julesshrew 0 #1 April 13, 2005 Any other Brits watching this on channel 5 Following a case of a woman who after a fall of 4000ft only ended up with broken ribs and nose and investigating as to why she survived Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinMcGuire 0 #2 April 13, 2005 she is probably a super hero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #3 April 13, 2005 she probably sacrifices cute little bunny rabbits with pink polka dots every morning in case something like this ever happens.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #4 April 13, 2005 Watching right now, some good cutaway videos and 'wuffo' explainations.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #5 April 13, 2005 That's all you'd have to do? What about wild cats with fake polka dots? We could solve Wisconsin's problem, and cover any future double mals. Voila! you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vt1977 0 #6 April 13, 2005 Yep - I just finished watching it. A few familiar faces on there! Vicki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smeger 0 #7 April 13, 2005 I just managed to cathc the last 10mins of it . How did both chutes fail? was it a human malfunction or equipment? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #8 April 13, 2005 Deployed main, nothing left the container. Deployed reserve, it dumped, then the main dumped into it (i think, i missed the first 5 minutes) Landed like that, unconcious.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smeger 0 #9 April 13, 2005 Could that have been due to unchecked equipment or packing it herself or just bad luck? Did it mention anything like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaerock 1 #10 April 13, 2005 She wasn't Hungarian or of Hungarian descent by any chance? It seems that whenever people fall out of planes at insane altitudes then survive mostly intact...there were Hungarian ;> If so, that'd be further confirmation to Conspiracy Theory #143. -R QuoteAny other Brits watching this on channel 5 Following a case of a woman who after a fall of 4000ft only ended up with broken ribs and nose and investigating as to why she survived You be the king and I'll overthrow your government. --KRS-ONE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #11 April 13, 2005 QuoteCould that have been due to unchecked equipment or packing it herself or just bad luck? Did it mention anything like that? I don't know how i'd call it bad luck. I mean, she fucking lived. Hell if I could fall 4000 and get away with a broken rib or somethin, I'd do it just for the story to tell my grandkids. "So, come here, boys, you know, ole pappy fell 4000 feet once, and got up and walked off. back in those days, we had to grow our own liver. none of this, go down to the supermarket and get a new liver kinda crap ..." Unfortunately, I can't do that, so I have to resort to wearing a slowing machanism.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smeger 0 #12 April 13, 2005 lol. Well I would consider it bad luck that the malfunction happened in the first place. So could it have been due to equipment, did it say atall. Damn I wish I'd got home in time . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #13 April 14, 2005 I think it was an excellent program. Sure it was geared to whuffos and took an hour to actually get to the point (which we could have reached here in about 5 mins) but for once it actually examined all the correct points and came to roughly the correct conclusion. They stuck the girl in a wind tunnel and figured her terminal velocity was about 140 in the position the doc reckoned she impacted in (presumed from her injuries). They then accounted for the drag of her reserve after it was choked off by her cutaway main (that’s the mal she ended up with... no mention of why it happened although it was clear she was a static line student on 5 sec delays). The "science guy" at the wind tunnel (horizontal) used an arbitrary figure of about 1 square meter of fabric for the amount o material above her. From that figure he calculated her impact speed was approx 40mph. (although they also calculated it based on ½ square meter and a impact speed of about 70mph). Now I have no idea how bad the mal was, but 1 square meter seems like not a lot of surface area for two canopies – even badly wound up. Anyway, they actually went through all the relevant data and the show didn’t turn into one of those “oh my god she’s plummeting to her death” show’s. They even went through the physics of a PLF and showed some nice graphs of the forces involved (although I think the PLF was more like some guy landing on his feet then a second later falling over…). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #14 April 14, 2005 Yeah his PLF was a bad example, some of the Para students were doing better ones... I agree though, not a bad program.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
