skyyhi 0 #1 April 26, 2004 Okay, I go up on a three-way with a couple guys. One, a quite experienced belly flyer and the other a recently current flyer who is just learning to fly with others. Although I only have 63 jumps I do jump every weekend so I am quite current. Anyway, we exit the plane and the exit kind of falls apart (not surprising there). The newer jumper is falling too fast for me to keep up with so the experienced guy keeps with him. I keep my eye on the formation and arch hard to get closer down to them. They break off and I watch the direction of track before turning and tracking myself. I notice the newer guy didn't get much distance so I watch his deployment then I deploy. I watch him (for some reason I was kind of worried about him from the moment we got on the plane) and noticed his canopy sniveled for a long, long time (spectre 210 loaded just under 1 to 1). Then about 3/4ths of the canopy opens and he is immediately thrown into a spiral. At first I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at, but then realized later after talking to him that he was not causing the spirals, the canopy was spiraling him. He cut away and next thing I know I see the beautiful white reserve canopy, that he landed without incident. I followed him down to make sure he was okay and also watched where the main landed. Anyway, my question is. . .since he didn't know what was causing the violent spin other than he did not see a line-over. What other types of mals would cause the canopy to only partially inflate and go into a violent spin? Unstowed brake, broken brake line, or something else?________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #2 April 26, 2004 >What other types of mals would cause the canopy to only partially > inflate and go into a violent spin? Canopy damage to the topskin. A tension knot near the canopy. A lineover (often hard to see.) A released/broken brake line, in smaller canopies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #3 April 26, 2004 Thanks, Bill. . .careful inspection of the main showed no broken lines and no broken brake line - and no damage was apparent on the main either. Since I haven't had a mal yet, it was a good experience for me to see it first-hand. Thanks for the info. . .________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckbrown 0 #4 April 26, 2004 I watched a guy on a CRW load have a spinning malfunction right out of the plane. He rode it down 10,000 ft. before he had to chop. The canopy was fine which made me think that it was a tension knot which kept the canopy from inflating on one side. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #5 April 26, 2004 Thanks Chuck. I love learning about this stuff. I hope it helps when the time comes.________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
