Dougjumper 0 #1 April 17, 2003 Is it common to have line twists on deployment even if you have a darn good pack job on the main? Seems when I open its kinda a occurance that always happens nomatter what. My rig is a Javelin with Birdman option stuff on it. Any imput? The glass is half full or half empty doesn't matter. Let go and have the Lord guide your path. He will take care of it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TB99 0 #2 April 17, 2003 The only time I ever have line twists is from my own fault from body position during and thru the pull. I have my bag so it has the line stows all on top and I put my bag in the container straight down instead of turning it. I do not have any other mods (such as cut corners or 9' bridal or anything else). Dunno what to say! Trailer 11/12 was the best. Thanks for the memories ... you guys rocked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #3 April 17, 2003 Body position, body position, body position. Look over either shoulder during the pull and you are asking for it. Don't put your knees completely together and collapse the leg wing completely during opening and you are asking for it. Chuck Blue D-12501 A very qualified BM-I who still has 2 reserve rides in a wingsuit due to spinners. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #4 April 18, 2003 yea i remember one of those.... I also remember one of mine...... DON"T look over your shoulder.. look straightup if you must..... look for my other post... there is a video i uploaded to the video server... take a lookLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #5 April 20, 2003 It's all body position. Perfect symmetry or else. Good point by SkyMonkey. If your legs are un even, you'll definitely spin a bit, which often leads into line twists. In DeLand right now. I saw a guy get run over last night (not at the DZ). This town is weird."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dougjumper 0 #6 April 22, 2003 Thanks man..I,ll work on the Body position stuff..Dont like line twists that much under me Canopy..even though its the most stable flying high performance Canopy I have ever jumped under line twists.. The glass is half full or half empty doesn't matter. Let go and have the Lord guide your path. He will take care of it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #7 April 24, 2003 i had problems with line twists.. i still need to prefect my body position but i got cut corners now and it has really solved a lot of the problem, haven't had one line twist in the 3 jumps i've done since the cut corners.. (so maybe it was more than body position for me?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #8 April 24, 2003 hey kev, have you jumped ur UFO suit yet? have you used the iron on decals? how did that go? LE ROy jealous in afghanistanLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 April 25, 2003 Kevin has plenty of jumps on his silver suit now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #10 April 25, 2003 he was goign to put some usaf decals on it... do you knowif he succeded or dint do it?Leroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #11 April 26, 2003 Quotehe was goign to put some usaf decals on it... do you knowif he succeded or dint do it? I'm still experimenting, i got my test fabric in.. the color transfer worked pretty good on the test fabric but the black transfers don't work very well - i think it is because i don't have a constant pressure heat press (using an iron). I'm talking to various t-shirt places to see if I can use their heat press, also looking to other options for doing it. So as of now it's just a space suit :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base704 0 #12 April 26, 2003 What kinda rig?You can get a lot more done with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #13 April 26, 2003 QuoteWhat kinda rig?I have an older mirage (it has velcro for riser covers) .. not sure what model it is i guess the model before the g3. Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManBird 0 #14 April 26, 2003 I fly a Sabre 120 loaded at 1.5. I can only vouch for my own experience, but here's something to consider: Wingsuits are very sensitive to body position. Line twists with wingsuit are caused by body position about 99% of the time. When you deploy a little off, and your canopy wants to dive or turn in one direction or the other, if you try to fight it right away, you will give yourself line twists. My little trick is to not fight it. If my canopy comes out wanting to go right, I'll go with it. I raise my left leg and grab the little bit of riser I can reach with my right hand and just let it go to the right. If I go the opposite way that my canopy wants to go... line twists. I may have to do one or two full revolutions before it runs out of steam, but I haven't had line twists since putting this into practice (mods help, too, of course)."¯"`-._.-¯) ManBird (¯-._.-´"¯" Click Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
