Multi-Rubber

[CrazyThomas]

So, I was packing up my Fox the other day looking at the multi bridle attachment rings. I should use these...I think to myself. Then I considered a multi bridle uses a sheath and lines.....too much work..too confusing. Can't I just rubber band them together?
Initial test jump? It opened.
Further testing to continue.
Basically like rigging up a tail gate with the 4 rings of the multi attachment points to hold them together upon extraction. Use about a 3 inch piece of dacron and thread it through the 4 rings. Close with a rubber band, similar tension as would be experienced on a tail gate rubber band..ie: 3-4 wraps, whatever...masking tape may get played with later on this system, but it's in initial stages.
Sheath and lines to hook up a Multi? I'm way to lazy for that.


Later,
Thomas

[Tree]

What's the point? You don't need a multi in the first place. It doesn't do anything to help slider down the way it is intended to be used, so why try to invent a different way to use it? It won't likely hurt anything but it definitely won't help anything. Just cut the rings off and forget you ever saw them.

[CrazyThomas]

Don't need a Multi for the bridge. No. But in other applications where heading is a concern, I think it may be useful. Is a tail gate a better option than a multi bridle? Who knows.....research continues. Since then, I have gotten lazier and cheaper. No more rubber band and dacron. And 4 rings? I just tie the back 3 together with plastic shopping bag strips and the 4th already has the bridle attached, it doesn't need anything else.


Later,
Thomas

[hamsandwich]

Hey Thomas. The multi and the tailgate are designed for two completely different reasons.

The tailgate was created to address lineovers.

The multi was created to address center-cell stripping.

Good body position was created to address off-headings. :p



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[Faber]

the multi were made to prevent centercell stripping but jumps ive made whith a multi, i always had offheaddings even by good delays when i jumped x-winds,soon as i took it off i got onheaddings.. My theorhy is that by x-wind the bridal and multi will pull sideways on the canopy forcing it to rotate either way,hence the offheadding..

The above is written by a slider off guy and therefore experince from slider off jumps,im sure it will work better on terminal jumps were it will do its work(prevent centercell stripping) and here i assume you have gained further distance to the object so a smaller offheadding shouldnt be a problem.

Should i do any jumps were headding is crusial i would deafently do so whith out the multi.

[CrazyThomas]

Thanks for the reply Faber. Interesting theory about crosswind openings.
I wonder if people are using the Multi on terminal jumps? Any big wall jumpers out there using multis, or just sliders and appropriate sized pcs?

Later,
Thomas

p.s. I guess if I were truly lazy, I wouldn't use the multi at all. It's an extra step.

[Huck]

My first 200 jumps were on Foxes with multi. At least 70-80 of those were s/u terminal jumps. I had "normal" openings with some dead on, some 10,20,30,40,50, etc, etc, etc. degree off-headings (one 180 on a terminal A that was uneventful). I was a big believer in the multi at first but decided to change canopies. I went with the Troll which does not have the multi. I noticed ZERO difference in the opening characteristics/performance.

IMO the multi is not necessary at all. I can see why they invented it but seems to be more of a pain in the ass than anything else. Keep the system as simple as possible.

Just my 2 pennies, hope it helps.

Good Luck!!

[Andy_Copland]

I'm in an area full of jumpers who swear by the multi. I just borrowed a friends canopy and took that fucker off.

I have my own theories, along the lines of what Faber was saying and it gives me piece of mind taking it off.

Now if im hauling fucking arse off a 1500ft object im banking it would actually do a fine job. But all my objects are sub300 and the occasional slider up when i venture into Kentucky.

I have no idea if thats a good thing or not, all i do know is it gives me one less thing to worry about in my mind as i exit.