Gettin out of twist...

[fudd 0]

It was suggested on a Norwegian forum that it's better to push the risers together, rather than pulling them apart to get out of a twist.
Not what one would do by instinct, but it sounds reasonable.
Any thoughts on this, anyone???

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[PhillyKev 0]

Doesn't make much sense to me. If you twist up a couple pieces of rope and then push the ends past the twist closer together, nothing's going to happen. But if you pull on the ends it will untwist.

However, when you pull apart, it will tighten up the twists, you won't have more but they'll be tighter. Maybe after you stop the twists and are starting to kick out of them you want the twists looser to facilitate that?

[WayneRATS 0]

i'll give both a go the next jump it happens :)

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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

If twists are still going in, it's a lot harder for it to happen if the risers are pulled apart. Pulling them apart gives you more leverage to kick out as well.

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[fudd 0]

From the Norwegian forum, it's been argued that it's best to pull apart as long as you try to stop more twists. As soon as your spinning in the right direction, it's better to pull the riser togheter. That way the jumper turns around, rather than trying to turn the canopy.

Does that make sense?

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[DYEVOUT 0]

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From the Norwegian forum, it's been argued that it's best to pull apart as long as you try to stop more twists. As soon as your spinning in the right direction, it's better to pull the riser togheter. That way the jumper turns around, rather than trying to turn the canopy.

Not to me, sorry.

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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Kinda like skaters speed up when they bring their arms in whilst spinning?

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[Clownburner 0]

Maybe they're talking about pulling the twists down onto the risers to make kicking out of them easier?

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[fudd 0]

I think the point would be that the twists would be pushed down the lines.
See the illustration...(yes it sucks, but it illustrates the point)
Which one will clear first, given the same amount of twists? The right or left?

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[hookitt 1]

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Which one will clear first, given the same amount of twists? The right or left?

And given the fact that you are not spiralling...the left. Definately

Unless your feet are anchored you're not going to push the Twists up lines.

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[PhillyKev 0]

Well, you could clear the right faster if you're able to pull the risers apart ABOVE the twists. That may be what they were getting at....push them together to move the twists down to the risers, and then grab above the twists and pull apart.

[Rdutch 0]

Its my "Opinion" to do nothing with twist's just hang there, it will work out, (based on time never wait too long) but if you watch the bundle drops from the manufacturers, they drop inanimate objects and they sometimes twist, and they always come out. (well from the vid I have seen).
I used to hate my Velocity Openings until I started shooting Video where I quit watching my opening's, then they started opening great, that all was based on me trying to change or fly the opening. But 98% of all the line twists I have had came out fast as hell just by not doing nothing and hanging there, 1 after I had to kick out, and one I cut away but both I fought a little, if I had just rode it out Im sure it would have been fine.

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[PhillyKev 0]

That'll work, but you can definitely speed up the process if you actively kick out of them. When you're twisted you can't stear. I had someone with twists come flying straight at me after opening because they were facing the rear of the canopy and didn't know they were about to collide with me.

Right after opening when you usually get twists isn't a good time to not have control over your canopy (not that any time is).

[SkydivinMedic 0]

Just last week, I actually had a really bad twist on my AFF graduation jump, I was spinning out of control when I threw out my pilot chute, but it was pull altitude. I followed the rules I learned in ground school, by pulling apart the risers, and pedaling in the opposite direction of the twist, and I made out just fine. I would probably just stick with the rules!!