skydiverek 63 #1 February 8, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8srYc7Vpo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #2 February 8, 2015 Wow! Wonder what canopy he was jumping? it could have been a whole lot worse if that was a highly loaded a fully elliptical. but it was his own fault for humming it that low .buzzing by other ( i'm assuming unsuspecting) canopies. boy would i have been pissed if that was me. but if we had planned it before hand but surely ther is no way he told everybody on the load. " i'm gonna fly thru all the canopies and dump really low cool? " and then pitch while he was turning the wingsuit 180 degrees. I could be wrong but it appeared to me that by gripping the risers together while kicking out of the line twist he untwisted the suspension lines but put the twist into the risers. but good job by him of landing it uninjured i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpsalot-2 3 #3 February 9, 2015 What an IDIOTLife is short ... jump often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocPop 1 #4 February 9, 2015 keithbar... while kicking out of the line twist he untwisted the suspension lines but put the twist into the risers. but good job by him of landing it uninjured That's quite an accepted technique. In theory it allows the canopy to spread more and fly giving you more control and potentially releasing the trapped brake lines. In theory, again, bringing the twists down to the risers allows the spread canopy to pull the risers apart much more effectively than the jumper can do from below so if he had let go and got small he may have simply spun and unwound the line twists. However, I don't suppose he wanted to try letting go and seeing what would happen as he was trying to land the canopy by that stage."The ground does not care who you are. It will always be tougher than the human behind the controls." ~ CanuckInUSA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #5 February 9, 2015 as I said he landed uninjured so bravo m*********** i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #6 February 9, 2015 That was lowish indeed. One first sees the canopy snivelling overhead at :42, and he's on the ground at 1:55, 1 min 13 sec later, with an apparently medium sized canopy flying mostly straight in brakes. Although the untwisting largely stopped when the lines untwisted to the point where "they hit the risers", he was able to untwist a little more to clear the toggles. That was nice as it allowed him to rear riser turn presumably somewhat into wind for a softer landing (facing out to sea at Dillingham). He also used the brake lines above the still set toggles to get a little flare, although the initial airspeed wouldn't have made for a good flare. I figure he would have had time to pop the toggles, letting the canopy dive for airspeed and still flare, but he probably didn't want to muck with things much at that point. (I once landed hanging sideways with twists on a big old canopy due to a CRW wrap. The other guy's jettisoned and deflated main was still trailing from the risers - I was through a few lines of it. At least once I got my head back through the twists I could find the toggles above the twists, and flare somewhat normally.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dthames 0 #7 February 9, 2015 (in a WS) I have had great success if the canopy is inflated and stable but twisted up, to leave my arms zipped up and extend the correct arm perpendicular to the relative wind, so that the wind pushing on the armwing drives me around to untwist. Out with the left, in with the left, out with the right, in with the right, and so on. Very quickly you can get untwisted without any other tricks.Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #8 February 9, 2015 that looks like a beautiful dropzone there! apparently, with some not so safeish ws-jumpers.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megamalfunction 1 #9 February 9, 2015 LOL! That guy's canopy rocks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megamalfunction 1 #10 February 9, 2015 That looked like something out of a video game, surreal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #11 February 9, 2015 Anyone wanna make a guess on the canopy? It's a 7 cell. So maybe spectre?i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #12 February 9, 2015 So much dumb.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #13 February 9, 2015 A few years back tandem manufacturers tried to ban "buzzing" tandems because of the high risk of collision. Why did this fool repeat that foolish practice around solo canopies. A toggle-stab by any of those solo canopies would have put them on a collision course with the wing-suit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BleuCiel 0 #14 February 9, 2015 riggerrobA few years back tandem manufacturers tried to ban "buzzing" tandems because of the high risk of collision. Why did this fool repeat that foolish practice around solo canopies. I wonder if they knew he was going to do that, and if he had their permission to do so? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluhdow 31 #15 February 9, 2015 dthames(in a WS) I have had great success if the canopy is inflated and stable but twisted up, to leave my arms zipped up and extend the correct arm perpendicular to the relative wind, so that the wind pushing on the armwing drives me around to untwist. Out with the left, in with the left, out with the right, in with the right, and so on. Very quickly you can get untwisted without any other tricks. This. I can get out of twists way faster in a WS than without. Just "fly" your way out of them. Very easy and quick.Apex BASE #1816 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #16 February 11, 2015 Remster So much dumb. This. But he's super experienced, so it's all OK, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countzero 7 #17 February 11, 2015 This thread title should be changed to- Wingsuiter flies through canopy traffic unnecessarily endangering everyone, pulls low and lands with line twist.diamonds are a dawgs best friend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #18 February 13, 2015 skydiverekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8srYc7Vpo An extraordinary pilot is one who never has to resort to extraordinary skills to get out of an extraordinary situation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 843 #19 February 13, 2015 "mad skillz" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #20 March 2, 2015 So he buzzes past canopies in flight, pulls low, doesn't chop when he should and can't kick out line twists (that were admittedly excessive). The only thing he did right was reach his rear line groups to affect a half assed flare. In the end he concludes "F'ing line twists bro". If this sky-god thinks line twists were his problem then he learned nothing. Try not to kill anyone else when you bounce, and please place your crater as far away from the tandem PAX as possible please, we don't want to upset the tourists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #21 March 2, 2015 He was open just under 1000 feet. Should he have chopped...? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #22 March 2, 2015 skydiverekHe was open just under 1000 feet. Should he have chopped...? It takes several step to get into a tight corner. You can avoid the first step by flying reasonable and responsible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megamalfunction 1 #23 March 2, 2015 The one thing brah did right was pick an appropriate wingsuit canopy. Grade: D- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #24 March 2, 2015 skydiverekHe was open just under 1000 feet. Should he have chopped...? He should be chopped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #25 March 2, 2015 What were those rows of things he landed in between... ?smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
