As i have yet to go stowed i have been looking to go stowed off an A i regularly jump.

I have seen some pics of PC deployment that show "bridle dump" on extraction - and was slightly concerned about this as I will be going stowed and pitching after a 1 second delay.

i spent some time talking to a very experienced CRW / rigger / reserve packer / anal equipment freak skydiver - and after some horrible CRW footage of his bridle "horseshoing" he started stowing the bridle at the bottom of the BOC with the PC stowed normally on top (so basically not stowing the bridle in the PC). He has never had problems with the set up and the logic that the PC is extracted and put into the air flow and pulls the birdle from the BOC makes some sense to me. BUT obviously I have other questions - how would this be effected at the low airspeed of a BASE jump?, why is not a widely used method? are there any obvious problems that I am too stupid to notice? [:/] is the use of this in the BASE environment adding other problems? as i am thinking some negative reasons for this method..............

Also I normally jump this A with a 46 2 second delay - I have had some minimal discussion on the pros and cons on stowing a 46 - should I perhaps go with a 42 stowed 1 second delay? the object is 315ft and i realise that going stowed will get me open lower that handheld but the landing area and outs are very good!


just thought i would perhaps throw this into the arena as I am fed up with discussing this in my head! :+

CYA

Michael