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Never done a static line, I was just wondering what would be a concern for the cause of an offheading? Are packing and wind the only factors? Could a riser get hung up on its cover and spin you? What about your launch and body orientation?

Also as far as getting clearance from the object while SL, how hard should your launch be? I would assume it shouldn't be too hard to avoid the pendulum effect swinging you back into the object... Whats the happy medium?

thanks for the replies

matt

please search and read. this site has a ton of info regarding s/l.

the brief answer is that much depends on the exit height, wind, object, etc. the technique can vary.

as always, start at a conservative object, try things out, and I bet you'll discover the techniques that work for you. as you go lower, they need to be more refined.

to all newbies:
experienced jumpers have put in a lot of effort to post information, the least you can do is put in effort to read it. does it show respect to ignore their efforts and ask the same questions over and over?

if the s/l is tied off to ur side, u will get an off heading. the farther to the side, the more the off heading . . .
there r a myriad of reasons for off headings!
hung up riser - yup !
packing - yup !
wind - yup !
body orientation - yup !



what else!?!?

sorry I'll be more specific... Is there anything you pay more attention to on SL jumps than on FF jumps? Other than the normal packjob and SL setup... Like leaving the riser covers open or anything to that effect?

pay more attention to everything.

Especially bridal routing

I pay more attention to everything for whatever jump i'm on

I'm aware of Murphy's law for any jump... but is there anyone with firsthand experience of what can go wrong on a SL? And who knows what they did wrong?

Indeed. Routing the Bride to the correct alter is generally optimum.

If you're routing a pilot chute bridle, yes, that's important too.

Fuck you too Hookitt. Never could spell........ haha

Dear Mr Asuski,
You really dont need to worry about any of that stuff if you get a really big PC and FF the bastard. Alternitively SL a round, military application shows a 10% injury rate or just do a McConkey, evry1 is getting away with it. But really is it worth the labour intensive packjob to even consider a SL jump? Get your arse to Norway and join Mrs MacCuddly and me on the biggest bestest jump in the world. Bring lots of cameras and Jebus will love you too.

what's funny is that while you picked on his spelling, you user altEr instead of altAr.

- non-native English speaker

What's funny is that while you picked on his spelling, you useD useR instead of useD

What's funny is that while you picked on his spelling, you forgot to put a period at the end of the sentance.

Watts funny is while yoo picked on his punctuation, yoo used sentance instead of sentence.

Whats funny is while you picked on his spelling, you spellled you wrong.

You left out an apostrophe and misspelled a word, which is really not funny, neither comical nor strange.

You know what else isnt funny, comical , nor strange? You forgot your comma.

What IS funny is that you left out an apostrophe AND incorrectly used "nor" instead or "or."

i'm learning so much...

No your not, If you were, you would have capitalized your "I".

I see no reason to beat on someone about capitalization...


<this is a tough crowd!>

I'll go against the grain here an answer your question.

As far as off-heading goes, the biggest factors in my mind are wind and your position relative to the attachment point. Try to stand as close as you can to the attachment point and, if heading is critical, try not to jump with a crosswind you haven't experienced before.

On the topic of wind, a tail wind can cause a significant delay in your opening. Again, when jumping with a tail wind, make sure you've got plenty of altitude and/or have experience with similar tail winds.

Another important factor is your brake release. Particularly on lower jumps, if you release your brakes too quickly, you can cause the canopy to surge forward. Learn to release your brakes by pulling down quickly to the release point, then letting them up in a controlled manner. How quickly you can do this is determined by experience.

Canopy oscillations can also be caused by an aggressive launch. On low jumps, a strong launch forward can cause enough oscillation to pound you into the ground. Learn to drop straight down off the object. The extra ten feet you get from a strong launch is not going to help you.

Rigging is, of course, always important. When you're doing static line, always use tan elastics on your tailgate. Never use black elastics. Black elastics won't break when they need to, and are much more likely to result in a tailgate hang-up.

Those are the big issues that come to mind.

Michael

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crwper, thank you! you're a gentleman and a scholar!

gauleyguide, you've replied to this thread more than anyone; so you're welcome for the entertainment!no thanks necessary!