Cornholio 0 #26 June 12, 2002 Thanks, I saw that thread. However that seemed to deal with the construction of the PC and not exactly what my question was. I was asking not of the construction, but of the packing concern I had. -Matt__________________________________________If first you don't succeed....skydiving is not for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdrew20012001 0 #27 June 12, 2002 Quote Depending on the rig I would either cutaway and open the reserve or (if the riser covers are really bad) just open the reserve. In AFF courses I teach the following instead (mostly to give the students do's and don'ts that require little thinking). If you have anything out (called partial malfunction, even if it is only the pilot shute as here) then you go through full procedure by cutting away and pulling your reserve. If you have nothing out (total malfunction), then go straight to your reserve. For those newer jumpers reading this I would say go with that. Drewfus McDoofus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #28 June 12, 2002 My last mal was a premature deployment of my PC. On a head down jump it came free and caught in my burble. I reached back and manually pulled the pin. It was a mistake.The bag floated out and the pilot flipped under and around my body. The canopy deployed in a mess, spinning me violently.I cut away and was able to pull off the bridle wrapped around me. Thank God I wasn't useing an RSL! If you can, pull in the pilot chute and go for the reserve. Skydiving is not a static excercise with discrete predictability... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #29 June 12, 2002 >In AFF courses I teach the following instead (mostly to give the students do's> and don'ts that require little thinking). I take that a step further - in the FJC, I teach one procedure for everything - cut away and open your reserve. Less thinking, and since our riser covers are in good shape, a procedure that works universally.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #30 June 12, 2002 That's good advice. The less thinking the better. Time is critical and a jumper in harms way needs to be able to act automatically. The RSL still scares me..Skydiving is not a static excercise with discrete predictability... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
czechbase 0 #31 September 7, 2003 Just thought that I'd share some frame grabs from last weekend's jump. I deployed and noticed that the bridle was being blocked by my right leg. I reached out and grabbed it and the main deployed. Didn't really think about it but just did it. You can see from the pictures that my right hand went to bring the bridle away from my leg. That was a pilot chute in tow correct? Sorry about the pictures, but that was the best I could do with Adobe Premier. Comments anyone?www.motavi.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #32 September 8, 2003 Yes, that sure looks like a PC in tow. In the first picture it appears that you pin is out and you are on you back. Did you deploy on your back or roll over dealing with the problem? If the pin is in fact out it would be interesting to know what was holding the bag in the container. Glad things worked out for you. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
czechbase 0 #33 September 8, 2003 Yeah, I felt the birdle on my right leg and the main wasn't coming out. So I sat up on my back and pulled it away with my right hand, and as soon as I did that, I faced down and flew on my belly. Then the main come out immediately after that. If it didn't come out I was pretty ready to cut away and deploy my reserve. Funny thing was it happended so fast, no time to panic! www.motavi.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
