councilman24

You should NOT feel at ease. In case you missed it... This is NOT rigged to the d lines and the flag is on the canopy. It is on a separate line and requires modification of the riser as well as construction of the flag bag and attachment. I had drawings and specifications from the Golden Knights rigger on how to do this. Modified a rig and constructed the bag. And had two failures to work right and almost had to cut the dam thing away both times. This was on a docile seven cell canopy. It is not easy to get right. It is not something someone other than an experienced rigger should be 'experimenting' with. Tell him to find someone that KNOWS how to do it, pony up the money to get it right from Red or to find life insurance that will cover skydiving. Also remember that the 14CFR requires that any work done on the main be done by a licensed rigger. The much easier option is to connect a flag to a riser and your foot after opening and fly it behind your body. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

It's the way you rotate toggles when setting brakes, usually you end up twisting the other every time you pack... No, its likely when you land you let go of one brake, turn your canopy into the ground with the other brake while turning to face the canopy. This puts a turn in the toggle your still holding. Think about how you land to see if that's what you do every time. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Your first jump with a canopy you packed is a little like your first jump. Millions have people have done it, it's just that you haven't. Now shut up and jump. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

And if your jumping a round your accuracy approach starts at opening. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

If you knew Sluggo you'd know why.😉 I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I wouldn't even try. It isn't going to be right. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Contact Manley. I think he's on here but don't remember his user name. But he's on facebook often. Just search his name. The one on Roanoke. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I'd likely pack it with a Vector II pilot chute if passed onspection. And I know somone looking for a closet queen Vector. See PM for more questions. Never pitch an airworthy parachute! Even non-airworthy is useful for rigger training. Or just filling space like half crapnin my basement. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Do you recognize the photo on his FB page? It the dead bodies at Jonestown. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

An OLD man's zig zag. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

There's kind of an opportunity in Denver to get a walking foot zig zag. Or have it shipped for $130. http://www.ebay.com/itm/162525097039?ul_noapp=true Missing zig zag foot and walking foot presser feet and connectors from back. Needle bar rusty. But you don't see them used very often and $1900 new. I've decided I don't need another project right now. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Toggles aren't a bad place to start. But homemede toggles can KILL. Of you don't know what dimensions are important find out. Generic velcro toggles are 1" type four. You can't get it at the local fabric store. The nose you have to sew zigzag through 6 layers of type 6. Even commercial machines have trouble. One you may not have enough foot lift. Two, my commercial machine don't like it much. One of my old HOME machines actually works better. Don't do it if all you have is a straight stitch. And placement of the gromment can be critical. Size 0 spur gromments but NOT the ones you buy at the local fabric store. See paragear for appropriate gromment and tools. If the "industrial strength" machines at school have a little motor on the back instead of big motor hanging underneath the are industrial strength in name only. But may work for this. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

It's early so I'm not thinking well yet, but... Crawl inside a garbage bag full of nitrous and have to be pulled out. Snort oysters through nose. Not strange but use rig as ramp to jump stingray bike over campfire. Of course that is an appropriate use for a Racer but it was the rig he jumped. I'm sure I'll get warmed up later. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I expect the black bled into the water and the spandex ir what ever absorbed it differently. Manufacture's fault? Well they could have prewashed the black ir warned younnever to wash it. But they may very well not have known. May have been a batch of black that bled more or more likely they may never have made one with this combo. And 30° isn't cold water. That's what I would have used. I wouldn't expect a new one for free. Maybe a discount on a new one at most. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

They're view-able in my basement. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

In 82 I ordered a Northern Lite with a left hand cutaway and a right hand reserve. I wanted to pull the reserve with my dominant hand. I wanted a right hand through out. That way I would be alternating hands. Main right, cutaway left, reserve right. They built a complete left hand reversed rig with left hand throw out. I jumped it for several years along with my other two rigs, a conventional (as now made) layout Norther lite and a right and ripcord main, left hand ripcord reserve, Sportlife well two point release. Jumped the rigs interchangeably throwing students. Never reached the wrong way once. One guy had a RTS. It had a foot long lanyard on the pull out (I think it was pull out but if throw out the PC was in the back somewhere) with the handle mounted on the hip where you see it. The thing caused two consecutive jump reserve rides by knotting up around the PC. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Your rgger doesn't need to replace it. Just add another one. And tell him to use ball point ink so it doesn't run. But he can rewrite the line for the latest pack job if the first line is no longer legible. There is no reason this should be a problem. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Military crap, when they're stable I want one to jump from myself. I've always wanted an ultralight with remote controls. Fly to altitude, jump with ultralight in auto orbit, land parachute, pick up remote and land ultralight. Now don't need the runway. Yeah, yeah the FAA won't like either. UFO time! They did pick a smart way to test it from base altitude to start with. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Oops, forgot the swift system. Thanks for the correction. I knew it didn't sound right. I never saw a Swift system either. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Yes it was TSO'd as a system with their EOS container. Riggers get to determine compatibility of components. From day one the majority of Swift reserves were in other containers. My first one was in a Northern Lite in 1982 shortly have the Swift came out. Without having production numbers I would guess that well over 90% of Swifts never saw an EOS container. I never saw an EOS container in person but packed dozens of individual swift canopies. And they haven't been made for over 20 years. Maybe a few less than that but close. I decline to pack original version 5 cell swifts because they are just too old in design even if they might be airworthy. Of course that's a personal decision and other riggers make other decisions. Even 7 cell swifts are getting long in the tooth. The line was expanded with Cirrus and Orion reserves. I don't believe these were TSO'd in EOS containers but I'd have to check the manual downstairs and I'm too lazy at the moment. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Only the RW PC was made out of lightweight ripstop. The Jumbo was good old taffeta like the other PCs. Mine is in a sleeve and it packs pretty big. I would say comparable in size to a T-10. It is only a PC in shape. It is a real slug in the sky. Now see, if I had a jumbo I might be willing to jump to. And I'd load enough to get it to turn.😉 I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I have by original rig, Crossbow H/C with a Crossbow 26' lopo round reserve and my comp PC in a sleeve still packed up. I used to make wanna be riggers before I was a dpre pack the Crossbow back to get ready to go to a course. I have a pod of some sort on the RW pc that was giving to me but haven't quite figured out one part of it. Hmm, Bill or Winsor or some sent me another sleeve too. And I have a PC bag with stows for the crown lines somewhere. Used it for my Strato Cloud. Probably some more stuff I don't remember. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

I was 47 and 49 when my two girls were born. Late bloomer. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Yep, not a competition. It doesn't have the BIG hole in the center back like one of mine. Your inspiring me to get mine ready so some other sucker, er lucky jumper, can jump it. Right now I'm a little over the weight that would allow me to walk away from the landing. Even though I've got 300 or so jumps on my comp pc. I've got a purple RW pc that should go back in the air too. I doubt there are many, if any, other videos like yours of a PC opening. It was interesting, but not unexpected when you think about it, to see the crown lines deploy before the bag lifted out of the container. Mine is in a sleeve so the PC lifts the sleeve. No force on the crown line stows until the suspension lines unstow and the sleeve opens. If you've got a drawing of the bag you made would be willing to share that would be great. I have other options but may make a new one. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE

Time for the jetman jumpers to stand up and land like that. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE