"Throw" your pilot chute?

[tohlakas 0]

If you fly wingsuit, throwing your pilot chute to the clear air is really important! Had once pilot chute in my shoulder and bag lying in my leg wing. Unpleasant experience. Brrrr!

[Para5-0 0]

This has worked well for me;

Arch, Reach, Legs Out, Throw.....

Reach = is the left hand being extended.

Legs out = is a slight staigtening of the legs for stability. This seems to work well when re-enforced.

Throw = 90 degree perendicular smooth throw.

Again, I have them saying this through very practice we do from dirt dives to harness training. Sometiomes I see them saying it in the air...

[Jeff.Donohue 0]

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Another important point is that their was a transition from PULL (ripcord)to Throw (pilot chute).....back when we had spring loaded pilot chutes in student rigs students were taught to pull and hold onto the ripcord. Unfortunately, when the student pulled the pilot chute and held on to it, it did not make for a fun AFF jump.

I will admit to doing this on my first transition from ripcord to PC. I "pulled" the PC, held it, created a momentary PC in tow, went "Oh yeah!", and threw it. My instructor was displeased with my stupidity (for good reason). Thankfully, I lived (I think) and learned (I hope).

[popsjumper 2]

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...Legs out = is a slight staigtening of the legs for stability. This seems to work well when re-enforced.

For some odd reason I picture the student's head dipping low and losing stability. Especially so when I see FJC being taught to put their left hand on their helmet instead of out in front of the head.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[Andy9o8 2]

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...Legs out = is a slight staigtening of the legs for stability. This seems to work well when re-enforced.

For some odd reason I picture the student's head dipping low and losing stability. Especially so when I see FJC being taught to put their left hand on their helmet instead of out in front of the head.

I don't know why that old method (left hand to head) is still taught with BOC equipment. Back in the day when we had ripcord handles on the front MLW that made sense as a "counter" move; but when reaching back to the BOC position, left hand out in front creates a better aerodynamic counter-surface. In either event, you can also keep using your left hand as a flight control surface when out in front during the pull sequence, much more than you can when it's pulled in to the head.

[AdD 1]

I teach my students to throw a TTO on the ground before their FFF. Plan the dive, dive the plan.

Life is ez
On the dz
Every jumper's dream
3 rigs and an airstream

[hookitt 1]

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TTO <== For the acronym impaired, what does that mean?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[speedy 0]

After having twice in the last two weeks my pilot chute in the burlbe and nothing happening for a few seconds, the title of this thread kept popping into my head.
I have not read the thread, but the title was still echoing in my head. So after 2000 jumps I really started throwing the damm thing.

It helps a lot

Dave

Fallschirmsport Marl

[AFFI 0]

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TTO <== For the acronym impaired, what does that mean?

I suspect that means Targeted Training Objectives

Mykel AFF-I10
Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat…

[JohnMitchell 16]

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I don't know why that old method (left hand to head) is still taught with BOC equipment. Back in the day when we had ripcord handles on the front MLW that made sense as a "counter" move;

And you were tilting your chin down to your chest to find the ripcord, so the back of the head seemed natural. I think mainly it was to give a target to your left hand (the helmet).

But that is waaay old school. Left hand above the head is much better. I don't teach "hand on helmet" for SL anymore.

[hookitt 1]

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TTO <== For the acronym impaired, what does that mean?

I suspect that means Targeted Training Objectives

Hmmm... I don't know
"I teach my students to throw a Targeted Training Objective on the ground before their First Free Fall"

That's as bad as calling a harness and container system an H/C.

So again.. for the acronym impaired, how about spelling it out instead? Please with a glass of reconstituted orange juice concentrate with vodka and on top?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto