Parafoil27 0 #1 August 2, 2009 I had alot of fun on my last jump today! I watched a video on youtube showing a pilot who did a hard toggle turn, ended up in line twists resulting in a cutaway. Me being the type that wants to master his canopy i gave it a shot at 4000ft. All i can say is F*#* ! I'm glad i know how easy it is to do even on my huge kite! I ended up with about four twists and have to say it was pretty freakin awesome! EARTH! Short bus of the universe, since the year T+10.3 billion! REV. DUDEMIESTER D.S.#120 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkeenan 14 #2 August 3, 2009 Quote ... i gave it a shot at 4000ft. All i can say is F*#* ! I'm glad i know how easy it is to do ...! Congratulations. However, rather than seeing how bad you can mess up your canopy until you have to cutaway, why don't you practice doing turn reversals that do not put you in line twists. This requires gaining a feel for the canopy and the control inputs until you can tell how much is too much. Kevin K._____________________________________ Dude, you are so awesome... Can I be on your ash jump ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parafoil27 0 #3 August 3, 2009 Oh i didn't have to cut away. I just wanted to see what it would take as a learning experience. I'll try your suggestion on my next jump. Thanks for the tip! EARTH! Short bus of the universe, since the year T+10.3 billion! REV. DUDEMIESTER D.S.#120 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fcajump 164 #4 August 3, 2009 Quote Oh i didn't have to cut away... (you forgot to finish the sentence. here, I'll help) Quote ...this time. Inducing line twist via toggle has a major potential issue... Once you pull that toggle down to induce, and you get line twists started, what happens to that steering line you had pulled? If you're not lucky, it gets trapped with all the other lines in that twist. And if the twist is tight enough, you can' let up on it anymore. (well, you can, but to no effect on the tail of the canopy) Steering line trapped while pulled -> continuing turn turn faster than you can untwist -> cutaway Not trying to scare, but just sharing thoughts to ponder. JWAlways remember that some clouds are harder than others... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #5 August 4, 2009 A recent thread on just this thing, with many people saying how easy it is to self-induce line twists even on big docile canopies: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3620791; Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
