petetheladd 0 #26 July 9, 2003 Quote***Answering These type of questions with "Stay on the ground" or "You don't have enough jumps to touch your front risers" ...etc,etc...has no useful benefits. Agreed maybe touch on it and then consider well sometimes the unexpected happens(we all know it can) and add your 2 cents. My advice Fly the canopy all the way to the ground and if conditions are marginal or spooky , get ready to PLF PtL P.S. and I mean a full blooded PLF No, Not without incident Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billy 0 #27 July 10, 2003 < You're on final and find yourself over an obstacle... you're not getting the forward drive you need to clear it. You might be tempted to try a low altitude sachet. Don't. Even a rear riser sachet can drive you into the ground. If you have the altitude, you can go to quarter or half brakes, allowing yourself to be blown backwards away from the obstacle.> Liked how you added the obstacle part after this,, it was the first thing I thought of in this example,, landing backwards, and descending into a turbulent shit hole,, I would try crabbing in half brakes also, but as has been mentioned elsewhere,, setting up your approach is the best way to avoid this... not good to "find yourself" in a situation... Been caught in winds that picked up on the way up also,, landed almost in friggin power lines and opted for a barb wire fence instead,, I was lucky,, was jump #10-15 somewhere and it was rented gear! Natural Born FlyerZ.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
