jojo0815 0 #1 August 3, 2005 I am about to make myself a second set of PC/bridle/dbag so I can fly my matter suit with the leg pouch. I found a 33" PC floating around in the loft and have a dbag. the bridle that came with the PC is waaay too short so I thought I'd make my own since the PC is non-collapsible. What's the optimal length for the bridle PC to dbag? my old bridle I have been flying with is 9 feet, I thought a foot longer can't hurt but is it possible to make the bridle too long? what would be the consequences? tension knots? wrapped PC? any advice? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tr027 0 #2 August 3, 2005 9' is just fine, even for full flight deployments."The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. " -John Galt from Atlas Shrugged, 1957 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bowie 0 #3 August 4, 2005 Quote what would be the consequences? tension knots? wrapped PC? See this http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1589859;search_string=hackey;#1589859Bo Wienberg vimeo.com/bowienberg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #4 August 4, 2005 Quoteis it possible to make the bridle too long? what would be the consequences? tension knots? wrapped PC? I remember an old post either here or in the BASE forum, by TomAiello (I think) about experimentation in BASE with super-long bridles, and it was decided there is such a thing as too long, and tension knots were caused. I think most long bridles used for WS are around 9ft or 100in... I hear those 2 numbers thrown around a lot.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pbla4024 0 #5 August 4, 2005 Mister TA spoke abou inccident, where super long bridle wrapped around slider. Ps.: 250-270 cm pin to PC. Fido Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #6 August 4, 2005 Back in days of yore.. BASE jumpers once experimented with very long bridles (like 20'). There was once an incident in which an extra long bridle allowed the PC to catch and entangle the still descending slider, halting the slider and snivelling the jumper all the way into the ground. The jumper wasn't killed on impact, but sustained severe enough injuries that he later committed suicide. You can find him on The List, in the "Outside the Sport" section. I've got a complete copy of his log book, and while he doesn't list the length of bridle he used on that jump, on previous jumps he's listed bridle lengths of up to 15 feet. On a skydive, fortunately, if this happened you could just cut away and use the canopy with no bridle attached.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
