alexjlongo

Yes, I bought everything used and had it all put together. The canopy had a re-line about 100 jumps ago, but I'm going to have it measured just to be sure. PC is in good condition and looks new (don't know how old exactly), but looks may not mean anything. I'll have the PC looked over as well. Thanks for all the great advice everyone! AJL

I've only had 15 jumps on my canopy, but it seems to fly straight as far as I can tell. It's a sabre 170, in a Mirage G3 container. I asked one of my instructors about it and he seemed to think it was body position, but I have been very aware of holding a good stable arch at pull time. It has the standard manual throw-out pilot chute AJL

Hello fellow skydivers! I just passed my 50 jump mark this weekend, and had several line twists that I can't seem to figure out. I jumped Saturday, and had 2 line twists-1 I had to kick my way out of, and the other cleared itself. Sunday I had 2, the first I kicked out of, and on the second the crossed risers popped me in my Adam's apple and started to spin me, but I kicked out of it in time. I brought the problem to my packer's attention the first time, and they triple-checked the next pack job and all was fine. Went to another packer and it happened almost the same. So it's not a packing issuse. I'm on heading and stable when I open, so the only thing I can think of is that when I track away from the group, that I may not be allowing myself enough time to slow to a belly-fly before opening. How much time should one allow between ending a track away before opening? I think the increased speed may be throwing me into a twist on opening. Any suggestions? -Alex J.