Dropped a toggle during landing

[jose 0]

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I've only one exception to this, and that's for a specific freestyle trick I'm working on. (Thanks for the advice TJ)

Pppffttttt.......TJ sucks.....and I can kick his ass in Halo2 all day long......

[justinb138 0]

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That's how I do it, except I keep the line running between my index and middle finger.

I just can't see this as a good idea. If you needed to get out in a hurry, that could eat some time. Four fingers should be plenty to be able to hold onto the toggle. Do you do this with an altimeter on your hand?

-C.

I'm probably not doing a very good job of explaining it. My hand will come right out of the toggles if I let go, they're not wrapped around my hand, and don't interfere w/ my alti 3. I'll try to take a picture or two tomorrow to better explain.

[parachutist 2]

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Came in on an otherwise uneventful landing. Flared. Canopy "bucked", slider came flying down past the links and toggle stows to my head and the right toggle just popped out of my hand.

Ok there's been miles of discussion about number of fingers in toggles, so I think that's been beaten to death. What I'm wondering is why this happened to you at low altitude. Since this was a canopy that you aren't accustomed to, you should have made it a point to test its behavior up high. Did you deploy high and try all controls, including slow flares and fast flares, trying to see if you could stall the canopy? If you did these up high then it should have alerted you to the behavior of the slider,a nd you shouldn't have been startled when coming in for a landing.

[mjosparky 4]

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I'll see how many of the big boys I can get an opinion out of this weekend, and I'll share the results on Monday...

You just got an opinion form to pretty damn good canopy pilots. Since those toggles are the only thing between you and a major fuck up, four fingers sounds like the hot set up. But hell, what would I now about it?

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[HydroGuy 0]

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Came in on an otherwise uneventful landing. Flared. Canopy "bucked", slider came flying down past the links and toggle stows to my head and the right toggle just popped out of my hand.

Ok there's been miles of discussion about number of fingers in toggles, so I think that's been beaten to death. What I'm wondering is why this happened to you at low altitude. Since this was a canopy that you aren't accustomed to, you should have made it a point to test its behavior up high. Did you deploy high and try all controls, including slow flares and fast flares, trying to see if you could stall the canopy? If you did these up high then it should have alerted you to the behavior of the slider,a nd you shouldn't have been startled when coming in for a landing.

Yep, first jump on it was a clear and pull at 12.8k. Probably did 20 flares...fast and slow. Stalled it several times and then slowly let it return to flight. Had two nice landings prior to this one. Had four more good ones after it...with the exception of my first jump (which I was probably 15m long on), all my landings were within 5 m.

Since I only make it to the DZ once or twice a week, I try to start every jumping day with a high altitude clear and pull. It's a chance for me to "become one with the canopy" again...not that I believe I'm a good enough pilot to be "one with the canopy", but I think you get my point...maybe bond would be a better description.

Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

[parachutist 2]

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Since I only make it to the DZ once or twice a week, I try to start every jumping day with a high altitude clear and pull. It's a chance for me to "become one with the canopy" again...not that I believe I'm a good enough pilot to be "one with the canopy", but I think you get my point...maybe bond would be a better description.

Ok good. Sounds like you know exactly what I was talking about then :)

Chris