ScottyE 0 #26 June 9, 2009 Got the new Bag today and hooked it up and the container was a little easier to close. This main has less than 30 jumps on it so I'm hoping it will get easier too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topdocker 0 #27 June 10, 2009 I think Ada at SDC has the equipment you really need. It's a very nice T-shirt that says, "My other rig is your mom." It's for all the haters out there that tell you to jump your other rig, not the racer. Saves me lots of time! topJump more, post less! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auryn 0 #28 June 23, 2009 QuoteThe picture 111 taken from sideway (with your girlfriend) shows a rig which looks OK for me. You know, any parachute system now is relatively tight. A friend of mine has a small rig (a Micron with an Optimum reserve), he is a rigger and he told me that with that kind of reserve his reserve container is like a piece of concrete. A bit tight is better than a bit loose. Also, the tightness depends on the rigger method. Some are better than other to spread the reserve volume more evenly. One more thing, your rig is new then expect after few weeks-months that the fabric will set up. Amen to this. If it is physically possible to shorten your loop such that ALL grommets stack PERFECTLY upon each other (no matter how improbable you think this is) you're going to die. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danielcroft 2 #29 June 23, 2009 In my experience (yes, I actually have some in this case!), the 7 cell will pack more square, the 9 cell more rectangular. This will mean that one may fit better in your rig than the other. I was jumping a Javelin with a canopy which shouldn't have fit but it did because the Javelin was quite old & had stretched, swapping from a Sabre 2 190 to a Spectre 190 (even though the Spectre had a *smaller* reported pack volume), the Spectre was definitely a tighter squeeze. Point is that different canopies will fit your rig differently. I don't know racers so I can't comment specifically but it's something to keep in mind. Ok, ready to be told I'm wrong now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 29 #30 June 26, 2009 Quote I always thought it was Friends don't let Friends jump STRONG! then you haven't had your hands on a quasar yetThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle dudeist skydiver # 666 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darrenspooner 0 #31 June 29, 2009 Packing dude. I found if I do it neat and right then it closes fine. If I wrestle it in the bag I wrestle to close it. Packing makes a huge difference to folded up canopy size Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
