Reserve Rides

[MB38 0]

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4 emergency reserve rides, 3 canopy malfunctions

Floating PUD?

I really don't know what I'm talking about.

[diablopilot 2]

Word.

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You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously.

[niu 0]

2 in somewhere in between 1700-2000 jumps.

[JohnMitchell 16]

About 13 in 4600+. Was doing real well, 2 in 1800, then started tandems and all this new ZP canopy stuff, plus a couple of totals. Oh well, that's what it's ther for.

[Danne 0]

Zero in 1300 jumps.

(knocking wood)
/D

[TrickyDicky 0]

2 in 350. Jump 12 and ~150

First one involved entanglement and bag lock after I went unstable on a 5s delay. Bit scary, but I didnt go in.

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[flow 1]

None before I bought a Velocity, now I have two.

One toggle unstowed during opening wasn't a problem on a Stiletto or a Crossfire, but Velocity doesn't seem to like it.

[John4455 0]

3 out of 1561 jumps. Plus one on an intentional breakaway rig.

Line over
bag lock
Tension knot on a tandem

How do ya like it Johnny?

[idlewild70 0]

i had a lineover on # 20 and on # 23 while renting gear, the knot on my right steering toggle came undone.

-Fish


Blue skies, Soft landings

[Scottyb 0]

1 on my last jump #125, pilot chute in tow mal

[riggerrob 643]

20 reserve rides in about 5,000 jumps.

knotted stabilizers on a Crossbow

horse shoe that turned into a bag lock

knotted stabilizers on an experimental square

more bag locks and streamers

lots of tension knots

a few broken lines

holes big enough to drive buses through

a couple of rapidly spinning tiny mains

plus a couple more mains that I should have cutaway

etc.

[Airman1270 0]

Three to date:

1) Jump #14. Chest-mount, non-steerable round (pilot chute removed) after failing to locate main ripcord.

2) Jump #142. Cutaway after a low-speed malfunction. Very hard pull, almost went in. Strong lopo.

3) Jump #540. Cutaway following a streamer. Got open at around 1000' and steered the lopo into a small clear spot in a neighbor's yard.

My new rig has a Smart. Haven't used it yet...

Cheers,
Jon S.

[AiRpollUtiOn 0]

1 in 850, Spinning mal on a Stiletto on a Birdman-jump.
Got the protrack log

"Don't make me come down there" - God.

My site:http://www.skystudio.nl/video.html
Some of my vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSkyStudio

[fergs 0]

Three in 3000 and 33 years.

First 1976 - brand new Strato Cloud, blew lines on first opening and spun up. That was a Navy conical reserve.

Second 1981 - pull out pilot chute - hadn't sewn down the bridle end out of the bridle bow-line knot at the pilot chute- it simply came undone - I pulled it out and threw, was left with a lonely bridle in the breeze. Is that why we called it a "throw-away pilot chute"? Hahaha. Another round reserve, PISA conical.

Third a cpl months ago (24 years since the last one, eh?!!). It was simlpy line twists that refused to unwind - so I just got off. Having owned 5 or 6 square reserves, finally got to use one. A Smart from Aerodyne. Sweet opening, flew well, very soft landing.

Blue Skies,

f

[TheBachelor 5]

Zero in 1090 jumps.

There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

[tomvailco 0]

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Zero in 1090 jumps.[/repl

way to go!

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[btucker 0]

4 in 2000.

Hard Pull.
Pilot Chute tangled in D & Brake Lines.
Bag lock.
Pilot Chute tangled in D & Barke Lines.

Blue Dreams Benno

[Meux 0]

One on jump 67.

AAD activated, had a stable side by side for a little while, when the main started to turn and wrap, I let it go.

[nate_1979 9]

I had my second chop at jump 96 ish (dont have logbook handy) ... Have not had one since

FGF #???
I miss the sky...
There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

[ripcord4 0]

Two in 2,628 jumps. First was jump #6, my first freefall. 28' cheapo never came out of the sleeve, about half the lines never unstowed. Second was jump #8, a Mae West. Both times same reserve, a 24' T7A military chest mount with no pilot chute. Both landings were uneventful. That was in 1962 and no mals since.

[steviejb 0]

2 in 370 jumps.First one was a total on aff level 6,2nd one was spinning line twists.

[tomvailco 0]

none since 1962, that's pretty amazing

[ripcord4 0]

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none since 1962, that's pretty amazing

Both mals were someone else's pack jobs. I have always packed my own mains ever since, cheapos, PC's and squares. I am sometimes derided for the care and time I take in packing, but the results speak for themselves...no malfunctions in 43 years.

[tomvailco 0]

[darrenspooner 0]

1 in 150 jumps (at jump 122). 12th jump on a new main. High speed spinning mal. Was opening all over the place with diving turns, end cell closure etc. Done 50 jumps on it now and its settled down.