Viking 0 #1 December 27, 2001 Just thought i would make a thread were people can discuss there 2for1 jumps me i got into line twists when i was doing a spiral......IN A STUDENT PD 260!!!! am i the man or what I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #2 December 27, 2001 so you did have a cut away?CHris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #3 December 27, 2001 no it was just like two twists and i kicked them out with no problem, needless to when i do spiral now i watch that chute like a fudging hawk!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver51 0 #4 December 27, 2001 350+ and not a mal yet. I do expect one someday and make every like it will be the one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #5 December 27, 2001 Line twists twice on either a Safire 189 or omega 189. One was wrapped all the way up but I still kicked out of it..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmie 0 #6 December 27, 2001 I had the same mal as you Vicking, line twists in a Manta 260 (AFF level 5), but I couldn't kick out of mine, because they were all the way from top of risers, to the top of canopy, the canopy didn't even inflate, it was just a big ball of nilon. Damn student rigs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #7 December 27, 2001 2 total:1.Took a 260lb tandem one time. Broke 4 lines. Spinning wildly with half the thing inflated. Funny thing was the canopy was supposed to be grounded end of that day to be relined.2.SpinettoDamn I'm thirsty for some air and some brew.........Seb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #8 December 27, 2001 Since when are line twists a Mal?When you cutaway from them. -Cyber said.Oh.I have had one malfuction or cutaway. Mine was a fast spinning break line over. And I cut away. Landed exactly where I wanted to -right beside my main. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingMarc 0 #9 December 27, 2001 Just one... on my graduation jump. Great big line over on a great big student canopy with a bunch of great big line twists. It was great fun! Even more fun was landing the 26' LoPo reserve... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #10 December 27, 2001 damn mark thats alot of beer!!! I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingMarc 0 #11 December 27, 2001 Tell me about it... that day I had: graduation jump, first reserve ride, case for the rigger, first landing under a round, first king air jump... it took me a while but I got it all paid off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygeek 0 #12 December 28, 2001 Ive got 330 jumps and one chop.jump 77 bag lock 1st ride on a 5 cell best ride ever! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pammi 0 #13 December 28, 2001 QuoteSince when are line twists a Mal?When you cutaway from them. -Cyber said.Oh.Oh. Well, then if there are only, for instance, a couple and you cutaway, is it still a mal?Closing pin jewelry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #14 December 28, 2001 a 5cell???? damn dude how old was it?I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airann 1 #15 December 28, 2001 Dude you are killing me with the 5 cells. I saw one the other day and I thought it looked funny. I had never seen one before. Oh people still jump them, ... heh...yeah they are around. http://www.AirAnn.comUgly Girl #6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #16 December 28, 2001 So are Para-Commanders, but have you ever seen anyone swoop the pond with one?AggieDave '02Too much of anything is bad, Too much burbon is just right.--MarkTwain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygeek 0 #17 December 28, 2001 I think its older than me... Its only seen action once. Flew like a dawg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aviatrr 0 #18 December 28, 2001 Quote So are Para-Commanders, but have you ever seen anyone swoop the pond with one? Give it to Chuck.....he can do it! Honestly, though.....I've seen somebody LAND in the swoop pond on a PC.....we still don't know if he was trying to swoop it or not..Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spectrejumper 0 #19 December 28, 2001 I've had two canopies out twice. The first time they were in a side-by-side, so I chopped the main and landed the reserve. The second time I had a nice biplane, so I landed em both. Touchdown is awfully soft with 560+ square feet of canopies over your head!Mike D-23312"It's such a shame to spend your time away like this...existing." JMH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fred 0 #20 December 28, 2001 QuoteWell, then if there are only, for instance, a couple [linetwists] and you cutaway, is it still a mal?Yeah, I've seen a few students forget that part of the training and cutaway from a pretty simple line twist, but I think they count.I, myself, have had a half dozen openings with line twists, but thats because I can't learn to fall stable (er, not spin). I don't consider them mal's. They're more like "D'Oh!'s".IMO, they're mal's if you cutaway or should have cutaway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #21 December 28, 2001 # jumps - almost 800# choppable mals - 0# close to chopping - 2 And that includes 120 tandems (hey, we had really good packers Have had line twists numerous times, a couple reaaaaalllly slow openings and several 360 degree openings, but (knocking on wood) so far they've always been fixable. .pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #22 December 28, 2001 Quote they're mal's if you cutaway or should have cutaway If that is the working definition, I have had two..One I cutaway, one I should have. The should have was line twists which I fought, never checking my altitude (I know, WAY bad) I was finally out of them just over 1000 ft. I landed fine, if a bit off the DZ. Probably should have chopped, or at least considered it at the proper altitude!Blue skies,Anne"by stitches, cloth, and cord,...a god of the sky for those immortal moments."-Lindbergh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpervali 2 #23 December 28, 2001 I've had 3 mals that resulted in a cutaway and reserve deployment.jump 35 a line over under my big fury 220, went to my 5 cell swift..hehehejump 1103 tandem tension knots front a lines causing a bad turn..lots of handlesjump 1560 sabre 150 massive line twist with a diving spin.. went to a pd126breaking 1700 jumps soon.jumpervali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #24 December 28, 2001 almost 450 jumps... no chopped mals yet. buncha close calls though that maybe if i hadn't given that extra second- a line over once that luckily i got to clear with a good riser yank, a hard pull that came out on the "extra" try, and my first jump on the main i have now, finger stuck in a brake line, put me in a wicked spin (ellipticals are good for that!), hand on the chop handle when i popped my finger out. that one hurt. =c)Stacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #25 December 28, 2001 MY DZ teaches line twists as a mal. Same thing with a line over, stuck slider, collapsed end cells,, etc.... All correctable for the most part but all with the potential to lead to a cutaway.Personally, I don't really consider a line twist as a mal, but hell, everyone else was posting theirs and I didn't want to feel left out :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
