CLoud deployments

[lazerq3 0]

I dont recall ever reading anything about this so I'll ask here.. If for some reason, for whatever reason you deployed your chute right in a cloud, would that have any affect on it opening and if so what?(I know, sounds like a whuffo question)
jason

[Dirtsucks 0]

On my third AFF jump I pulled just before going into a cloud. Kind of half deployed inside of it. having only two jumps since, I could’t really tell if anything was different, and besides, I was too busy taking in how AWESOME it was hanging there inside of a cloud! Are their any legalities concerning skydiving in clouds? Once I’m licensed I’d love to do it again!
josh

[Craig 0]

As much as I didn't want to I had to pull in a cloud....I mean haze once. I couldn't track completly over it and it was pull time. It was a big puffy one. My slider was coming down as I was poking through the bottom. I had a few line twists that was either from the packer, or body position/turning cause I had no definite heading since I could not see the ground. I cannot see a cloud effecting your canopy unless you were in a thunderhead for some absurd reason.
Craig

[Craig 0]

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Josh wrote:
Are their any legalities concerning skydiving in clouds?

FAA regs. say that jumping through clouds is prohibited in the US.
Craig

[Grogs 0]

As said before, I doubt it would affect your canopy flight any, but I would try and avoid it if possible. If you're under canopy inside of a cloud, you will have a much harder time seeing oncoming canopies, and a canopy collision can be very nasty, possibly fatal.

[Dirtsucks 0]

Can I get an IFR clearance, ground direct?

[lazerq3 0]

I guess my thought is that it would snivel because it is taking up more miosture than air but I'm just guessing. any truth to that.

[skyhawk 2]

u might go up but thats about it

[skyhawk 2]

u might go up but thats about it. But that would be regardless of if u opened in it or just went into it

[Shark 0]

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Can I get an IFR clearance, ground direct?

What if you have to hold at the outer marker??

[freaksister 0]

On the first cloud jump I made - UH, I mean industrial haze - (Sis clears her throat) my buddy told me, "DON'T open in them." (unless you have no choice) You can't tell if anyone is around. You could open and immediately crash into another jumper who was still in freefall, you could have canopy collisions easily while flying around in a cloud...the potential disasters are numerous. If its pull time and you are in a cloud, you probably shouldn't be jumping that day!! My $.02
(P.S. I think they're cool too, and sometimes its ok to jump through "industrial haze" like if the cloud base is high, say 8 or 9 thousand feet or more. Anything below five or six and I'm staying on the ground, no matter what the pilots and DZ are doing. The FAA bans jumping through clouds for a reason, although I think they are somewhat too restrictive...)
Sis
I may be crazy, but I'm not suicidal! Got Cypres??

[SkySlut 0]

I heard from a rigger that your canopy would be more solid due to the moisture. More particles...more stability is the theory I guess.
"I'll jump anything!"

[BarrettJ99 0]

IFR clearance would not be a problem, as skydivers under canopy are considered aircraft for all intents and purposes. I'm just wondering though, won't the real problem be with all of the extra IFR equipment you would be required to carry with you and the extra long extension cord to operate it??? Just a thought.
Blue skies
-T1

[TripleF 0]

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Triple F

[venwood 0]

I do not know what effects a cloud will have on your canopy but I can pass on solid advice that I have been given about clouds.
1. Notice the cloud layer's altitude on the ride up because then the clouds can give you another visual indication of your altitude. For example, the bottom of the spotty cloud layer is at 3000 and you fall through a cloud without pulling, well you better pull very soon.
2. If you do end up pulling and are in a cloud under a full canopy, spiral out of it. Like everyone else has said before this post, u can't see anyone else in a cloud so get out of it quick. The best way to get out of a cloud is to lose altitude and the best way to lose altitude is to spiral.
On my AFF 3, I started my opening sequence right above a cloud. When I was under a beautiful, full canopy, and had done my canopy checks I noticed I was at the bottom of the cloud. I could see the ground now and then with passing whisps of the cloud blocking my sight. I said uh uh, pulled the right toggle hard and had a fun spiral out. Great experience which was elevated 100% because I was a student.
Safe Landings,
Venwood

[Aviatrr 0]

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I dont recall ever reading anything about this so I'll ask here.. If for some reason, for whatever reason you deployed your chute right in a cloud, would that have any affect on it opening and if so what?(I know, sounds like a whuffo question)

It shouldn't affect opening at all.. It would basically be the same as jumping in 100% humidity.. Just remember one thing, though.. Hold your breath.. Everybody knows skydivers can't breath in cloudes..
Mike