freeflir29 0 #51 December 31, 2001 "The bruising only lasted a month or so and the scar went away after a year."Hey...it doesn't count as an injury unless you have retained hardware! "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick 0 #52 January 3, 2002 I was taught that line twists are only a mal when they are right behind your head and you can't put your head back enough to check the rest of the canopy. Had that once but as soon as I realised what it was is popped out. While I was on SL I thought twists were a fact of life!!!Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #53 January 3, 2002 Two mals and no chops.Broke a steering line on opening. Landed rear risers. No problem now, but a little dicey with 40 jumps.Had 4 cells of the, for lack of the technically correct term, ass end of my Sabre 190 rip out on me on deployment. Checked the 4 S's and decided to ride it down. Should have chopped. Had no idea how bad it could have gotten. Have had several line twists on a Stilletto. I attribute the fact that I didn't have to chop to tieing the 3 Rings together while I pack. No dissymetry so no spinning. Also have heard if the last stow is too close to the bag, the bag will hit the reserve container on deployment, spin, and cause line twists. Quien sabe? flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #54 January 3, 2002 124 jumps, no mals, 1 long snivel -- opened just as I was reaching for my handles.QuoteI trippled stowed one of the locking stows. I don't do that anymore.From what I've learned, you shouldn'y use anymore than a single wrap on your locking stows. I double wrap the rest... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbaur 0 #55 January 3, 2002 Let's see... There was the slider-on-a-round streamer, the two x-slider-on-a-round streamers, and the daisy-chained hooked-up backwards deployed-from-a-grocery-bag round. Several cases of broken brake lines, all landed with rear risers. Tension knots once. Tore the bottom out of a home-built canopy a couple times. Snapped the center A-lines once. A couple tandem line-overs.I plan on having a malfunction on my next jump -- but hope to get lucky again.Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #56 January 3, 2002 QuoteI plan on having a malfunction on my next jump -- but hope to get lucky again.thats the way my instructors told me to think after every opening (ya wow 14 of them I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #57 January 3, 2002 Five unintentional, one intentional.Of the five, one was canopy damage, one was either a lineover or a tension knot. Three were tandem tension knots. The intentional cutaway was from a T-10. (Hey, I'll jump it, but there's no way I'm going to land with that thing!)-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #58 January 3, 2002 QuoteTore the bottom out of a home-built canopy a couple times. You wouldn't happen to be from the Philippines, would you? flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #59 January 3, 2002 Bill whats a t-10?I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #60 January 3, 2002 "Bill whats a t-10?"A contraption of death conceived by the US military or a big round canopy that has a descent rate of 18-22 feet per second. So they claim......"I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #61 January 3, 2002 oh i see, so its those chutes you see the army using? I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #62 January 3, 2002 "its those chutes you see the army using?"Yep...for static line ops they use two differen't kinds. The T-10 and MC-1C. The -1C has panels cut out in the back, an 8 Knt forward speed, and steering toggles. A 360 deg turn probably takes 20 seconds to complete. Very slow....but it beats the "Slipping" on a T-10. The only way to "steer" a T-10 is to pull down a riser to tilt the canopy in the direction you want to go. You are pretty much at the mercy of the wind. Funny article in parachutist of some guys doing a 26,000 ft -1C jump. My first thought......Why? "I got some beers....Let's Drink em!!!"Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,998 #63 January 3, 2002 >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. Hey, I made my first 10 jumps on a 5-cell! Finally we moved up to the "high performance" Mantas.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #64 January 3, 2002 your joking right? manta's were considered high performance?? I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harro 0 #65 January 4, 2002 Had a really bad pack. Opened with line over, couldnt fix. Cutaway with RSL attached. Reserve pilot deployed through lines of the main........and walked away!!!Freemind, freesky, freebeer, freefly, freesex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbaur 0 #66 January 4, 2002 QuoteYou wouldn't happen to be from the Philippines, would you?No.Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
