The ZP Blues....

[Zoter 0]

I got 'em baaad.
I got dem 'dang new ZP canopy packing blues man....
(Cue HeartBreak Hotel Chorus)
Im feeling so lonely....oo
Im feeling so lonely....
Why wont it go in the dang bag....?
( Insert bluesy type Harmonica riff)

Aint no cure for the ZP blues....!!

[skydivingdutch 0]

Maybe we should call the whaambulance :)
It'll go over in a few packs man. Besides, you have a new canopy, how is that blue?

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[freeflyfree 0]

ohh let me lend you an Iron and a Ironing table..., no, just kidding, do this, make a solution of bleach, battery acid, salt water, urine (has to be after after many beers and the first one in the morning) put it in the washer along with the canopy, and last but not least throw a few sheets of sand paper, the ones with fine grain though. set the washer on perma press. hehehe


Practice, Practice my little grasshoper

Felipe

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Blue Skies
NO FEARS, NO LIMITS, NO MONEY...
"A Subitánea et Improvísa Morte, Líbera nos, Domine."

[Chrisky 0]

The Force you must use. Full of it your new canopy is.
Control, control and patience you need, time help will you..

Know what you mean, my Main only has like thirty on it and still packs like a b*tch..

The mind is like a parachute - it only works once it's open.
From the edge you just see more.
... Not every Swooper hooks & not every Hooker swoops ...

[Unstable 9]

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you have a new canopy, how is that blue?

It's all blue!!!! Brand new too!!

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[Dumpster 0]

You must become one with the canopy - Don't force it - Handle it sweetly and gently, and it will flow into the bag. There is a certain Zen to it.

The more you fight it, the more it will fight back. The less you fight it, the easier it will go in.

Then, there is the magic trick - Go into your nearest packing shed waving five or six bucks in the air, and the canopy will almost pack itself!

Easy Does It

[RoadRash 0]

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Then, there is the magic trick - Go into your nearest packing shed waving five or six bucks in the air, and the canopy will almost pack itself!

My rigger suggested the same damn thing...GOOD ADVICE I might add...I looked at my canopy with one jump on it and how it inflated after I threw it on the floor and said really loud,"Ok, who wants a fat tip?" BTW: my canopy is blue too...

Cheers...

~R+R

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Fly the friendly skies...^_^...})ii({...^_~...

[StearmanR985 0]

Just use a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out while you fold it. Works like a champ.

[skyyhi 0]

Oh dude. . .

I heard about the magic packing thingy. . .

You know, wave some money around at the packing hut and voila. . .it magically packs itself. . .

Haven't got to try it yet, but I am buying a canopy with only 25 jumps on it. . .I may need to use that magic packing trick. . .

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Darcy

[AndyMan 7]

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Just use a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out while you fold it. Works like a champ.

As long as you dont' value your canopy.... Yeah, great idea!

_Am

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[jumperconway 0]

Try this until you knock the new off of it. You never know, you may just keep packing this way!

http://www.aerodynamics.com/psycho/psycho_pack.htm

[firstime 0]

Yup, did the same thing. after 45 min on my living room floor, I felt a vein popping from my head. I
sat back had a beer and stared at the expanding
blob like a bad puppy. Then tried again with alot more patience, 30 minutes later I wanted to cut it
up in little pieces. Now I have 2 more choices 1). enroll in anger management or 2). The ole $5.00
bill in the packing hut. Dumpster was right.. Then you want to throw a brick at the TV watching Billy
Weber and his magic wazoo.

[StearmanR985 0]

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As long as you dont' value your canopy.... Yeah, great idea!

_Am

I didn't mean for the individual to use a 5 HP Shop Vac.

[AndyMan 7]

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I didn't mean for the individual to use a 5 HP Shop Vac.

Still, why don't you call up PD and see what they think of that particular packing "shortcut".

_Am

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[FIREFLYR 0]

The chance of it going in the bag is directly proportional to the amount of profanity used.

In actual tests packers were more then three times more likely to be sucessful in compleating a pack job when the "F" word or "S" word was not omitted due to small children in the packing area.
~Byron tests of a new saber 2, 150 held in January of 2004.

"One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest"
"There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act"

[sabregrl 0]

Packing a new ZP canopy into its bag is like watching a muffin coming out of it's tin. It overflows and bubbles out, no matter what you do. I hate packing new ZP canopies (used to pack for our rigger). You just have to show it who's boss!

[scottjaco 0]

get it into the d-bag halfway, let the locking stows do the rest of the work.

[skyyhi 0]

Sounds like last nights pack job. . .lol

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Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ
FGF #6
Darcy

[FrogNog 1]

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get it into the d-bag halfway, let the locking stows do the rest of the work.

Word. My motto is if you can get the locking stows done, you can shoehorn in any amount of canopy puffing out the edges of the bag.

(Just think of the bag as a funny-looking diaper.)

And personally, I look forward to putting the first jump and second pack job on the new main attached to my new, first rig. Maybe I will be lucky and find Ralph left the main unpacked so I would have that additional honor.

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Pull.

[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

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The chance of it going in the bag is directly proportional to the amount of profanity used.

In actual tests packers were more then three times more likely to be sucessful in compleating a pack job when the "F" word or "S" word was not omitted due to small children in the packing area.
~Byron tests of a new saber 2, 150 held in January of 2004.

That is SO not true! lol!

I tried that trick for many packjobs, and finally, when I stopped cursing at it, it started to work for me. lol!

Actually, now that I think about it.... my cursing did pay off since people felt so bad that they helped me

Angela.

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[cruzlite 0]

"get it into the d-bag halfway, let the locking stows do the rest of the work."
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...using a pull up chord through those small rubber bands, Like you would with your closing loop...

(of course your sanity will be riding on the strength of that rubber band though)

seriously considering the Psycho pack myself...

Thanks for the link Conway!

[Harksaw 0]

/cue Chef voice

You've got to handle new zero p, like you would handle your lover. Gentle. Not too tight, but not too soft either.

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[scottjaco 0]

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considering the Psycho pack myself

I don't like the idea of flipping the packjob over, then back again. I like to keep everything straight.

[cruzlite 0]

There's that...

Also I'm wondering what's happenning to my pack job inside, when I pull the tails accross each other.
(Instead of rolling em)

As it is ... I KNOW it's not ending up in the bag
the way I flaked, tucked & rolled it.

There's always upsizing the container...
(I guess)

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