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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.97,0:00:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna remove my knee - again putting my hand in place,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.90,0:00:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that this first S-fold that I did doesn't move.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.96,0:00:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just gonna roll what I've just done on top of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.53,0:00:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once there's some pressure here I can remove this hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.71,0:00:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I'm not struggling with this pack job right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.74,0:00:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a pretty new canopy - I think it only has ten jumps on it maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.98,0:00:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's brand new. What I'm gonna do is, I put my knee here...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.03,0:00:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[coughing] excuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.01,0:00:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a little bit of support. I think it also allows me to keep that fold from sliding out:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.97,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that first S-fold.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.74,0:00:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we can clearly see that the canopy is close to the size of the bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.56,0:00:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to slide the bag over it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.44,0:01:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna slowly lift each side of the bag, and pull this flap underneath.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.97,0:01:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like so.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.82,0:01:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With lots of practice, and a good shape to work with, that parachute goes right into that bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.49,0:01:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going to hop onto the other side here. We take a look down those lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.73,0:01:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even after working with that pack job and doing the double S-fold and getting it into the bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.63,0:01:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lines still look good. There's no slack in those lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.78,0:01:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that because there's no slack in those lines, everything that I've done in that pack job
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.37,0:01:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the flaking, during getting the air out of it and everything else, and putting it into the bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.77,0:01:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing's changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.09,0:02:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So once that canopy's in the bag, I like to set it up on its end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.53,0:02:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bring this flap over.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.72,0:02:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of stretching the rubber band to the grommet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.36,0:02:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really make sure that this grommet comes all the way down to that piece of tape, or the base of that rubber band.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.40,0:02:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, pushing that down here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.35,0:02:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Getting that rubber band through.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use large rubber bands, not any tube stows or anything like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.83,0:02:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I put two wraps on it - and I'll show you what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.72,0:02:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see something that I just did that really helps me out:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.80,0:02:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reach as far down as I can, comfortably without stretching myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.73,0:02:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I bring all of that - any extra slack - out right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.17,0:02:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I make my stow, and I put two wraps on there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.31,0:03:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I have two wraps on my stows - whether they're through the grommets "locking stows"...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.08,0:03:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or on the rubber bands on the side - I don't need to have really really long stows.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.58,0:03:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inch and a half to two inches long is what we would recommend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.86,0:03:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have proper tension on those stows, we don't need to have a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.19,0:03:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people put the bag in between their knees like this. I'm going to do it like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.55,0:03:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever it is, I just don't like dragging my rig that much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.30,0:03:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I walk my canopy or my bag to my canopy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.85,0:03:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making nice even stows all the way down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.61,0:04:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no spaghetti in between there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.74,0:04:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a little bit right there. That's gonna come mainly from the cascades of those lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.94,0:04:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there comes another rubber band on there. I'm gonna finish this up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.74,0:04:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put this last little bit of line in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.89,0:04:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recommend anywhere from twelve to eighteen inches from the top of these lines here to this stow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.18,0:04:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little more is OK. Much less than that is going to be some problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.22,0:04:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could if we wanted to put a single wrap here, but I really wouldn't. I would leave about this much excess.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.86,0:04:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twelve inches isn't necessarily enough if you're packing a tandem rig.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.89,0:05:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eighteen inches might be a little too much if you're packing a normal sport rig.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.65,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it kind of depends on the size of the parachute; the size of the container...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.04,0:05:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, general rule of thumb that we all pretty much go by
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.07,0:05:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is twelve to eighteen inches from that last stow to the top of those risers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.57,0:05:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of variables that go into that, like the risers and everything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.10,0:05:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you shoot and aim for twelve to eighteen inches that's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.38,0:05:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there was ever a stow that we could afford to have looser it would be the very last stow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.40,0:05:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one that's going to be pulled out first during the deployment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.64,0:05:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason behind that ... basically allows that bag to get out off your back,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.73,0:05:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of that pack tray, and into clean air
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.07,0:05:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without holding tight, if we wrap it super tight we can experience the bag rotating.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.97,0:06:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can give us off-heading openings; possibly even line twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.03,0:06:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, openings that nobody wants. So.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.45,0:06:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there was one that we could do, it would be... like if I were to stow these lines right here...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.86,0:06:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would probably just put them in this large rubber band as a beauty stow or something of the sort,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.14,0:06:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which doesn't do anything except for keep it nice and neat when I put my canopy in the bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.37,0:06:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's pretty much the pack job that we went over.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.60,0:06:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few of the things that we need to remember for the pack job:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.17,0:06:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proper line tension:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.26,0:06:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We achieve that by getting something on our rig to weigh it down, whether it's a sand bag or a bowling ball...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.42,0:06:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're packing outside and you put a stake in the grass and you wrap your leg straps around there...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.25,0:06:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something like that, allows us to give good line tension during the pack job.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.14,0:07:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making sure that that slider is down on the stops and quartered equally on all parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.19,0:07:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't pull it forward to the nose; don't pull it back to the tail.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.69,0:07:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tip of putting your finger in the centre of that slider and pushing down:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.23,0:07:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that pretty much gives us the slider position that we're looking to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.85,0:07:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't do anything with the nose in my canopies, and I don't roll my tail really hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.23,0:07:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mindset that I think of when I put the parachute in the bag is getting the parachute
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.93,0:07:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the approximate size of the bag, and then sliding that bag over that parachute.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.57,0:07:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to struggle with it. You saw that it was pretty easy even though it's a brand new canopy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.94,0:07:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could still get it in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.00,0:07:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then double wrapping large rubber bands gives us the most consistent openings.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.91,0:07:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have two wraps on those rubber bands, or on those stows,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.81,0:08:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know the line stow is secured; we don't need to have really long stows.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.97,0:08:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, an inch and a half to two inches from the rubber band to the end of the stow.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.75,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eliminating any sort of spaghetti that goes on in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and twelve to eighteen inches from that last stow to the top of those risers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.77,0:08:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can achieve those things, we're going to get the most consistent openings on our parachutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.18,0:08:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which are going to give us the best skydives, and the most enjoyable skydives,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.43,0:08:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can get. So, good luck guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.76,0:08:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully you can practice this, and find a technique that works well for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.22,0:08:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And blue skies.