Pilotchute... in tow? on feet!

[mds58 0]

Hi. What think about this video Aff jm?


http://www.para-net.org/paramag/archives/directlive/direct182/images/fil.mov

[skydiverek 63]

http://www.para-net.org/paramag/archives/directlive/direct182/images/fil.mov

[Remster 30]

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Pilotchute... in tow

Actually, its a horseshoe...

Remster

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

I believe the students AAD fired on that one.

EDIT: ie. the student didn't manage to get it sorted / dump the reserve manually

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[mds58 0]

yes.. horseshoe or tow, it's not important.
Which is the cause? Perhaps bridle was stored bad?
You see the entangle is immediatly when pilotchute is half-stored into pocket.

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

The student does even get their arm to 45 degrees and the bridle is around their ankle

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[mds58 0]

for all readers:
Cypres fired with no damage.

[BlueEyedMonster 0]

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yes.. horseshoe or tow, it's not important.
Which is the cause? Perhaps bridle was stored bad?
You see the entangle is immediatly when pilotchute is half-stored into pocket.

If you advance frame by frame, you can see that the bridle is not visible until the pilot is fully extracted. Her pant leg flaps when the pilot chute is half out.

But, she brushes the pilot chute against her foot while it is still in her hand. It looks like the position of her feet and the luck of the wind may have caused this more than anything else.

[darkwing 5]

It seems to me quite appalling that the videographer pulled without tracking. Note how close the troubled jumper was after the video guy opened.

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[ERICCONNELLY 0]

I was thinking the same thing. THis could have been MUCH worse. If you can't help, get away - I hope the video guy realized how close this was to a double fatal.

E

[johnny1488 1]

Could this be caused by having the bridal outside the pilotchute? ie Folding the pilotchute and when its in the size to put in the boc folding the excess bridal back and forth over the chute? It just looks like the bridal came out awful fast.

Johnny
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[rickfri59 0]

What do you use to play a .MOV file. I've tried Windows Media, Real One, and DivX

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Quicktime.

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[CrazyIvan 0]

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What do you use to play a .MOV file. I've tried Windows Media, Real One, and DivX

Download Quicktime here buddy.

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[BlueEyedMonster 0]

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Could this be caused by having the bridal outside the pilotchute?

Your bridle always comes out that fast -- the second it catches air. That is why it is important to keep your legs and arms clear while deploying.

[mccordia 74]

I think it's actualy hooks on the shoes that catch the bridle....it doesn't appear to wrap around the shoe or anything, it just stays hooked to one point the moment it hits there...

The video's that are a few directories up (several SCARY ASS HALL low-pulls) scared me waayyyy more then this one...

JC
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[skydivejersey 0]

It seems to me pretty clear that the possition of the legs at pull are so bent that the bridle as it is pulled out of the bag catches on the bottom of the shoe resulting in a the bridle looping around the leg and subsequently being pulled tight as the pilot chute inflates.

How glad am I that students have to have an AAD. What concerns me is that this student had to rely on it.

[sundevil777 102]

Booties can serve a safety related purpose! To protect the heel from snagging your bridle.

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[Remster 30]

I donno.... To me, on the vid, it looks like the briddle loops itself around the foot... I looked at it several time frame by frame, and it looks like that to me...

Remster

[BlueEyedMonster 0]

It does wrap around the foot.

BUT, booties would have helped because the loop around the foot was caused by the bridle snagging the back of the shoe.

Eliminate the snag and eliminate the malfunction. With that said... do you really want to add that extra control surface to a students suit?

[skydivejersey 0]

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Eliminate the snag and eliminate the malfunction. With that said... do you really want to add that extra control surface to a students suit?

having said that...with the feet where they are he's not exactly going to flying off forwards now is he!

[nacmacfeegle 0]

"To me, on the vid, it looks like the briddle loops itself around the foot... I looked at it several time frame by frame, and it looks like that to me..."

I'm with the Remster on this one, it loops around the whole foot, its pretty clear frame by frame. In QT pause it and use the cursor arrows (left and right) to frame advance etc....

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[BlueEyedMonster 0]

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having said that...with the feet where they are he's not exactly going to flying off forwards now is he!

Nope, but it makes for some good backward motion. ...and I think its a she.

[skydivejersey 0]

Yes. Its wrapped around the foot but only cause it caught on the boot just after being pulled out.

[sundevil777 102]

I was not serious about booties for students.

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