Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006Roxx

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006correction - military static heavy load are folded. Had a brain fart!

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006Probably right. One of the funniest things to see (and hear) is a jump master on free fall who has p*ssed of the packer. Rather than unrolling the edges for a smooth opening, if the edges are folded (like in a staic line bag) the chute snaps open and by all accounts almost cuts the diver in half. All you can hear is 'Ohyah dirty B*st*rd!!'. UK military on static line are rolled though. Square sails are rolled.

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006quite right Jose, they actually use the same folds as they do in the military for low-altitude jumps. Actually, a lot of base jumping's parachute tech. comes from the military, and the military has taken a lot of their newer stuff from professional base jumpers.

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006my guess is they fold them because my brother taught me how the military folds them and they open pretty fast

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 2006base jumping from a paraglider! Wicked! Some of those inflations looked fast. Does anyone know if base jumpers fold or roll their chutes?

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 20061 GOT TO DO IT

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 20061st!!!

Posted by:  Guest  on February 6th, 200634th!!!