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Todd Pattist wrote:
Martin Gregorie wrote:

I *think* it depends on the make of chute. I don't own one, so my
smart-alek answer would be "on or before the expiry date of the
packing slip".

In the U.S. it's independent of chute make (unless it's made
of material like silk - which none are) and it must be
repacked every 120 days. I was just wondering if this is
variable around the world. I've heard repackers tell me
they believe the 120 day period is extremely conservative.
I wondered if the other regulating bodies around the world
use that interval. Anyone?

Todd Pattist - "WH" Ventus C
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I'd bet that I could take a dozen emergency chutes, varying in
date of most recent packing over the past year,
and give them to a master rigger with over 5000 chutes
packed, and have him line them up, inspect them, and order them
by the age HE thinks they were repacked, and have him
do no better than a random ordering.

This is assuming there were no AD's over the year of course

120 days is quite the overkill...

http://www.afn.org/skydive/equip/repack-cycle.html

http://www.pia.com/piapubs/pia_posit...day_repack.htm

There have been attempts to get this to 180 days (which
is internationally and in the military a fairly common standard).