Slammer of an opening

[steelyeye 0]

Saw a video on skydivingmovies.com (video here) where the jumper gets a really solid slammer of an opening.

The canopy looks really odd to me after opening, like the end cells are inflated and flying and the center takes a while to get fully inflated. Could this be an indicator of why the opening was a real whacker?

Any ideas?

Blues - Wild Bill

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[darkwing 5]

It looks normal to me. I don't see any diagnostic info to be had there. Sooner or later everybody joins the slammer club. I'm in, I'm sorry to say.

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[DougH 270]

The canopy isn't inflated all the way yet, my hornet looks the same way after I get slammed.

I think the slam is from bottom skin catching air like a big sky anchor, so it is open, but canopy hasn't filled all the way up... on my canopy it feels like rear riser stall until it starts moving.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
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[Armour666 0]

Could ask Peter (ntrprnr) about it he posts here often eaven made a post about the karm of it lol

(sorry Petter your fault for making it sound funny with "Karmic Retribution for Nyah'ing someone who has to work today while I'm at the Drop Zone is... "

http://dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2853360;#2853360
"

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[ntrprnr 0]

Yup. That's exactly what it is. It was my opening - brutal one at that. Basically, from what I can tell, the canopy opened with the slider not doing a damn thing - probably wasn't up flush against the stops.

So I open, the canopy opens fully, but because of the lack of slider, doesn't take the time to fully inflate before the lines pulling down open it completely. So it then needs to fly forward a few seconds to have that happen.

I watched it happen above my head, and that's the best way I can describe it. Wound up pumping the brakes a few times to confirm it (and I) was ok, landed without incident. (Other than my cursing for an hour afterwards.)

Hope that helps - Just landed in Singapore, so my verbal skills are a little jetlagged.

-Peter

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