Fab 0 #1 January 22, 2005 http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1945 Got this one from www.skydivingmovies....This must be the scartiest malfunction I have ever seen. This guy is pulling his reserve-chute out of the bag himself by pulling on the risers/lines.... How can a line snag something on the container? I wonder if you are able to cut the line with your hook knife if you are spinning that hard. _______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avion 0 #2 January 22, 2005 I think it snagged on the #2 flap, between the stiffner and the rest of the rig, and ripped the rig up a little. It's a German rig. Apparently there have been at least two similar mals with that type of rig reported within a year or so. The company claims it was due to free stowing the lines in the container. This is one of those things that I'm glad I saw before hand. Just how much time is there in this situation to cut the snagged lines with a hook kife, presuming that deployment is at 3000' Less than ten seconds before 1000' ? (Cause it takes 2-3 seconds or more to realize that there is a mal.) I doubt it would spin much after the line was cut, unless it was a brake line. Even then, chop the main or cut the other brake too, right? The jumper said that after thinking about it, he would try a hook knife if it happened again. This time he just did what he was trained to do: Uncontrollable main = Chop it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeepDiver 0 #3 January 22, 2005 I thought you were talking about the head down reserve deployment video that was just posted. Wow, that had to hurt. http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1943 There was a huge thread posted about the video you have mentioned in gear & rigging. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1439200 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fab 0 #4 January 22, 2005 indeed...not much... Whoeps..missed that thread _______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
migliore 0 #5 January 22, 2005 There are a couple of things I have noticed from watching this video (with my jaw dropped). 1) The jumper clearly rolled his body to the left when tossing out his pilot chute. You can actually see the pilot chute and the (still closed) d-bag deploying. My guess is this body position caused some of the left lines (especially if they were not properly stowed) to snag on the rig. 2) When chopping and pulling the reserve, this jumper choose to keep both of the cables in his hands. I know that many jumpers do this on "more routine" cut-aways, but I can't see how this is a good idea on a high-speed, spinning, line-snagged malfunction that required both hands to pull the reserve. As he fought to get the reserve out (BTW...balls of steel), the cables are clearly seen flying around the canopy lines. The last thing this guy possibly needed was to have anything else cause snags. Shane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #6 January 22, 2005 1) Super wide angle lens. It appears his head turned to the right, not the entire body. His body position was fine. 2) I seriously doubt that holding onto the handles was a conscious effort. I didn't keep mine by choice the first couple times, they just remained in my hands. If you train youself to throw them you'll probably throw them. I didn't actually practice holding on to them however, letting them go wasn't part of my practice procedure.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrancoR 0 #7 January 22, 2005 Quote1) Super wide angle lens. On a thread in Stammtisch the jumper mentioned it was a 0.3 wide Angle FrancoIf it does not cost anything you are the product. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
