Do you set your brakes as soon as you land? (Be honest.)

[cloud9 0]

I reset my slider and stow my toggles in their keepers but don't set the brakes until I pack.

[councilman24 37]

I don't set my brakes till I'm where I'm going to pack, but I DO set them before taking the rig off. That way I can do it standing up and I don't have to make a special trip to the rig from the canopy to set them. I never use a packer. They didn't exist when I started and I don't trust anyone else anyway. Not to say that I won't jump a rig packed by someone else, but sure not going to pay for it. Setting my brakes before I take the rig off is one way I've speeded up my pack jobs.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[ChileRelleno 0]

YEP, toggles to velcro and when packing ,1st check for twist then set'em.

ChileRelleno-Rodriguez Bro#414
Hellfish#511,MuffBro#3532,AnvilBro#9, D24868

[tigra 0]

I tuck the toggle ends into the keepers while I'm in the landing area before I gather up my canopy and walk in to the hangar.

I set the brakes when I lay my canopy down, unless I'm late for the debrief and the organizer is giving me dirty looks! Even though I usually have a packer, I like to do this myself. (also, unstow/uncollapse the slider and cock the pilot chute which I know the packer will do again, but its habit....)

[richcomm 0]

"I set my brakes and un-cock my slider. I also pack for myself, always"

3 pack jobs is a jump by me!!

[MrHixxx 0]

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3 pack jobs is a jump by me!!

My sentiments exactly. Not to mention I get payapackerforafunctionophobia real bad (no offense to packers). It is like lettin someone else ride your bike and it doesn't feel right afterwards...

-Hixxx

death,as men call him, ends what they call men
-but beauty is more now than dying’s when

[KATO33 0]

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I stick the tops into the keepers (keeps them from twisting/dragging, etc and then stow them when I start to pack

Ditto For Me

Blue Skies Black Death

[lummy 4]

ditto for me too

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[lazerq3 0]

I dont set my brakes when I land ..I attach them to the risers by the velcro just to keep them out of the way , but not set.....I pack my own anyway so I jsut assume do it as part of the whole packing rutine!

jason

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[Beachbum 0]

that was one of the first things I was taught about packing ... stow those buggers when you land to help prevent twists and messes on the way to the hangar ... I don't "set" them there, just tuck the tabs into the keepers ... and I check for twists every time I pack (alway myself) as a part of my routine ... forces me to actually pay a bit of attention to the lines instead of just walking up them from the container. The only time I don't do this is if I need to move quickly from where I landed for traffic or other reason.

As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?