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Parachute?

• kabouseng 9y ago
  Actually you do roll your own parachute once you have done enough jumps. But your reserve chute is always rolled by a certified professional specifically certified to roll reserve chutes, and not by yourself. (if I remember correctly, my memory is a bit fuzzy from when I jumped a couple of years back)
  • Piskvorrr 9y ago
    Well, you are using the product, but not manufacturing it.
• sebcat 9y ago
  You don't have to be an expert to make/jump the actual parachute/canopy. As long as the harness, container and reserve are TSO'd you're good to go. It's a lot of work though, at least for a ram-air. EDIT: Some interesting discussion here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4822410 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=482241...
• karrotwaltz 9y ago
  I'm not sure about "don't roll your own parachute" as it should be common sense, but well, in 1912 a parachute inventor died while testing his creation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt
• cromulent 9y ago
  I know a few guys who have manufactured their own canopies and harness/container systems in their garage, and I've jumped them - even though I consider these guys fallible :)