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achowe 0
1500ft. lost altitude awareness. grounded for the day. whoops!
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Woooaaaaaa!!! Woooaaaa!!! I'm gettin' off it!
Woooaaaaaa!!! Woooaaaa!!! I'm gettin' off it!
Jasmin 0
Not interested in being in a low pull contest, but had a total packed for me by my bro's mate and dumped reserve somewhere around 1500....I think...
xj
"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."
"I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both."
did a tandem chase w/ my daughter as student. got on my back to watch at what i thought was 6k camera flier dumped, tandem dumped, and i said to myself why are they pulling so high? put my hand up to block the sun and my alti. said 1600. I said o shit flipped to belly and dumped. was looking at the river below. barely made the football field. Altiltude awareness can get away real easy. the hop and pop out the door under 2k was good also. runway looked like a parking lot
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
Flygator 0
Ummm...does an AAD opening count as a pull???My first time sitflying and enjoyed myself a little too long. I thought I still had plenty of altitude
The secret to life is not arriving at the grave in a well preserved body but sliding in sideways completely worn out yelling "holy crap" what a ride!!!
The secret to life is not arriving at the grave in a well preserved body but sliding in sideways completely worn out yelling "holy crap" what a ride!!!
1200 ft on a 1600 ft hop and pop with a sabre,
1600 ft on a helicopter jump from 5g with a sam (2 times)
2000 ft from full altitude (oops lost track on first freefly jump)
Team Mantis----Mantis #3
Stop Looking at Me Swan!
1600 ft on a helicopter jump from 5g with a sam (2 times)
2000 ft from full altitude (oops lost track on first freefly jump)
Team Mantis----Mantis #3
Stop Looking at Me Swan!
pchapman 279
I don't mind dusting off old threads, so here's my 2 cents.
I don't know which sounds more stupid, accidentally getting sucked going low, or intentionally going low - as below. And silly activities always sound worse when done recently. If one says it took place in the '70s or '80s, then everyone is a lot more accepting.
Anyway, once upon a time, it was a grey autumn day at the DZ. Much of the day the overcast ceiling hovered just at or under the legal minimums. Only a small group of jumpers were around, making hop and pops. Then the DZO was off somewhere on an errand. One, uh, 'friend' took out his wingsuit and decided to try to get some freefall time. An old F-111 CRW canopy was used. The C-182 pilots were giving high speed passes, at the maximum door open speed of 100 mph. When some jumpers faced that for the first time (at least on a 182), they looked like first jump students, struggling with the unexpected wind.
The high speed exit and flight straight up jump run minimized altitude loss in the first seconds, and fooled the Protrack into showing the exit slightly lower than the actual 2000'. Normal freefall tables show 2000' equals 15 seconds. Even with the exit error, the Protrack showed 15 seconds freefall -- not bad for a hop and pop day -- and open at 800'. Protrack display attached.
It's just too easy to "do something once", so the jump was repeated. It doesn't need to be repeated again for a long time.
(The other main low-pull thread that I know of is http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=271397 . It is quite a bit longer but in the Bonfire.)
I don't know which sounds more stupid, accidentally getting sucked going low, or intentionally going low - as below. And silly activities always sound worse when done recently. If one says it took place in the '70s or '80s, then everyone is a lot more accepting.
Anyway, once upon a time, it was a grey autumn day at the DZ. Much of the day the overcast ceiling hovered just at or under the legal minimums. Only a small group of jumpers were around, making hop and pops. Then the DZO was off somewhere on an errand. One, uh, 'friend' took out his wingsuit and decided to try to get some freefall time. An old F-111 CRW canopy was used. The C-182 pilots were giving high speed passes, at the maximum door open speed of 100 mph. When some jumpers faced that for the first time (at least on a 182), they looked like first jump students, struggling with the unexpected wind.
The high speed exit and flight straight up jump run minimized altitude loss in the first seconds, and fooled the Protrack into showing the exit slightly lower than the actual 2000'. Normal freefall tables show 2000' equals 15 seconds. Even with the exit error, the Protrack showed 15 seconds freefall -- not bad for a hop and pop day -- and open at 800'. Protrack display attached.
It's just too easy to "do something once", so the jump was repeated. It doesn't need to be repeated again for a long time.
(The other main low-pull thread that I know of is http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=271397 . It is quite a bit longer but in the Bonfire.)
1600 on my first demo jump at night, winds were 20-30 had line twist approx 4, fixed it riser dived to make the 45 yardline was to hit the 50. Not so bad I only had 119 jumps.
David
David
Main - 2200
Reserve - 1700
Reserve - 1700
QuoteLowest pull main: ~2,700
No reserve rides (and I'm not planing on having on either)
i highly suggest planning on it..
main 1800
reserve 1600
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Scoop 0
2000 feet. Last jump on holiday so wasn't bothered about pissing anyone off. Camera guy wanted to film my deployment but I just kept him hanging there til he had enough and dumped first 
for aircraft emergencies and stuff ive always said 1500 or lower its a case of grab the reserve handle and get out, if im going to the top i tend to pack a bit of a snivel so i wouldnt want to risk an aad fire from a slow opener.
Tornolf 0
~275' - Terminal wingsuit skydive. Open above 100'
Terminal BASE jump 250', no wingsuit/trackpants, multiple times
Terminal BASE jump 275' -wingsuit, multiple times. Over a dozen pitching just above 300'
Subterminal freefall BASE jump, exit 215' pitch ~190'
Static line BASE jump - 120'
If you're going to go low then use the right tools for the job, otherwise it's foolish and very poor risk management. I never understand why people at a DZ will brag about going low and pitching below 1500' with a modern elliptical/semi elliptical ZP main which was poorly packed.
Terminal BASE jump 250', no wingsuit/trackpants, multiple times
Terminal BASE jump 275' -wingsuit, multiple times. Over a dozen pitching just above 300'
Subterminal freefall BASE jump, exit 215' pitch ~190'
Static line BASE jump - 120'
If you're going to go low then use the right tools for the job, otherwise it's foolish and very poor risk management. I never understand why people at a DZ will brag about going low and pitching below 1500' with a modern elliptical/semi elliptical ZP main which was poorly packed.
A waddling elephant seal is the cutest thing in the entire world.
-TJ
-TJ
no risk, no fun
Fumer tue, péter pue
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