caspar 0 #26 June 25, 2005 would you get a spinning mal in the situation but with with a sabre loaded at 1:1. just after qualifying i was crapping myself becuase i ended up pulling at 3500(not because of alti awareness but went unstable at pull time). "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #27 June 26, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteI rolled over and dumped I was at about 1900 when I pulled, I have a long snivel the lower you pull the longer the snivel... so be carefull... try pulling at terminal velocity at 9,000 ft. the opening will be much quicker. Does the altitude really affect how fast the opening will be? I've heard something about G forces at the higher altitudes, but not snivel time at the low end...... I need some edumacating.........thanks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At higher altitudes, terminal velocity is faster, ergo harder openings. But this is really only an issue above 15,000'. Buddy was being sarcastic about problems adding up. It takes a series of mistakes to kill you: hang over, frayed gear, rush to plane, bad spot, confused dive, low pull, slow opening, etc. ... a Murphy's Law of skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apley 0 #28 June 29, 2005 "I shudder to think if I had deployed my main with the leg strap fully extended. I would likely have had a spinning mal... then a double mal... That was back in 1998 or so... before I got a Cypres." probably off the subject, but have to interject... i actually had a leg strap slip ALL the way down to the final stitch upon opening. yes, it was a major Pucker! i was loading my spectre @ about 1.4, riding my brand new javellin odyssey. that damn stainless steel just let the webbing slip out and i was opening with one tight, and one floppy leg strap. as a fairly new jumper, i had no idea what to do. i just rode it in conservatively, fighting a turn, and landed on the ground at the same time as the canopy (sideways), and did the best damn PLF of my career. it hurt. i was scared as hell to jump that piece of shit for months. i did discover that the dirt and friction from normal wear probably solved the problem, as well as "setting" the hardware by pushing on the top after getting it cinched up.... i think. you can bet i try to pull that fucker out about 10 times before i jump it these days. that was 700 jumps ago, but the lesson is engraved in my brain for good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin19d 0 #29 July 4, 2005 When I had 60 some jumps I did an RW jump with a bunch of oldtimers. At the end of the dirt dive they said "well break away at 2,500 does anyone have a problem with that". I just kept my mouth shut and made the jump. I tracked to long and my audible recorded a 1,100 opening. I remember thinking how big the palm trees looked as I was dumping. Good thing I was jumping an original saber then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #30 July 4, 2005 Quotehttp://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1544199;#1544199 Dont hold back how do you really feel? Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
