Saber Packing

[c2278222 0]

I recently bought a Saber 210 and am trying to find out how people pack the caopy? I have heard they can have brisk openings.
Thanks
Aaron

[riggerrob 643]

Original Sabres open briskly if you pack sloppily.
If this worries you, ask your local rigger to sew a pocket onto your slider.
This question has already been discussed in several other threads.

[flyhy 0]

I had the same problem with my Sabre and asked the same question over here. I tried 4 different ways of packing and even more ways of just 'throwing it into the bag'. After lots of hard, many unpredictable and some really scary openings somebody showed me another way... and it works:
roll nose, 4 cells on each side towards center and tuck them into the center cell, do the same with tail (cover all lines!) , wrap stabilizers around lines, etc. -Big line stows on bag help as well.

[fergs 0]

Aaron,

I certainly don't pretend to know it all ... and PD do not advise it, but ....

I had a sabre 190, loaded about 1.35 for 8 or 900 jumps. First 200 or so I did regular PRO pack. Every 30 or 40th or so opening would either slam me or be a rock and roll ride.

I then changed to a FLOS pack job (see post elsewhere in Gear and Rigging - some not-up-to-date jumpers still call it a psycho pack)

From then on until I changed to a Spectre a couple mof hundred jumps ago, all my openings were ientical - soft, on heading and most importantly - a real easy and fast pack job.

So there you have my opinion - FLOS packing is the only way to go.

Blue Skies, fergs

[lauril 0]

Try this, wolmari pack, invented by a guy at our club, it's at least a lot easier to bag than a normal pro-pack..I have used that about 80 jumps, I don't roll the nose, just concentrate on the slider positioning...(never had a brisk opening since..)
When you have set the slider, just put your hand in the center of it, and push it ALL the way up to the canopy...
Hope this helps...

Edit to add another link,hope this one works..

[MontyPyhton 0]

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I had the same problem with my Sabre and asked the same question over here. I tried 4 different ways of packing and even more ways of just 'throwing it into the bag'. After lots of hard, many unpredictable and some really scary openings somebody showed me another way... and it works:
roll nose, 4 cells on each side towards center and tuck them into the center cell, do the same with tail (cover all lines!) , wrap stabilizers around lines, etc. -Big line stows on bag help as well.

One question: Do you rolll the tail and tuck them into one center cell chamber or tuck you the left tail side in the left center cell chamber and the right in the right????

[JYorkster 0]

I have an original Sabre as does my wife. Neither of us experience the hard openings that everyone seems to claim Sabres have. We do not roll the nose, instead follow the basic instructions from PD. Make sure the slider is quartered evenly and is touching grommet to stops. Push nose evenly into the center before wrapping the tail. My openings are soft and consistently on-heading. Rolling the nose often causes unpredictable heading on opening.

Good Luck,
Rock

[flyhy 0]

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One question: Do you rolll the tail and tuck them into one center cell chamber or tuck you the left tail side in the left center cell chamber and the right in the right????

I grab the end of the center cell and go from there along the fabric till I come to the cell where my first steering line is attached to. Then I roll the side around, and tuck it into that piece of fabric around the lines. Same on the other side.