Thanks God for people like you and your friend Billy Bradshaw. I am new to the sport and this video has answered some questions I had. Now I have a better understanding of what to look for when inspecting the lines. Greetings from Florida!
Hi tresnokken, Absolutely, I did them with a Singer 20U33 for the first 10 years of my rigging career. If possible put the machine on wheels so that you can take it to the parachute. The zig-zag should be approximately 1” long and the width should be about 1 third of the width of the line, so if the trapped line is a total of 3/8” wide the zig-zag should be about 1/8” wide. Set the stitches per inch to 7-11 and do 2 passes. Hope this helps. Simon
Thanks for the video!! I have to change 2 lines of my base canopy... once i did whit an external b cascade and is working well, for now at least.... but i want to ask you if you have a recomended metheod to sewing the lines by hands because i dont have machine here!!! thanks you !!
Great video. One question: suppose one wants to cut his own lines as opposed to buying a pre-made line set, how do you know where to put the cascade? Trim charts typically give you the length from link to A attachment point and A-B differential but nothing to tell you where the cascade should be. Thanks!
+Etienne Gignac-Bouchard Good luck getting this answer from any manufacturer. Even the full time riggers in our industry who have taken the time to measure new line sets on many different canopies want to hold on to that information. 1- the riggers and manufacturers don't want somebody to do something wrong and hurt themselves or somebody else. I can't blame them on this one. 2- this is a business. Giving away too much information can cost them potential business. I don't blame them for this either. I'd suggest asking your local jumpers to let you measure their lines and all cascade points when they get a new line set or a new canopy. That's what I've been doing.
Hi Etienne, I have not been able to figure out how to answer this question, but luckily for me Eddie was able to put it better than I could. I know this is a frustrating answer, but it is spot on. Simon
WoW impressive,labor and knowledge intense.I can tell you are a professional and enjoy your job and making sure skydivers are safe...very cool
Thank you Simon
Very good and simple explanation of that part of rigger's job! Thank you very much! Greetings from the Middle Earth!
Thank you! Best description of correct stabilizer slack I have seen. Good refresher.
Thanks God for people like you and your friend Billy Bradshaw. I am new to the sport and this video has answered some questions I had. Now I have a better understanding of what to look for when inspecting the lines.
Greetings from Florida!
Excellent Professional.
Thank you very much for the video. You're very right about this whole rigging business. Let's have fun and work together.
Wow. That's a big job
Thank you for sharing your videos :) Very interesting.
Awesome video 👍
Very educational videos! Do you have any comments/ tips for when one only has a zigzag machine at hand?
Hi tresnokken,
Absolutely, I did them with a Singer 20U33 for the first 10 years of my rigging career. If possible put the machine on wheels so that you can take it to the parachute. The zig-zag should be approximately 1” long and the width should be about 1 third of the width of the line, so if the trapped line is a total of 3/8” wide the zig-zag should be about 1/8” wide. Set the stitches per inch to 7-11 and do 2 passes. Hope this helps. Simon
Thanks for the video!! I have to change 2 lines of my base canopy... once i did whit an external b cascade and is working well, for now at least.... but i want to ask you if you have a recomended metheod to sewing the lines by hands because i dont have machine here!!! thanks you !!
great. think u sir
Great video. One question: suppose one wants to cut his own lines as opposed to buying a pre-made line set, how do you know where to put the cascade?
Trim charts typically give you the length from link to A attachment point and A-B differential but nothing to tell you where the cascade should be.
Thanks!
+Etienne Gignac-Bouchard Good luck getting this answer from any manufacturer. Even the full time riggers in our industry who have taken the time to measure new line sets on many different canopies want to hold on to that information. 1- the riggers and manufacturers don't want somebody to do something wrong and hurt themselves or somebody else. I can't blame them on this one. 2- this is a business. Giving away too much information can cost them potential business. I don't blame them for this either. I'd suggest asking your local jumpers to let you measure their lines and all cascade points when they get a new line set or a new canopy. That's what I've been doing.
Hi Etienne, I have not been able to figure out how to answer this question, but luckily for me Eddie was able to put it better than I could. I know this is a frustrating answer, but it is spot on. Simon
You sound like a geordie american