Am I doing something wrong?

[rifleman 70]

I'm a S/L student and currently jumping a Javelin Student container with a Skymaster 290 main. My problem is that the last two times I've jumped my chest strap and chest mounted altimeter have ended up wedged under my chin where it's hard to read.

The chest strap is tight but with enough space to get my hand behind it and the leg straps are as tight as they'll go without restricting blood flow to my legs. I know the leg straps aren't slipping because they're still tight on landing and the rig feels comfortable enough when I'm getting on the AC but I'm at a loss to know why the chest strap ends up so high.

Any ideas?

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[billvon 3,006]

That's not uncommon with student rigs (or any ill fitting rig.) The rig slides up until the chest strap is near your chin. A smaller rig (smaller as in smaller main lift web) will help with this; ask your instructors if there's one you can use.

Once you get a rig that fits you well the problem should go away.

[pchapman 279]

If the leg straps are already snug around your thighs (and all the way up in your crotch) that suggests the overall length of the harness is too long. No adjustable lift webs on that rig to shorten the distance from hip to shoulder?

[rifleman 70]

IIRC the student rigs do have adjustable lift webs - I'll ask an instructor to quickly check that they're the right length for me the next time I jump.

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[dragon2 2]

The chest strap ending up too high is due to a too-long main lift web and/or not tight enough legstraps, as mentioned before.

If you can't change to a smaller rig, and you have trouble reading the alti because it is under your chin, ask to jump a hand mounted alti (or buy one yourself, 2nd hand analog altimeters are not expensive). If you can't do that either, at least slide the chest mounted alti to one side of your chest strap so you can read it better (which is what I used to do during my SL jumps...).

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[popsjumper 2]

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IIRC the student rigs do have adjustable lift webs - I'll ask an instructor to quickly check that they're the right length for me the next time I jump.

1. Harness too big
2. Adjustable MLW sliding loose on opening.

Neither is uncommon.

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