jsaxton 0 #101 April 19, 2008 This was an assembly error, not a packing error. Hopefully any rigger doing the first repack would have noticed the assembly error. QuoteYes. Three times as many repacks also means three times the likelihood of rigging errors being made. It's a wash. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrianM 1 #102 April 19, 2008 QuoteYes. Three times as many repacks also means three times the likelihood of rigging errors being made. It's a wash. QuoteThis was an assembly error, not a packing error. Hopefully any rigger doing the first repack would have noticed the assembly error. This particular case was an assembly error, but packing errors do happen."It's amazing what you can learn while you're not talking." - Skydivesg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #103 April 20, 2008 Quote Sorry if it's not politically correct, but if it was my rig, MY LIFE he had put in jeopardy...we throw! I'm with you, someone's going to the hospital! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johan420 0 #104 April 21, 2008 Quote Of course, I didn't jump with a BASE rig out of airplanes why is that "of course?". I have finally found my own pilot/plane...it`s a little more expensive, but that is what i pay for freedom...i choose my own jump/pull altitude and my own DZ ...that`s skydiving hahahaha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bloody_trauma 2 #105 September 1, 2008 man that would have been an outrage if you had burned in under that reserve pack... i dont think the skydiving community would let him keep his head... he'd be in the bonfire that night... Fly it like you stole it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMURRAY 1 #106 September 3, 2008 I always hook up my canopies myself. check it and double check it then hand to my rigger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #107 September 3, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Always carry a knife . . . it's the emergency procedure for when you are all out of emergency procedures . . . (I've seen a lot of bad rigging, but that's real bad). NickD Ok I gota ask.....just what would you have done with a knife under that reserve other than put yourself out of misery before impact? Cut the misrouted steering line which would be causing a turn once it opened (fine, but a bit hard as the slider went down the lines and the left side got narrower as it traversed the crossed lines). I'm having some difficulty visualizing what it would do, but still arrived at the same picture as you. I'm not even sure the turn wouldn't be correctable without a knife, though that's certainly NO excuse for the misrigging. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
