under-canopy backflip?

[jitsoa33 0]

under-canopy backflip? is it possible to do a complete vertical 360 under canopy?

sorry if whuffo.

[mikeat10500 12]

Anything is possible...but not always a good idea.
mike

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Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1
Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists.

[riggerrob 643]

Sure it's possible to do a 360 degree back flip under canopy.
I used to do backflips under my Strato-Cloud, but after knocking my reserve ripcord handle out of the pocket a half-dozen times, I quit.

[mikeat10500 12]

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I used to do backflips under my Strato-Cloud, but after knocking my reserve ripcord handle out of the pocket a half-dozen times, I quit.

I used hang inverted, feet in risers until I read
about I guy that went in that way " I had a very stable canopy though". After that I thought...what if
a first jump student see this...what's to stop him/her
from doing it" and landing with feet stuck in the risers".
Then they could all point at me and say...there is
the BAD man!!!! So now I try to behave in public.

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Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1
Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists.

[robskydiv 0]

I remember one hop'npop where the canopy deployed behind me while being on the hill. I looked up and saw the canopy fly itself over my head. That's the closest I've ever come to what you are proposing. Unless you count flipping through the risers. Harry

[rmsmith 1]

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under-canopy backflip? is it possible to do a complete vertical 360 under canopy?

An experienced skydiver did this stunt several times until his foot caught a couple of suspension lines resulting in a long violent diving turn into the ground. And yes, he died.

[mustard 0]

AND he was under a big canopy, I think it was a Triathlon 190 -- and he still died.

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DJan

[jitsoa33 0]

ive seen the leapfrogs do this cool thing when their going like...what...30mph toward the ground face first under canopy, and the canopy is facing horizontally toward the ground and so is the diver, then when hes like 20 feet from the ground he pulls back and he comes to an immediate halt and lands without raising a foot.

i just thought that was awesome...what is it?

[mikeat10500 12]

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AND he was under a big canopy, I think it was a Triathlon 190 -- and he still died.

That's the guy I read about...big canopy yes...but
not as stable as the old Cruiselite I had. "and not as big".

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Mike Wheadon B-3715,HEMP#1
Higher Expectations for Modern Parachutists.

[billvon 2,991]

>and the canopy is facing horizontally toward the ground and so is the diver . . .

That's a downplane, a CRW manuever where two skydivers remain attached and orient their canopies to cancel out each other's lift. They fly straight at the ground until they release.

[steve1 5]

I did a 360 once as my canopy was deploying in the Army. I backlooped through my risers with full equipment, putting a twist in my risers and suspension lines. It landed fine. Steve1

[faulknerwn 38]

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An experienced skydiver did this stunt several times until his foot caught a couple of suspension lines resulting in a long violent diving turn into the ground. And yes, he died.

Yep. He was a friend of mine. But he was doing more than just hanging from the risers (which I still like to do on occasion.) Dan was about 7 feet tall - really dang tall - and what he liked to do was flip upside down and he could get his feet way up in the lines (unlike my short legs). He did this a lot on his Prodigy, but then he got a new Triathalon 220. (Not that lightly loaded - being that he was 7 feet tall - I'm sure he weighed a good bit). He did it after a freefall load on a canopy he didn't have many jumps on. He got a foot stuck in the cascades and couldn't clear it and spiraled into the ground. AFAIK, no attempts to cutaway/reserve pull were made.

W