Spy38W 0 #1 September 5, 2002 For as long as I've had my gear I've cocked mine by pulling on the hackey with a toe on the bag, but recently I saw some packers doing it by pulling the kill out the base of the PC. Are there any benefits to doing it this way, or is it just a time saver for packers? -- Hook high, flare on time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #2 September 6, 2002 Aerodyne teaches that on their packing video. The biggest advantage is that you can do it while lieing on the canopy, you don't need to remember to do it beforehand. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpinDoctor 0 #3 September 6, 2002 I pull mine out of hte 'window' in the bridle Then i know it's cocked and i can do it any time (as long as i hevent closed the container----------------------- Connextion: British 8 Way Team www.bodyflight.co.uk ----------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barry 0 #4 September 6, 2002 As long as there is no white (line) visible in the bag AND no white line sticking out of the 'window' and all the slack is 'in the pilotchute' it should work... Who cares how you get it there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 September 7, 2002 I suppose that method would put less stress on the hackey binding tape. *Shrug* I haven't heard of tape breaking before though. The material gets worn out and the kill line shrinks long before that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,994 #6 September 7, 2002 >The biggest advantage is that you can do it while lieing on the canopy I can cock mine via the handle while lying on the canopy . . . it just takes two hands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #7 February 20, 2012 Quote>The biggest advantage is that you can do it while lieing on the canopy I can cock mine via the handle while lying on the canopy . . . it just takes two hands. Sorry to resurrect this old-ass post but I find myself with some time on my hands at work and see a lot of "how/when to cock the pilot-chute and keep it from de-cocking itself" questions. As far as I know I (MANY years ago at this point) invented a way to do this while lying on the canopy. Never saw anyone else do this but then again I was hardly a well traveled skydiver. While lying on your slippery PITA zp canopy and squeezing air out, simply grab the bag in one hand, hold the pc handle in the other. Kick one foot up in the air, flop the bridle around your that ankle, pull the handle, and boom, you have a cocked PC. Takes like 2 seconds. I started doing this cuz as we all know the PC will de-cock a bit while standing up to flake/pro/psycho/trash pack the canopy (if cocked before-hand). Also, it was much faster as a video guy trying to make the next load than to get up off the canopy, cock the bloody thing, get back on canopy & squeeze the air back out, etc etc. No muss no fuss about canopy fabric caught in kill line, PC de-cocking, etc. Anyway, if you adopt this or are currently doing this, PM me about royalties I am owed. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
