STVG71 actually, pressing the air out of a parachute is a lot easier than with the sleeping systems

Sep 89. Bob13. Miss it

Walter Klein Jr , I worked out at USAJFKSWCS SPT BN too..Free Fall qualified/ram air certified, and worked out of Bragg..miss it so much

@@paulmartinez9908 I was assigned to 7th Gp at the time of the test, I was SD at the time. By the end of the year I was pulled over to the Airborne Board. The winning canopy was from Pioneer, it was given the name MT1-XX 1984. I retired here in Fayetteville.

Walter Klein Jr That’s awesome brother, I’ve got a bunch of buddies out there too

Military jumpers, unless you're talking about the pro 4 way military team the Golden Knights, military pretty much jumps so few in a year any civilian jumper with only 2 to 3 years experience will outdo any military jumper on any level be it in freefall or canopy piloting. No military jumper will do sustained 100+ jumps a year while in civilian that is considered a bit low. So can civilian jumpers jump like military? A civilian jumper will likely fly circles around a military jumper in the sky and throw in some different axis flying for good measure.

@@flybeep1661 haha, not true. I know they jump every week at airborne dz's. They jump more tban you think.

Someone that doesn’t know what he’s looking: make a comment for no reason…If you aren’t familiar with this it’s best not to speak on it…there’s a method to the madness

Yes, I remember them. We took the ropes and rings off and put sliders on them when they came on the scene. Those things were really well built.

actually a flat pack by someone without miltary overheads really only takes about the same time given two people who know what they are doing. Just takes up more space.

*I believe*

Pro-Pack in the works. Coming to a Freefall section near you soon.

This is called "Pro-Pack on the ground" (Walk, Crawl, Run)

Yeahhhh... I think the canopy is a bit big to hang-pack unless you stand on a table. Which is super awkward.

why? the army doesnt need to look cool and they have the space. They probably spend a lot more time on canopy inspection than the average propacker ie. they actually do some. They probably dont see the "problem" you are trying to solve for them.

@@yarpos PRO packing isn't about being cool, it's about doing what is effective and faster to get the rig packed. My unit (Im Air Force BTW) has 300 RA-1's and when we do jump trips, we pack 60-90 rigs a day, Flat packing just isn't efficient. We pack a lot of different rigs and believe me when I say you don't need a hook to pack the RA-1 like some mention. If you are a competent rigger this canopy is like any other. its just a little long, and that's why it has magnets.

Good ! my friend. ( jumper ) Pilot look .

That's the army for ya

Both

Hahaha yea this seems wayy complicated packing a chute. Better have your training in order .

Eh. It's easy to pack once you run through the sequence once.

huge 360ft^2

If you doubt yourself, you shouldn't jump!

Wrinkles catch air too

Pro-Pack on the ground

Nope, it's called Flat packing

Flat-pack is the name of this kind of packing 👈

Probably around 20 min realistically

@@otteroperator3822 Cool. That's better than 40 minutes. I can't remember how long it took me to pack TU-7s, Lo-Po's, and my Church Window PC back in the day. 15 minutes?

The only way to pro pack a 400 ft canopy is to hang it from a hook,others wise youd have to be 9 ft tall.😁

Douglas Nicolier I’ve seen 370 tandems packed by girls, pro packed. Step your game up.