skyrider 0 #26 December 17, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote I do one hand on each handle,(7cutaways so far) her suit presented issues...."my" opinon, she should have located handles before losing the only rag she had! never had a cutaway yet, probably because i do my own packing.. for your next reserve repack, do it with your rigger i ALWAYS pull my handles when i bring in my rig for repack! the first time, i was actually thinking of doing it IN THE AIR, on my last jump of the day.. i know, that's kind of stupid, but really, it was TEMPTING!!! keep in mind if caught doing that, S&TA's will ground you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #27 December 17, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote I do one hand on each handle,(7cutaways so far) her suit presented issues...."my" opinon, she should have located handles before losing the only rag she had! never had a cutaway yet, probably because i do my own packing.. for your next reserve repack, do it with your rigger i ALWAYS pull my handles when i bring in my rig for repack! the first time, i was actually thinking of doing it IN THE AIR, on my last jump of the day.. i know, that's kind of stupid, but really, it was TEMPTING!!! keep in mind if caught doing that, S&TA's will ground you! since i do know how to pack, i could probably get away comfortably with it.. i'm more mature and wiser now! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #28 December 17, 2010 Quotethere are two common methods: the one i was taught was; look, locate, punch right punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, peel, punch, toss find silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work And you left out important steps in each one. the one i was taught was; look, locate GRAB RIGHT, look, locate GRAB LEFT,ARCH! PEAL RIGHT, punch right, PEAL LEFT, punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, LOOK RESERVE peel, punch, toss find GRAB silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work You don't cutaway and *then* start looking for the reserve. You either have it in your hand, or are looking at it before you cutaway. You might want to spend some time in a harness, or at least talk to an instructor. I do the one hand each handle (have to for tandems) and I like that method best. It has worked for 9 or 10 malfunctions."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #29 December 17, 2010 Quotekeep in mind if caught doing that, S&TA's will ground you! Worse, the reserve is not a guaranty. Back in 93(?) in Keystone, FL a guy passed his AFF eval and to celebrate cutaway a perfectly good main to get a baglock on his reserve."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #30 December 17, 2010 Quote Quote keep in mind if caught doing that, S&TA's will ground you! Worse, the reserve is not a guaranty. Back in 93(?) in Keystone, FL a guy passed his AFF eval and to celebrate cutaway a perfectly good main to get a baglock on his reserve. wow, that's a REALLY bad day.. i would never do such a thing; and it's my BIRTHDAY today! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #31 December 17, 2010 QuoteI prefer one hand per handle while wingsuiting ... after all, wings can cover handles. I was trained one hand per. All of my cutaways except my first jump/tandem have been in a wingsuit. The last cutaway I was in a spin on my back not unlike Steph's. One hand for cutaway, but Dring was covered in nylon. There was no thought; I went to two hands automatically. If you have a plan and muscle memory, I'd submit that changing up the plan isn't going to be a problem when a revision is called for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petejones45 0 #32 December 18, 2010 QuoteQuotethere are two common methods: the one i was taught was; look, locate, punch right punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, peel, punch, toss find silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work And you left out important steps in each one. the one i was taught was; look, locate GRAB RIGHT, look, locate GRAB LEFT,ARCH! PEAL RIGHT, punch right, PEAL LEFT, punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, LOOK RESERVE peel, punch, toss find GRAB silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work You don't cutaway and *then* start looking for the reserve. You either have it in your hand, or are looking at it before you cutaway. You might want to spend some time in a harness, or at least talk to an instructor. I do the one hand each handle (have to for tandems) and I like that method best. It has worked for 9 or 10 malfunctions. like its been said there are many different ways for eps to be taught. why wouldn't you arch after a cutaway?Look out for the freefly team, Smelly Peppers. Once we get a couple years more experience we will be a force to be reckoned with in the near future! BLUES! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #33 December 18, 2010 Quote Quote Quote there are two common methods: the one i was taught was; look, locate, punch right punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, peel, punch, toss find silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work And you left out important steps in each one. the one i was taught was; look, locate GRAB RIGHT, look, locate GRAB LEFT,ARCH! PEAL RIGHT, punch right, PEAL LEFT, punch left ARCH! and the other one is grab red, LOOK RESERVE peel, punch, toss find GRAB silver pull arch. way to many steps in my opinion but it seems to work You don't cutaway and *then* start looking for the reserve. You either have it in your hand, or are looking at it before you cutaway. You might want to spend some time in a harness, or at least talk to an instructor. I do the one hand each handle (have to for tandems) and I like that method best. It has worked for 9 or 10 malfunctions. like its been said there are many different ways for eps to be taught. why wouldn't you arch after a cutaway? My guess is because in many cases, you could spend the rest of your life getting stable....Rather than getting fabric over your head right away! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 7 #34 December 18, 2010 Quotelike its been said there are many different ways for eps to be taught. why wouldn't you arch after a cutaway? There are two generally accepted methods, not exactly 'many'. Please read my post again and you will see that there is ARCH in there... Just not where you had it."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spootch 0 #35 December 19, 2010 Actually the only thing she does WRONG is not discard the handles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
