Retired rigs for rigging practice

[StoppieJoe 7]

I am about to start Dan Poynter's Rigging Course and I was wondering if anyone knew a place that I could get retired gear for cheap just to practice on. I don't want to put the money into an Airworthy rig for this purpose. I'm looking for Modern style sport rigs, a retired main and a retired Reserve. Preferably not an old Racer

I'm in Dallas, Tx if that is relevant.

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[skytribe 17]

Find a rigger to apprentice under or doing a formal rigging course will provide you with lots of opportunity to practice. Doing things by yourself is often not the best course of action - you may end up practicing incorrect or bad habits.

[StoppieJoe 7]

After I finish the home study course and have prepared for the knowledge portion, I am taking the Paraconcepts rigging course later this year.

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"Are you getting into trouble over there?" --- "Nothing that I'm going to admit to!"
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[skytribe 17]

Then kirk will go over the repacks with a whole variety of rigs during the week. You will get to pack a whole host of current gear.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

skytribe

Then kirk will go over the repacks with a whole variety of rigs during the week. You will get to pack a whole host of current gear.

True, but if the OP goes into the course with his 20 required pack jobs, he won't have to hustle through the week to get them done and can spend more time on other stuff.

I took the course a few years ago, and I had zero pack jobs going in. I wouldn't recommend doing that. I spent much of my time getting the 20 done.

He will still need to do a few, especially on different stuff (rounds & tandems for example), but not needing to reach the minimum would be helpful.

Edit to add:

The pack jobs done beforehand would, of course, need to be signed off by a rigger.

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[skytribe 17]

I've done Kirk's for senior ticket and Derek Thomas' for Master ticket (which had others doing pack jobs for senior ticket) and on both of them you can learn the tricks for packing each type of rig. I've seen people do 1 or 2 in first few days and then struggle later. A strategy I used was each day pick a different rig and pack it 3 times - 1st time will always be slow you learn a few tricks on rigs and the next 2 will go by really quick. If you have all you written work done then you dont have to think to much about that. You have full days, morning till late at night to finish pack jobs - use it don't think 10 -5 with 2 hour lunch break.

As the week progresses you will naturally speed up, you packing and even when doing different rigs you will bet 4/5 rigs done in a day. If I said what is useful is being around a sewing machine. Even if its you mum's home sewing machine. If you can use on of these and have you written work squared away the 20 required pack jobs is easy.

When I did mine - although I'd got pack jobs because I'd been cleared to pack specific reserves in another country - I still did 22 pack jobs that week before thursday and I even got the Racer out which rarely happens just to kill some time. So it is not difficult with time management.