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June 23rd 11, 10:54 PM
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Parachute Repack Calculator
I was looking for a good way to determine when my chute would need a repack and came across this. Always thought that it would be good if the rigger provided the date when the re-rig would be required but I don't see it on my card.
Walt http://www.skydiveorange.com/wenamidoo.aspx 
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June 24th 11, 02:07 PM
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Parachute Repack Calculator
On Jun 23, 5:54*pm, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote: I was looking for a good way to determine when my chute would need a repack and came across this. * Always thought that it would be good if the rigger provided the date when the re-rig would be required but I don't see it on my card. Walt http://www.skydiveorange.com/wenamidoo.aspx -- Walt Connelly Walt, Find yourself another rigger. Michael
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June 24th 11, 07:24 PM
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Parachute Repack Calculator
On Jun 23, 2:54*pm, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote: I was looking for a good way to determine when my chute would need a repack and came across this. * Always thought that it would be good if the rigger provided the date when the re-rig would be required but I don't see it on my card. Walt http://www.skydiveorange.com/wenamidoo.aspx -- Walt Connelly It's a six month cycle now. Using a calculator seems more complicated than marking it on a calendar to me.
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June 24th 11, 07:30 PM
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Parachute Repack Calculator
My rigger (Action Air, Davis,CA) tapes the date right on the ripcord
handle
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June 25th 11, 12:36 AM
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On Jun 24, 11:30*am, drbdanieli wrote:
My rigger (Action Air, Davis,CA) tapes the date right on the ripcord handle So does Allen Silver who packs an awful log of glider parachutes, and so do many others. I'd agree with the find another rigger comment. Darryl
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June 25th 11, 03:31 AM
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On Jun 24, 1:24*pm, Grider Pirate wrote:
It's a six month cycle now. *Using a calculator seems more complicated than marking it on a calendar to me. As the link explains, it;s a 180 day cycle not a 6 month cycle, hence the calculator that gives the date 180 days before or after any particular day of the year.
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June 26th 11, 11:55 AM
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Parachute Repack Calculator
On Jun 24, 5:54*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote: I was looking for a good way to determine when my chute would need a repack and came across this. * Always thought that it would be good if the rigger provided the date when the re-rig would be required but I don't see it on my card. Walt http://www.skydiveorange.com/wenamidoo.aspx -- Walt Connelly Visit Egypt www.touregyptclub.net
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