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02 October 2005

Seth Gray says: I’ve heard of Masking tape used as follows: for every second after 3 seconds of delay (where you are using a slider), apply one wrap of masking tape around your center C & D lines, as well as your brake lines. The wrap(s) should be placed within 1″ of the canopy connection point. The person who told me about this, has done up to 10 wraps (when jumping base gear from a plane, taking full terminal flight). I have not used this technique. The purpose of the masking tape is to aid in soft openings. I personally feel that a soft opening is the bottom of the barrel as far as priority lists go, so I have not had a use for this knowledge… yet.




27 October 2005

13:32 by George_C?.

I always use Masking tape on Terminal B.A.S.E jumps.
The masking tape helps promote nose first inflation that:
A. helps with on heading performance B. helps preventing a line over. I have never done more than three wraps using masking tape.
George




02 November 2005

04:22 by anonymous.

04:26 by TapeApe?.

I use 2–5 wraps on every slider up jump. I mainly use this as a packing aid when wrapping the tail. So far I have not noticed any difference in heading speed/performance.
Later



Taylor? — 16 January 2007, 13:38


Was tought by a very well respected BASE pioneer to use 3–5 wraps on all slider down jumps. The method I was tought also is for steering lines only, but I definitely understand why you might want to include inner Cs and Ds. Hope this helps. Works great for me!

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