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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4hNgBL8wY

~If you can't pack, don't jump.
~if you can't identify the difference between a lineover, line twist, and a step-through, don't jump.
~If you have to geek the camera on a wingsuit deployment, don't jump.
~if you can't manage a big suit with low wingsuit jump experience, don't jump.

It just makes others look bad.

This is an "experienced skydiver" renting one of my school rigs.

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Gonna let the cause breathe til more people see it.
Lines were properly walked, canopy stowed entirely correctly, it's a stowless Dbag and lines were all properly figure-8'ted into the flap.
Hint; the packer left approx 36" of unstowed line in the tray.

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Hmm,
for me, it looks like a line over. A complete one over the whole canopy down the opposite side lines.
With one or more lines, hard to tell from the video.

But there are a few twists in the right line group as well, so there might be more than the lineover.

Greez,
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If you can't pack, don't jump.



nice try, but this would probably eliminate 1/3 of the u.s. jumping population or put packers out of work :P

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~if you can't identify the difference between a lineover, line twist, and a step-through, don't jump.



doesn't matter what it is - only question is: why did that guy fuck around that long????

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~If you have to geek the camera on a wingsuit deployment, don't jump.



I always knew you were a spoilsport: geeking the camera is the only reason for skydiving, isn't it?

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~if you can't manage a big suit with low wingsuit jump experience, don't jump.



well since you are the expert on that kind of stuff, I won't comment

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It just makes others look bad.



huh????
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@ :14 it looks like his steering line is routed through the wrong side/grommet of the slider...is it a removable slider and he somehow misrouted his line or something? I've never used or even seen a removable system being repacked so I'm not sure on the specifics of how they work

Edit: Looks like his right steering line was wrapped around his left set of lines before going up to the slider? This is confusing lol
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@ :14 it looks like his steering line is routed through the wrong side/grommet of the slider...is it a removable slider and he somehow misrouted his line or something? I've never used or even seen a removable system being repacked so I'm not sure on the specifics of how they work

Edit: Looks like his right steering line was wrapped around his left set of lines before going up to the slider? This is confusing lol




not at you TKoon just a general comment/question..... did he pitch his handles? I am pretty sure that is what I saw..... He saved his own life so nice work but after that reserve opened I would be pissed at myself if I just threw away my handles.
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yes,we found the main, freebag.
Handles are both gone. Probably in either the dense dry marsh or in the backyard of someone's home along the marsh.

Seeing him not clear the cutaway, and then fumble for the reserve handle might give folks good reason to practice EP's for muscle memory.

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It just makes others look bad.



huh????



A fair number of low-time, dumb-ass wingsuiters are making the rest of the wingsuit population suffer through their stupid actions/choices. Both BASE and skydive locations face a real risk of being closed due to people not understanding skydive basics before moving forward. Read the threads on basejumper.com; there is a very real threat of some exits being closed because people aren't doing their due diligence and causing problems.
There are already a couple DZ's that no longer allow wingsuiting.

Anyway....this was packed with around 1M of excess, which wouldn't be a problem had the excess been stowed in s-loops near the bottom of the reserve tray. When the Dbag was rotated, I believe it scooped up a line in the tabs on the stowless bag, or on the locking stow. Too much excess placed near the bottom of the main tray, I believe. This allowed the bag to deploy through the line.

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Gonna let the cause breathe til more people see it.
Lines were properly walked, canopy stowed entirely correctly, it's a stowless Dbag and lines were all properly figure-8'ted into the flap.
Hint; the packer left approx 36" of unstowed line in the tray.



What was his logic for leaving 3' of line unstowed?

Looks like he got the bridle under a line or two, if all else was done right.
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Given the amount of excess and the stowless Dbag, plus seeing how the packer thought he needed to manage the open corners of the rig, it's pretty easy to see how the Dbag caught up a line, and/or could tumble in the burble of a big wingsuit.
On a stowless system, you don't need any excess outside of the Dbag. Certainly not 3' plus.

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It's pretty easy to see how the Dbag caught up a line, and/or could tumble in the burble of a big wingsuit.



Not sure I'm with you on this one, if the PC is creating drag enough to pull the pin and extract the bag from the container, I don't see how it could then lose it's drag and fly thru some of the lines being played out.
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I guess it could be possible. I was thinking that flipping the bag through the lines to get a full inversion would mean the bridle and pilot chute had to go through there as well. That seemed unlikely but I'll admit I know nothing about stowless bags or wingsuit deployments.

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Too much excess placed near the bottom of the main tray, I believe. This allowed the bag to deploy through the line.



Unless he routed the bridle under the lines, it wouldn't have been able to dance its way into this configuration. I could freestow all of my lines and rotate the bag (which, I don't do anyways because it ends up making the container look bad usually) and so long as the bridle is clear, it will not be able to flip into this configuration.
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Too much excess placed near the bottom of the main tray, I believe. This allowed the bag to deploy through the line.



Unless he routed the bridle under the lines, it wouldn't have been able to dance its way into this configuration. I could freestow all of my lines and rotate the bag (which, I don't do anyways because it ends up making the container look bad usually) and so long as the bridle is clear, it will not be able to flip into this configuration.


This is what appears to have happened. He claims he put the bridle on top of the Dbag after he rotated it, before he pulled up the loop. But..., when he demonstrated his packjob, the Dbag was rolled up twisted and backwards, bridle routed underneath. That's the only thing that makes sense to me, too.
The combination of stowless D bag and open corners had this guy vexed, and he didn't ask anyone for help.
And...how many guys have 400+ jumps and only 3-5 packjobs under their belts?[:/]

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And...how many guys have 400+ jumps and only 3-5 packjobs under their belts?[:/]



How many of those were cutaways? :D:D

Also, there's plenty of TI's out there who cannot remember how to pack the rigs they're rated for... [:/]
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yes,we found the main, freebag.
Handles are both gone. Probably in either the dense dry marsh or in the backyard of someone's home along the marsh.

Seeing him not clear the cutaway, and then fumble for the reserve handle might give folks good reason to practice EP's for muscle memory.



Sorry about the loss of handles DSE but at least the guy is alive and you have the main and freebag.

This guy needs to practice his EP's and not mess around that long with a problem that could not be fixed. Had that main been spinning this could have ended a lot worse but then again he may not have messed with it then and just chopped. Hopefully.....
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Too much excess placed near the bottom of the main tray, I believe. This allowed the bag to deploy through the line.



Unless he routed the bridle under the lines, it wouldn't have been able to dance its way into this configuration. I could freestow all of my lines and rotate the bag (which, I don't do anyways because it ends up making the container look bad usually) and so long as the bridle is clear, it will not be able to flip into this configuration.


This is what appears to have happened. He claims he put the bridle on top of the Dbag after he rotated it, before he pulled up the loop. But..., when he demonstrated his packjob, the Dbag was rolled up twisted and backwards, bridle routed underneath. That's the only thing that makes sense to me, too.
The combination of stowless D bag and open corners had this guy vexed, and he didn't ask anyone for help.
And...how many guys have 400+ jumps and only 3-5 packjobs under their belts?[:/]


way too many.:S

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You'd figure in 400 jumps, he would learn to FLARE a canopy on landing (now that the video is posted on FB and I can view it)[:/]

ETA, DSE: Tell those guys commenting on the video on FB that it's not the brake line either, it's one of the front riser lines.:P

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j4hNgBL8wY

~If you can't pack, don't jump.
~if you can't identify the difference between a lineover, line twist, and a step-through, don't jump.
~If you have to geek the camera on a wingsuit deployment, don't jump.
~if you can't manage a big suit with low wingsuit jump experience, don't jump.

It just makes others look bad.

This is an "experienced skydiver" renting one of my school rigs.



not his rig, so why keep the handles in the first place!? :P

so, at 400 jumps he cant pack? and apparently, he cant land for shit, too!?

i keep on saying there's a problem with proper training and/or edumucation, after watching this video, i have no more questions.. :o
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not his rig, so why keep the handles in the first place!?



Quite right! I hold onto them because it is a matter of pride to have them after a mal, and I don't want them to interfere with the reserve deployment - let them go and that is just what they might do.

Perhaps the guy wanted to check out how hard a no flare landing would be.
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