The111 1 #1 March 29, 2004 It pays off. I have had to use them twice now. You can read about the first case here. Ray had some facts wrong, which I corrected him on. The important thing is that I executed my EP's horribly wrong. When I decided to do my EP's I didn't think too clearly about what I needed to do. At that point I had been trained with two handed EP's (two hands on red, pull, two hands on silver, pull) but I guess I hadn't drilled enough. And I didn't stay very calm. I panicked, looked down, put left hand on silver and pulled silver. I still can't explain why I did that, but in less than a second I was aware of my mistake and the implications it had (entanglement). I could literally feel the reserve PC firing off my back and thought "oh shit, I'm dead". Then in that same second I looked at my cutaway handle and thought "you can still pull it, and if you're going to now's the best time, before the reserve gets all the way out". So I pulled it fast, looked up to see the entanglement I was sure I had sentenced myself to, and got very very lucky. Main was inches above a fully inflated reserve, no entanglement. Since then I switched to one handed EP's and have DRILLED LIKE CRAZY. Up until then I had never believed drills had much merit as I thought I knew how to think clearly under stress. Well, all the hard work paid off, because when I decided to cutaway this Friday, even though I was a little scared and not liking the situation, I was still smiling inside as I looked at my handles because I knew exactly what to do. I even had the peace of mind to wait one second after cutting away since my back was to relative wind, arched hard, and then pulled silver as my belly hit the relative wind (thumb was in D the whole time). I have an RSL, which should have made that one second wait pointless, but the RSL actually didn't work (post in G&R about that), and I'm actually glad it didn't since I don't want shit coming out when I'm back to relative wind... I'm probably removing the RSL now because the only reason I had it was because I doubted my ability to stay calm in emergency, but now I know I can do that. I've "wanted" a malfunction for a long time so I could prove my ability to cutaway properly, and now I have that under my belt, and it will neeeeever happen again. [/sarcasm] I will continue drilling like crazy, and I will add two things to my EP's: (1) lock knees together (since I jump a WS and even if I don't it could help prevent something from going between my legs) and (2) arch hard while cutting away so I won't need to pause one second before silver.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mixoligist 0 #2 March 29, 2004 you are flying a B.M. wing suit already ??? Did this second mal happen while doing a B.M. jump ? Hope you got all your gear back and congratulations................................... Better you than me .................................. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #3 March 29, 2004 Hi Bob, yes I did my first WS jump with Chris Ash two weeks ago on a Classic, he said I was his best student ever and I bought a GTI right away. Have put 14 jumps on the GTI already, almost all were perfect openings, I guess I just started getting a little lazy on my deployment symmetry and got twists bad enough to spiral me. I also have no mods to my gear, which I am getting done immediately, and my next WS jump will be all about practice pulls. I found everything but the handles. So yes I was jumping the WS and I think not collapsing my leg wing before the chop sent me head-down and is partly responsible for my sore back. Post in WS forum about that...www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #4 March 30, 2004 QuoteDRILLED LIKE CRAZY.Up until then I had never believed drills had much merit as I thought I knew how to think clearly under stress. Gee I kinda remember someone telling you that....I can't for the life of me remember his name? Be careful...You still have very little experience and are pushing the edge pretty hard."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #5 March 31, 2004 QuoteI guess I just started getting a little lazy on my deployment symmetry and got twists bad enough to spiral me. On a Spectre at that loading? I don't believe it. Many are very quick to think they "must" have been shoulder down, even though they know how to fly and don't remember any such thing happening. I would not want a canopy which demands I be more level than I can even notice. I don't think a Spectre comes close to being in that category, if it even exists..People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
