why do people color code their canopys?

fixMe · February 16th, 2008, 10:50 AM

OK, So when i first started jumpin I Was told to color my canopy a certain way for ease of packing.

So i ordered it With stabilizers one color, the center and outer cells the same color, and the 2, 3, 5 , 6 cells a seperate color.

I soon realized it didn't make a difference to me! Im a dumbass and knew how to pack without these color schemes.

So i ordered my next canopy black on top and grey center cell , because i thought it would be easier to center the canopy off while packing or easier to sort out my messy canopy in the middle of a meadow or an intersection. NOpe. you just find the tail pocket and that's the center. duh

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So now my next two canopy's i ordered are all one color. and i have had no problem's packing no problem gathering up my canopy after landing in a hurrry.

So what i'm really wondering is??? Ive seen quite a few videos with some of the OG's of BASE and they STILL all have the COLOR-CODED canopies.
So why after all these years do people still color code their canopies. Even if it's just the center cell and "stabs"? I just don't get it?

Is there something im just not getting? Sometimez this is the case. I'll admit i can be a little dense. But i never really got the whole color schem thing. maybe it's just asthestics

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bye

**huckleberry** · February 16th, 2008, 07:41 PM

I think this question would be better answered over on nitro's board.
Where the gayness is flowing!
http://www.egwingsuits.com/forum/index.php

**ZegeunerLeben** · February 17th, 2008, 02:32 AM

>>Are you serious?

fixMe · February 17th, 2008, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by ZegeunerLeben

>>Are you serious?

who, me or dinglberry?

if your talkin' to me , yeah! I really dont see the need for the color coding and never did need it.

bye

**stitch** · February 17th, 2008, 04:19 PM

In addition to the obvious you've already stated. Canopies with a different colored C/C generally have a better and quicker resale. Canopies with those type color patterns are usually sought out by newer jumpers.

fixMe · February 18th, 2008, 01:38 PM

Man i guess. I was mostly just wondering if any "OG" BASEers still found it nessessary to color code their canopies?

or how bout' teachin' students to just follow the seem's. that's how i was taught in skydivin' and BASE.

i guess (color coding) i just never found it helpful and i was just wondering? ah, who cares!

bye

**hamsandwich** · February 18th, 2008, 01:58 PM

it doesnt cost any extra and give you an obvious way to pick out cells.

just like everyone knows where the inner-c's and inner d's are, but but having them attached on a different colored center cell or especially red lines that most have today gives you one more way to catch an error.

unfortunately this allows for some of those people out there to only know that they must "tailgate the red ones" and still have no idea what a- b- c- d- lines designate.

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**nicknitro71** · February 18th, 2008, 02:10 PM

What's a tailgate Dr. Splatula?

**nicknitro71** · February 18th, 2008, 02:17 PM

PS

Great insightful threads like this ones belong here:

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**hamsandwich** · February 18th, 2008, 02:21 PM

Nickolas Nitron-

For you education, attached is one form of tailgate. This version is typically used by those who tie pull-cords around their pilot chutes. Strange correlation.

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