Body position when chopping

[Sonic 0]

What's the ideal body position when cutting away aside from the obvious arch? Legs out? Legs tucked in? etc etc.

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[billvon 3,120]

The Racer manual calls out that you should not be perfectly stable when opening your reserve; you should be head high (if possible.) Since that's usually the position you're in right after you cut away, that's good news.

[Sonic 0]

Does this apply to all rigs?

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[drenaline 0]

I dunno if what am going to say has any value but I use a dolphin and when I opened my reserve for the repack the spring PC jumped to the ceiling not to the back.

HISPA 21
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[wmw999 2,589]

Well, my first cutaway was an early jump on my first piggy-back; I was trained on conventional gear. So I cut away, carefully brought my legs together and forward so I'd be belly up, and then dumped my reserve. It opened just fine
In a masterful ignoring of the conventional wisdom, I also managed to land with both ripcords and the camera I'd brought up, too. I had 130 jumps.

This is not ideal. Practicing is better...

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[billvon 3,120]

>Does this apply to all rigs?

I don't know. It should, since a perfect belly-to-earth position is a good position for a PC hesitation, whereas a somewhat feet-to-earth position will give you better PC inflation and better absorption of opening shock. But only the Racer manual says so explicitly AFAIK.