Self Induced Malfunction (video)

[rhanold 0]

I am not really sure where to post this.

I did a 14,000 ft High pull a few weeks back and at about 5000 ft I put myself into line twists that I could not get out of and cut away at 2500 ft.

It is interesting if not entertaining. The trouble itself starts at 2:37 if you do not want to watch the whole thing. I did not edit it so turn down the sound if you do not want to hear the wind.

I welcome any feedback.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZdxbXXnfo

[piisfish 140]

what is that "heli" you are trying to do ?

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[base283 0]

Choose your poison to give us a psychological insight.
a. "I knew the gun was loaded, but I didnt think it would kill".
b. Why did you not try it up higher?
c. Was it time for a repack anyway? Was that your motivation?
d. It seems that the canopy did exactly what you told it to do.
Take care,
space

[Nutz 0]

It looks to me like you alternatively stall either side with rears until you induce line twists and have to cut away. I'm guessing it was time for a repack anyway.

"Don't! Get! Eliminated!"

[rhanold 0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFNAWZGAf9M&sns=em

Above is a link to a heli that went well I did a few years ago under a 111 xfx.

On the jump posted in the op you can see I did this maneuver at about 12000 ft.

I lost my freebag on this jump. I definitely would have spotted it better if I intended to cut away.

[mjosparky 4]

Any reason you don’t use an RSL? You took about 3.5 seconds to pull your reserve.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[Andy9o8 2]

Great POV video of a cutaway sequence.

That being said, and taking off from Sparky's post, here's a video of an almost identical self-induced linetwist-to-cutaway sequence - except this one happened much lower. Had this jumper not had an RSL (in this case, a Skyhook), he might not have survived.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QECtqCRNKxs

[rhanold 0]

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Any reason you don’t use an RSL? You took about 3.5 seconds to pull your reserve.

Sparky

I guess the simple answer is I like the control.

I have had 3 malfunctions like this one (the others were not self induced) and on the first one I cut away and deployed the reserve while still on my back and the pilot chute and free bag hit me in the back of the head. Now, if I have the time, I wait until belly to earth to fire the reserve. In this situation I knew I had the time so I took it to get back to my belly.

Ryan

[hookitt 1]

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I welcome any feedback.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZdxbXXnfo

Feed back eh?

Doing helicopters on a Velo is rather difficult. Borrow a VX and you'll have much better luck. I jump a Velo.

I talked to TJ last night about this. He's very good at doing helicopters and he said he's never been able to sort it out consistantly on a Velo. There's more to it but we didn't have time to discuss the reasons.

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

[base283 0]

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Choose your poison to give us a psychological insight.
a. "I knew the gun was loaded, but I didnt think it would kill".
b. Why did you not try it up higher?
c. Was it time for a repack anyway? Was that your motivation?
d. It seems that the canopy did exactly what you told it to do.
Take care,
space

waiting............
Take care, space

[hookitt 1]

He did it for Fun???

It's a move that can be duplicated consistantly on other canopies including some crossbraced canopies.

It did do what he told it to, even though he didn't exactly mean all of it

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

[wildcard451 0]

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Fun???

It's a move that can be duplicated consistantly on other canopies including some crossbraced canopies.

It did do what he told it to, even though he didn't exactly mean all of it

Funny how they listen to what you say....ain't it?

[Calvin19 0]

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b. Why did you not try it up higher?

a full mile off the ground is too low to do acro on ANY landable canopy?

[-ftp- 0]

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I guess the simple answer is I like the control.

really? you didnt seem to have much control on this jump.

[Calvin19 0]

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I am not really sure where to post this.

I did a 14,000 ft High pull a few weeks back and at about 5000 ft I put myself into line twists that I could not get out of and cut away at 2500 ft.

It is interesting if not entertaining. The trouble itself starts at 2:37 if you do not want to watch the whole thing. I did not edit it so turn down the sound if you do not want to hear the wind.

I welcome any feedback.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoZdxbXXnfo

Seem to be a lot of haters here.
I don't know if you are an idiot or not, but you seem like you like to have fun under (or over) a glider up high, so you have my respect. I fly an all sail JVX 79, never taken more than 6 seconds delay on it and never less than 10k. I do not swoop.

You should get into acro paragliding if you are not already. WAY more fun, dangerous, and time consuming than skydiving.

-SPACE-

[charlie5 0]

Seriously what is with the vitriol?

The feather butts bounce off ya like raindrops hitting a battle-star when they come in too fast...kinda funny to watch. - airtwardo

[rhanold 0]

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Choose your poison to give us a psychological insight.
a. "I knew the gun was loaded, but I didnt think it would kill".
b. Why did you not try it up higher?
c. Was it time for a repack anyway? Was that your motivation?
d. It seems that the canopy did exactly what you told it to do.
Take care,
space

waiting............
Take care, space

D. definitely D. I just didn't mean to tell it to go away completely.

[rhanold 0]

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Feed back eh?

Doing helicopters on a Velo is rather difficult. Borrow a VX and you'll have much better luck. I jump a Velo.

I talked to TJ last night about this. He's very good at doing helicopters and he said he's never been able to sort it out consistantly on a Velo. There's more to it but we didn't have time to discuss the reasons.

I could do this fairly easily on my 111 XFX but I can not seem to pull it off consistently on the 90 velo. I did not think the platform would have that much effect on the heli flight.

[rhanold 0]

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I guess the simple answer is I like the control.

really? you didnt seem to have much control on this jump.

Oh you... I see what you did there. You are a clever one.

How about "I like control over the timing of the reserve opening."

[rhanold 0]

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Seem to be a lot a haters here.
I don't know if you are an idiot or not, but you seem like you like to have fun under (or over) a glider up high, so you have my respect. I fly an all sail JVX 79, never taken more than 6 seconds delay on it and never less than 10k. I do not swoop.

You should get into acro paragliding if you are not already. WAY more fun, dangerous, and time consuming than skydiving.

I do love flying my canopy. But I love swooping too. Why would I give up swooping if I can have both?

[Calvin19 0]

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Why would I give up swooping if I can have both?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ0AuE-enBM

(watch the whole thing through the landing swoop)
This is Pal T on a 12.5m thriller. (the paragliding equivelent of Luigi landing the 39)

Edit to add : Pal does not get started acro for a bit,, so unless you want to watch two minutes of a bad ass in an afro pretending to be on a radio talk show, skip to 2:00

-SPACE-

[Calvin19 0]

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Seriously what is with the vitriol?

I don't even think the fun police are that jealous.

[wildcard451 0]

Simply sexy. I would love to learn that shit.

[Calvin19 0]

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Simply sexy. I would love to learn that shit.

Pal is easily the best in the world. Extremely creative and skilled. If you want a cool documentary, find "Adrenaline and Turbulance".

This is true canopy flying.
http://adrenalineandturbulence.com/

-SPACE-

[f1freak 0]

WOW!!!!!!!

HAVE FUN...
...JUST DONT DIE