Brake coming off on opening

[linebckr83 3]

At Couch Freaks this year I had a brake fire on 2 jumps in a row. Same side. It had happened once before about 50 jumps ago on the same side. I had a couple riggers look at it. None saw anything out of the ordinary. I would stow my excess line by running it straight up the 2 keepers on the back of the riser. Never had a problem doing it this way. I don't exactly know if the excess line might have been coming loose and somehow snagging the toggle or somethin, but the problem seems to be solved now that I double it up and run it from top to bottom. Just some food for thought if anyone has tested this kinda thing.

I jump a nitron 170 loaded about 1.33. The first one worried me since I've never been on my back before, but it calmed down. The second one I noticed while the canopy was still sniveling so I got my hangs up and straightened out the risers before anything radical happened.

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[lowhook 0]

IMO, not all velcro-less risers/toggles are equal. I had a demo Velo 96 from PD on Infinity risers and had 2 toggle fires in 2 weeks both resulting in cut-aways (a third I recovered before the spin went uncontrollable). I switched the canopy over to my Javelin risers and never had a problem again.

Summary, 4500+ jumps on Javelins and no brake fires. 20 or so jumps on Infinity risers and 3 brake fires. Maybe it was just that riser set but I'll stick with Javelin, RWS or Mirage risers.

[mjosparky 4]

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Before we started putting the toggle through the eye on the brake line, we pulled the eye down to the guide ring, and daisy-chained the line that was below the guide ring starting by pushing a bight through the eye.

And then there was the system used for awhile by ParaFlite. A second line attached to the lower control line. I was pulled down and through the ring and the toggle stowed in a loop in the end.

Sparky

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