Rate of decent for a cutaway main?

[jaybwise 0]

Does anyone know or want to take a guess at what the rate of decent for a cutaway main would be?

[DougH 270]

Highly variable.

Sometimes they wad up and fall fast. Other times they stay partially inflated and mostly untangled and float off for what seems like days!

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[pchapman 279]

DougH

Other times they stay partially inflated and mostly untangled and float off for what seems like days!

Yeah I had one like that. Some places are worse than others.

As a good example for the OP, I just saw this on a skydiving gear facebook site, posted by a friend about his chopped canopy:

"Last seen in a thermal over Perris heading SE at 8k in 30mi/hr winds probably never to be seen again. White with blue centre cell, red and blue ribs attached to Vector 306 free bag (skyhook equipped) with stowless vector bag, vector risers etc etc. "

This was after chopping at 2,000 ft.

Ouch.

[stayhigh 2]

Don't get airlocked canopy, cause they will fly far, far away.

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[sammielu 3]

If you had to cut is away, it likely wasn't decent at all.


Descent rate? That one varies.
This is my spelling pet peeve in this sport.

[Deimian 43]

stayhigh

Don't get airlocked canopy, cause they will fly far, far away.

Ouch! I bought one recently and I didn't think about that. On the other hand, I am getting familiar with the forest where all the canopies in my DZ end up .

[piisfish 140]

jaybwise

Does anyone know or want to take a guess at what the rate of decent for a cutaway main would be?

if it is baglocked, it will fall faster.

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[riggerrob 643]

piisfish

***Does anyone know or want to take a guess at what the rate of decent for a cutaway main would be?

if it is baglocked, it will fall faster.

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Yes,
Bag-locked canopies fall faster than a jumper hanging under a reserve. I have watched one or two of my male land before me.

OTOH wadded up and partially-inflated canopies tend to fall slightly slower than reserves, so they land within a minute and a couple hundred yards (metres for Europeans) of the jittery jumper.

[raymod2 1]

I was able to get above my cutaway main and watch it land while flying a PD 160 reserve loaded at 1.3. You have to fly in deep brakes, obviously. It was not a bag lock (the main was fully inflated when I cut it away).