Longest anyone's gone without a cutaway?

[doog 0]

30 years this year. 2300 and change. No cutaways. Close, but no. Way too much of an asshole to admit that some of that shit shouldn't have been flown.

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[cmaydew 0]

My brother has had one cutaway and one jump.

[linebckr83 3]

Deimian

***I landed twice under a torn canopy, but each time, it was playable.
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If you pack soundly and always open face down, there's no reason to to cutaway.

I couldn't disagree more with your last statement. Particularly when considering the first sentence. You are basically saying that a torn canopy is not a reason to cut away. What the hell?

I understand that with a Zero loaded at 0.77 a rip on a cell is survivable. Now, imagine a novice jumper with a regular canopy reading this, being afraid of cutting away, and having a torn canopy. Does it sound like reasonable advice to you? I can't believe an instructor wrote that.
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It depends. I've torn 3 tandem canopies, landed all 3 of them. Maybe your DZ trains differently, but we train new jumpers to do a controllability check. If it's steerable and safely landable, why cut it away? A tear doesn't automatically mean a cutaway is required, but many times it is necessary. Depends on many factors.

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linebckr83

******I landed twice under a torn canopy, but each time, it was playable.
[...]
If you pack soundly and always open face down, there's no reason to to cutaway.

I couldn't disagree more with your last statement. Particularly when considering the first sentence. You are basically saying that a torn canopy is not a reason to cut away. What the hell?

I understand that with a Zero loaded at 0.77 a rip on a cell is survivable. Now, imagine a novice jumper with a regular canopy reading this, being afraid of cutting away, and having a torn canopy. Does it sound like reasonable advice to you? I can't believe an instructor wrote that.
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It depends. I've torn 3 tandem canopies, landed all 3 of them. Maybe your DZ trains differently, but we train new jumpers to do a controllability check. If it's steerable and safely landable, why cut it away? A tear doesn't automatically mean a cutaway is required, but many times it is necessary. Depends on many factors.


Most torn canopies are landable and get landed safely. You will not even know you have a torn canopy unless it happens to be a large tear on the bottom skin. You can't see torn ribs or a torn topskin. That's why controllability checks are needed on every jump.