skydiverek 63 #1 October 23, 2007 Can you do this on skydiving canopy??? Check the wrap starting at 1:16 sec. : http://video.google.pl/videoplay?docid=-4855549279617698375&q and this Tandem : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGITQEfRmg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michalm21 2 #2 October 23, 2007 that music caused me pain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #3 October 24, 2007 Most of that stuff is possible on skydiving canopies, but you have to work harder, or be more unlucky to have it happen. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #4 October 24, 2007 Quote Can you do this on skydiving canopy??? Check the wrap starting at 1:16 sec. : http://video.google.pl/videoplay?docid=-4855549279617698375&q and this Tandem : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGITQEfRmg Not really. We have lower aspect ratio canopies and relatively shorter lines in skydiving. It is wise to keep lines loaded and looping is not really about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark24688m 0 #5 October 24, 2007 scary. i noticed they all hit the same lake. did they purposely practice that maneuver over the lake because they suspected that might happen? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #6 October 25, 2007 Quotescary. i noticed they all hit the same lake. did they purposely practice that maneuver over the lake because they suspected that might happen? I have read the paragliders are usually organizing safety trainings/courses over lakes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #7 October 25, 2007 You can definitely do some nasty things like that with a skydiving canopy... 9 years ago today: http://www.skydivingfatalities.info/search.asp?MinDate=25%2F10%2F1998&MaxDate=25%2F10%2F1998&Place=&State=&Country=US&Category=&MinAge=17&MaxAge=78&UnknownAge=on&MinJumps=0&MaxJumps=15000&UnknownJumps=on&AAD=&RSL=&Description=&DescriptionOperator=OR&Lessons=&LessonsOperator=OR Also the day of my first jump at a nearby DZ to that one. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superfletch 1 #8 October 25, 2007 Ask Zach Mullins... Gary "Superfletch" Fletcher D-26145; USPA Coach, IAD/I, AFF/I Videographer/Photographer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenediktDE 2 #9 October 25, 2007 Saw a paraglider wrap in his canopy once - looks very ugly and their reserves fall really fast!For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lister55 0 #10 October 27, 2007 Is there a reason why they do have cut away systems like we do? and why do they use such as small reserve that falls at such a high decent rate? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #11 November 3, 2007 Wow, look at those round reserved coming out through all that mess! I talked to some paraglider people, and they told me that acrobatic, high performance paragliders can easily collapse like that, while the beginner's ones are stable. And the ones in the video were definetely not beginner's. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #12 November 3, 2007 QuoteIs there a reason why they do have cut away systems like we do? and why do they use such as small reserve that falls at such a high decent rate? Two things I can think of: The "more fabric out" theory. With small round reserves, I'm inclined to agree. Round reserves are better if not cutting away - it won't fight the main (eg. downplane). They may also be better over tall, tight forests. Cutting away from a wrap/entanglement you can't get out of is likely to use valuable time and little else. As far as reserve size, I have no idea. I'd rather have something larger within reason. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
