freekflyguy 0 #1 January 13, 2003 Here,s a vid of my one and only mal. ftp://ftp.skydivingmovies.com/UPLOADS/Mal.avi What would you have done. I knew what height I was at 3.5k. I knew where I was over the DZ. BuzzIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #2 January 13, 2003 Hmmmm, all I got was the sound track. Maybe I haven't figured out some of these files.I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #3 January 13, 2003 i downloaded as well, sountrack only.--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyMan 7 #4 January 13, 2003 I probably would've done exactly as you did. You found yourself in a spinning mal, and got out of the spins in 4 seconds. Awesome. You then found a line over and spent 10 seconds trying to clear it, before you took 6 seconds to open your reserve. It seems to me that once you were out of the spins, you had a relatively slow speed malfunction, and spending 10 seconds trying to fix it is entirely reasonable. That's just my opinion, though. _Am__ You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freekflyguy 0 #5 January 13, 2003 QuoteHmmmm, all I got was the sound track. Maybe I haven't figured out some of these files. Sorry guys its a divx file ill send a link for the codec BuzzIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freekflyguy 0 #6 January 13, 2003 That is a DivX version. Here is the codec for that file. http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec.html Here is a WMV version of the same. ftp://www.skydivingmovies.com/UPLOADS/Buzzs Mal.wmv BuzzIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #7 January 13, 2003 QuoteWhat would you have done. I would have left at 3 or 4 seconds. My mind went "cutaway" when the 3 or 4 was on the screen. The canopy looked like crap. Not saying you did anything wrong, just what I would have done. Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #8 January 13, 2003 Very Impressive. I have the feeling I would do what you did. What I'm impressed by, is the fact you tried to clear the line over. Nice work. It appeared to have a fair amount of stability coming out of the line twists. That leads me to believe i'd clear the toggles like you did. What altitude did you find yourself flying under your resererve?My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freekflyguy 0 #9 January 13, 2003 QuoteVery Impressive. What altitude did you find yourself flying under your resererve? My dytter was going off at 2k when I was under my reserve. BuzzIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #10 January 13, 2003 Was there any canopy damage after that?____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freekflyguy 0 #11 January 14, 2003 QuoteWas there any canopy damage after that? No none at all the canpoy and free bag landed in the trees, and my kit was off the road for 2 days. buzzIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyanvil 0 #12 January 14, 2003 dude, thats a serious ass vignette Vid "stons fal, evrysing fals, but doesnt on purpos change its flite pas an positioning..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zlew 0 #13 January 14, 2003 I think you did just right. The twists seemed to untwist themeslevs and didn't really dive. So it was pretty slow to start with. There was some progression with the line over, so it was a good idea, (since u had alt) to me to work with it for a sec. but then when it was clear it was a no go........ C' YA!!! Well played. Reading the posts while Downloading I was thinking that 15 seconds was way too long (plus i don't like forcing things low with a camera on), but it seemed pretty slow speed, and you didn't dick with anything too long. well played Z Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R00tj00se 0 #14 January 14, 2003 I've just watched the vid a couple of times - looked a fun one. Any idea what caused it - was it just sloppy packing? I agree with what someone else said, the twists seemed to sort themselves out. It's hard to get a feeling for speed from the video but it did look slow speed. I reckon once I'd seen the line over I would have chopped straight away but that's because I'm a coward!! Nice job though. Once I figure out how to I'll post video of my mal in Empuria last week - spectre 135 got a couple of twists and started to dive. My rule with twists is if it's not on heading and stable it's gone (like I said, I'm a total coward). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r2hubert 0 #15 January 15, 2003 Just a question. Do you have an RSL? -- Renaud SMA #9 "Mind is like parachute. It only functions when it's open." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freekflyguy 0 #16 January 20, 2003 Nope, no RSL. Buzz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slight 0 #17 January 21, 2003 New locations: DivX Version WMV Version I would have given up after the line twists were cleared. Lets say that the line over could have been cleared eventually, it would have looked like a ball of crap to my eyes (even if it had not been.) I would have decided to cutaway around the 5 second mark; I don't know how long after deciding it would take me to pull red however. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
