve packing; round reserve packing and rigging are all seperate ratings.Rich M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 February 25, 2003 CSPA rigger ratings have multiple categories: round reserves, square reserves. one-pin sport containers, two-pin sport containers, Pop-Top containers and pilot emergency paprachutes. To earn a CSPS Rigger A rating, you need to convince the examiner that you are competent to pack one type of reserve canopy into one type of container. The last Rigger A Course I helped with only covered packing square reserves into one-pin containers. I did demonstrate how to pack a two-pin Bullet, but I don't think any candidates completed that part of the course. Oh, and you can only earn a CSPA Rigger rating by attending a CSPA sponsored course. If you are keen, tell Barry MacCaully (sp?) that you want to attend his next course starting in November 2003. It normally runs three weekends ..... the deadline for riggers' courses in BC is usually sometime in October. Also ask the Alberta Sport Parachute Council about any riggers' courses they are planning for next winter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samurai136 0 #9 February 25, 2003 I just got my back rating at DeWolf's course and the practical included packing round and square reserves. The rounds were all phantom reserves for pilot rigs (National/Softie/Para-cushion). Ken"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unutsch 0 #10 February 25, 2003 packing reserves? auoch!!!! i helped our DZ rigger today and yesterday pack the reserves our pilots use and know what? my back hurts for the first time in my life!!!!!! but hey, that's the price one has to pay in order to get a rigger, right? Check out the site of the Fallen Angels FreeflY Organisation: http://www.padliangeli.org Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
