Ruffles 0 #1 December 18, 2002 Please check off any of the malfunction categories you have experienced which resulted in you landing under a reserve (or main & reserve combination). Please limit the events to the last 10 years of your diving. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 December 18, 2002 For this to make sense, would you also need the reserve deployments per jumps ratio?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruffles 0 #3 December 18, 2002 Yeah, that would be way cool, is there a way I can integrate that into the poll? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #4 December 18, 2002 I've had 3 rides... my total ratio is ~ 1:565... That may be a little misleading though... the first two rides were under 25 jumps, the third was around 1200 jumps later. #1 - Jump 15 - Student Gear - Pilot Chute Hes. - Round reserve #2 - Jump 24 - Second Jump on my own gear - Pilot Chute in Tow - resulted in a two out that I landed #3 - ~Jump 1250 - Premature Break release on x-braced canopy loaded at 2.1:1 resulting in line twists/spinning - Uneventful reserve landing. JoshAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 December 18, 2002 Had two out once around jump 30 something. Not sure why...it just decided to open about the time I got full inflation of the main. Handles in place and no Cypres fire. Under "two good" canopies at 2400Ft. Landed uneventfully.I still consider my ratio to be 0:311. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,989 #6 December 18, 2002 You should add tension knots - I've had three (all tandems.) Maybe PC bowtie as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustard 0 #7 December 18, 2002 Quote You should add tension knots - I've had three (all tandems.) Maybe PC bowtie as well. Yeah, I also had a canopy entanglement with another jumper on opening, which made me wonder if all CRW (intentional or not) reserve rides would be under "other." *** DJan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruffles 0 #8 December 18, 2002 The tension knot thing would have been a good idea, you're right. Unfortunately, the thing won't let me do an "Edit Post" to add that category. I've heard a lot of people talk about tension knots, dunno why I forgot. Incidentally, what does a tension knot usually become (i.e. spinner, malformed canopy, etc.)? Regarding canopy wraps, I didn't want to include them as this is generally not a component of an abnormally functioning piece of equipment (like when you do Crew, you get wraps generally, but it is not a malfunction per se, its because there was collision). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #9 December 18, 2002 Three rides in 3200 jumps: -One bad CRW wrap where I chopped at 900 feet -One time where someone hooked my spare canopy up wrong and didn't do a check before packing it. The mal spun very quickly -One time where I had a premature brake deployment jumping my wingsuit Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
relyon 0 #10 December 19, 2002 I've had 6 reserve rides in 1175 jumps, all of them in the aftermath of CRW entanglements/wraps: o One of four cutaways after a 25-diamond funnel. o Pilot chute entanglement with canopy above me o Plane dock on 8-plane formation o Plane dock on 8-kite formation o Stack dock on 4-stack formation o Wing/lockup entaglement/wrap on a 29-way Although I've come quite close on some other CRW jumps, I've had no problems worse than a couple line twists on non-CRW jumps (looking for some wood to knock). Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #11 December 19, 2002 31st jump, i had a toggle stuck and i just could not get that thing out, well it came to descision alt, and i said "okay, here we go" chop...... and flew a beautiful white tempo in for a great landing....HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trmnljnky 0 #12 December 19, 2002 1st was on my 2nd night jump, one break would not release due to tensoin knot2nd the hacky handle came off my pilot chute Byron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaMan 0 #13 December 20, 2002 Three demos of reserves as mains-so, it's "other" for me.Z-Flock 8 Discotec Rodriguez Too bad weapons grade stupidity doesn't lead to sterility. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mindcake 0 #14 December 21, 2002 ratio 1:50 tension knot on jump 32 landed a 200sq ft Raven II loaded 1.1:1 in a bean field with all the tandems on the same load Jim Don´t belive the hype Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumpster 0 #15 December 21, 2002 1- AAD fire 1-Line groups crossed (like a step-through, sort of-) Easy Does It Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #16 December 22, 2002 my only cutaway was a bag lock7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homer 0 #17 December 22, 2002 1- Jump #54 (first jump on my new equipment) collapsed pilot chute in tow due to it being installed wrong. I now have 113 squares and 24 rounds = 1 in 137 jumps and counting. CSA #699 Muff #3804 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lewmonst 0 #18 December 22, 2002 my cutaway ratio is 0:715 yippee http://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #19 December 29, 2002 I just had my pre-second cutaway this weekend. I had a hard pull which made me go head down during deployment. My main opened with severe line twists and immediately went into a spiral. I chopped without fighting with it too much. My ratio is now 1:76. "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ruffles 0 #20 December 31, 2002 "Pre-second".. I like it. Were you able to avoid the "Beer Clause" by using that? I'll have to try it at my DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMonkey 0 #21 December 31, 2002 jump #100 YAHOO! closing loop not tight enough, premature deployment coming out of a sit....got a horseshoe that cleared itself and the pc wrapped the canopy as it came out of the dbag result = high speed streamer have amazing video of the entire thing, it is pretty cool to watch after the fact! --------------------- Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #22 December 31, 2002 Some of the best video I've ever seen of someone looking stupid while they have a ball of shit behind then they don't even know about. And, Chris even risked his own life to make sure he shot the whole thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psw097 0 #23 December 31, 2002 1100 jumps, one reserve ride so far. Spinning line twist under a Viper 105. Found it in the woods with only one brake line stowed - whoops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #24 December 31, 2002 1st--Toggle out Locked above and below the slider.. Very strange. Couldn't fly it straight. 2nd-- 1 1/2 line twist... Go figure 3rd-- borrowed rig.. toggle out.. flung me into line twists... (just happened to be 2 years and 2 months out of date) Another story 4th-- borrowed rig. Hard pull on a pull out. lost the handle, Gave up at 2 grand. (another good story) 5th--1 1/2 line twists 6th-- 2 line twists ------ All packed by other people... go figure. I have about 150 to 200 packed by someome else during training and while doing some AFF dives. Ive had up to 7 or 8 line twists and the parachute flew fine... give me 1 1/2 and I'm done.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #25 December 31, 2002 1st - couldn't find a handle; 26' LoPo. 2nd - tension knot; Bogy200 => Swift Plus 175 3rd - broken lines (Kevlar); BT50 => Swift Plus 175 4th - spinning mal (probably lost a toggle); BT50 => Swift 177 5th - lineover; BT50 => Swift 177 6th - lineover; BT50 => Swift 177 (I have a lot of jumps on Blue Tracks, and own three of them) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites