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Is the base rig packed slider up with an appropriately sized pc?

check the skydiving rig, if it gets lost there is always someone around that can rent you a rig or loan you one...base rig is a bit more personal and harder to get if it gets lost

Plus this is basejumper.com where base is the major talked about thing besides jewbags c$%k ..if it was skydive .com they would say base rig check it...

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NO BRAINER REALLY but then again how many people on here actually have performed a basejump...

BASE rig.

It's cheaper to replace if it goes missing. It's got less stuff (reserve/spring/AAD) in there that is going to attract interest/get messed around with whilst you are not there.

If someone opens your reserve, unless you are a rigger, it's going to cost you and be a pain in the arse to get repacked.

Seeing as this hypothetical situation has one checking it at the last minute, it's unlikely it is going to be in a hard case so delicate components are likely to get damaged by rough handling/being left in the rain.

But then again hardcore BASE jumpers don't have AADs, do they?

The one which will suck less if lost.

Example: BASE vacation to big cliffs with a chartered helicopter. Check the skydiving rig.

Example: Skydiving boogie where I should get 50 jumps from planes. Check the BASE rig.

Example: Flying somewhere with stuff. Check the less expensive one (probably a BASE rig, unless the skydiving rig is my ancient J7) unless there's an upcoming event in the near future.

There was no option for neither, so I checked the third option.

Last time I flew with both, I had my base rig on my chest, and my skydiving rig on my back and checked my dirty laundry.

And yes, I did get pulled aside for additional questioning. Probably due to the fact that not only do I not have an AAD, but no reserve, either. I have replaced it with a decent bit of C4. That way, if I ever go in, there will be no trace that I messed up.

i bring both with me on the plane. you are allowed one carryon and one personal item. a packed base rig in a stuff sack is the same size-ish as a backpack, and your gearbag is a carryon item.

Exactly. They aren't even too enforcing on that either. I usually bring a huge army surplus bag with my rig, some clothes, and a sleeping bag in it as one carry-on, and either another rig or a backpack as another. I have only gotten shit once for taking up a whole overhead bin.

So your that asshole on the plane.

I just check both and skip the hassle. spending a few hours on layover sucks with more than the minimal.

for example: when ya gotta take a dump, do you take both rigs into the stall? or leave them "unattended?" how about dealling with food courts?

bag fees may force me to consider UPS a few days early!

i only fly first class, or at least business overseas, so i have all the room for as much carry on shit as i want.

but i don't travel with a skydiving rig. no use for that shit except at home when i'm bored. i travel with 2-3 BASE rigs instead.

Did you happen to hit a JetBlue flight attendant on the head without apologizing?

appropriately packed for the object of your choosing

ian3060 asked:

Is the base rig packed slider up with an appropriately sized pc?

freedrew answered:

appropriately packed for the object of your choosing

I think Ian was getting at the idea of which rig
would be better just in case the big flying tylenol
happens to fall out of the sky, ha ha.

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ah, whoops -- haha :-P

Here is a better question!

Would you rather splat on the ground if the big flying tylenol goes down, or have only a slider down rig with a 52 inch PC?

So iv bin traveling around a bit
Being from NZ and traveling europe.
I bring both on as carry on, you just have to find the right suitcase.

I only once had issues (london to barcelona)
All i told them was you can put my rig in the hold but im broke and cant give you any cash and also, can you sign a waver saying that if im injured because something moved in my rig you will take all responsibility.

He just let me through after that.