Calvin19 0 #1 December 10, 2006 OK, have you ever cutaway a good canopy just for fun, and because you need a repack anyway? or have you ever induced a mal so it looks like you needed to cut away? -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #2 December 10, 2006 as in before you exit, you KNOW your going to cut away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwampThing 0 #3 December 10, 2006 QuoteOK, have you ever cutaway a good canopy just for fun, and because you need a repack anyway? or have you ever induced a mal so it looks like you needed to cut away? Well, Yes and No...why do you ask? The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #4 December 10, 2006 wondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #5 December 10, 2006 Poll: screw you guys. Have you ever induced a mal to cutaway, OR just cutaway a good parachute? Quote Now is that anyway to ask? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DougH 270 #6 December 10, 2006 In a relationship yes!!! While skydiving, no!! So what are the odds that you end up with a reserve malfunction?"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #7 December 10, 2006 Quotei do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? Then you're nuts. I wish you good luck - you need it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GrabGrass 0 #8 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? RIIIIIGHT!! SURE you do.....! The meds from your little Boo Boo makin' ya say funny things?! ~ "Pack Fast, Pull Low... and Date Your Riggers WIFE!" ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MagicGuy 0 #9 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? It's actually illegal to do, or so I'm told.. No, would never do it. Unless I'm jumping a Strong Tridem. Why waste a good canopy, and have to go chasing after it. And why put yourself in even more risk. I'm all set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #10 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? Yeah...think I'm gonna have to 'call bullshit' on that one too! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #11 December 10, 2006 shit, you guys got me. im just trying to make a fuss. sorry. i have never cutaway intentionaly. that would be crazy!!!!! i mean, seriously, IT IS YOUR LAST PARACHUTE! what if? but!!! that would be sooo stupid, sorry i even posted it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SwampThing 0 #12 December 10, 2006 QuoteSo what are the odds that you end up with a reserve malfunction? Quote oh, about 50-50 ! The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GQ_jumper 4 #13 December 10, 2006 oh, about 50-50 ! Quote Really cause I heard the 67.98 percent of the time the reserve works every time. I read it in an article yesterday, right after I read an article about how 95 percent of all statistics are made up on the spotHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #14 December 10, 2006 OK, seriously, who are the other 2 people who said they had done an intentional cutaway?!! i am going to citizen arrest your ass for doing something illegal, and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing something so stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #15 December 10, 2006 I have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentionals with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DougH 270 #16 December 10, 2006 Quote oh, about 50-50 ! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #17 December 10, 2006 QuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #18 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #19 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #20 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Oh no, not Revis.. he would never meet his end in the way we all thought he would (which would have been going in due to low pulling or riding a reserve mal in after cutting away a good main). He took off one night in the fog in an airplane with no instrument lighting using only a flashlight, turned upsidedown and crashed into the garbage dump about a mile from the Z-Hills Commercial Center (where it used to be in the middle of the airport). His Tri-Con round reserve always opened. My 26' Navy Conical would have always opened IMO, but I would NEVER have bet my last chance on that when I didn't need to. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #21 December 10, 2006 His Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 10, 2006 QuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? 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DougH 270 #6 December 10, 2006 In a relationship yes!!! While skydiving, no!! So what are the odds that you end up with a reserve malfunction?"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 December 10, 2006 Quotei do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? Then you're nuts. I wish you good luck - you need it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrabGrass 0 #8 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? RIIIIIGHT!! SURE you do.....! The meds from your little Boo Boo makin' ya say funny things?! ~ "Pack Fast, Pull Low... and Date Your Riggers WIFE!" ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicGuy 0 #9 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? It's actually illegal to do, or so I'm told.. No, would never do it. Unless I'm jumping a Strong Tridem. Why waste a good canopy, and have to go chasing after it. And why put yourself in even more risk. I'm all set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #10 December 10, 2006 Quotewondering how rare it is, i do it when i need a repack. why waste a perfectly good packjob and the ability to have a sub terminal freefall? not to mention the prectice of dealing with a mal? Yeah...think I'm gonna have to 'call bullshit' on that one too! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #11 December 10, 2006 shit, you guys got me. im just trying to make a fuss. sorry. i have never cutaway intentionaly. that would be crazy!!!!! i mean, seriously, IT IS YOUR LAST PARACHUTE! what if? but!!! that would be sooo stupid, sorry i even posted it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwampThing 0 #12 December 10, 2006 QuoteSo what are the odds that you end up with a reserve malfunction? Quote oh, about 50-50 ! The Pessimist says: "It can't possibly get any worse!" The Optimist says: "Sure it can!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GQ_jumper 4 #13 December 10, 2006 oh, about 50-50 ! Quote Really cause I heard the 67.98 percent of the time the reserve works every time. I read it in an article yesterday, right after I read an article about how 95 percent of all statistics are made up on the spotHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #14 December 10, 2006 OK, seriously, who are the other 2 people who said they had done an intentional cutaway?!! i am going to citizen arrest your ass for doing something illegal, and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing something so stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #15 December 10, 2006 I have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentionals with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DougH 270 #16 December 10, 2006 Quote oh, about 50-50 ! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #17 December 10, 2006 QuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #18 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #19 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #20 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Oh no, not Revis.. he would never meet his end in the way we all thought he would (which would have been going in due to low pulling or riding a reserve mal in after cutting away a good main). He took off one night in the fog in an airplane with no instrument lighting using only a flashlight, turned upsidedown and crashed into the garbage dump about a mile from the Z-Hills Commercial Center (where it used to be in the middle of the airport). His Tri-Con round reserve always opened. My 26' Navy Conical would have always opened IMO, but I would NEVER have bet my last chance on that when I didn't need to. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #21 December 10, 2006 His Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 10, 2006 QuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? 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GQ_jumper 4 #13 December 10, 2006 oh, about 50-50 ! Quote Really cause I heard the 67.98 percent of the time the reserve works every time. I read it in an article yesterday, right after I read an article about how 95 percent of all statistics are made up on the spotHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #14 December 10, 2006 OK, seriously, who are the other 2 people who said they had done an intentional cutaway?!! i am going to citizen arrest your ass for doing something illegal, and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing something so stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #15 December 10, 2006 I have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentionals with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DougH 270 #16 December 10, 2006 Quote oh, about 50-50 ! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #17 December 10, 2006 QuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #18 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Calvin19 0 #19 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #20 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Oh no, not Revis.. he would never meet his end in the way we all thought he would (which would have been going in due to low pulling or riding a reserve mal in after cutting away a good main). He took off one night in the fog in an airplane with no instrument lighting using only a flashlight, turned upsidedown and crashed into the garbage dump about a mile from the Z-Hills Commercial Center (where it used to be in the middle of the airport). His Tri-Con round reserve always opened. My 26' Navy Conical would have always opened IMO, but I would NEVER have bet my last chance on that when I didn't need to. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #21 December 10, 2006 His Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 10, 2006 QuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? 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Calvin19 0 #14 December 10, 2006 OK, seriously, who are the other 2 people who said they had done an intentional cutaway?!! i am going to citizen arrest your ass for doing something illegal, and you should be ashamed of yourself for doing something so stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #15 December 10, 2006 I have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentionals with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #16 December 10, 2006 Quote oh, about 50-50 ! "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #17 December 10, 2006 QuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #18 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #19 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #20 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteI have made two intentionals. Both with three parachutes. It's kind of a shame that's so hard to do these days, was much easier in the days of piggybacks with d-rings and round reserves. When I had my real mal, the cutaway and reserve deployment were routine... I have seen two others do intentional with just their usual two canopy rigs. Seemed crazy to me though one of those two (Billy Revis) did it several times when his reserve was due for a repack (every 60 days back then). I knew a guy like that too, he said...I bet my ass on it every other jump, what's the difference? Revis said all kinds of things like that including "I'll never make my 25th birthday"... he didn't. did he go in because of a reserve mal? Oh no, not Revis.. he would never meet his end in the way we all thought he would (which would have been going in due to low pulling or riding a reserve mal in after cutting away a good main). He took off one night in the fog in an airplane with no instrument lighting using only a flashlight, turned upsidedown and crashed into the garbage dump about a mile from the Z-Hills Commercial Center (where it used to be in the middle of the airport). His Tri-Con round reserve always opened. My 26' Navy Conical would have always opened IMO, but I would NEVER have bet my last chance on that when I didn't need to. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 6 #21 December 10, 2006 His Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 10, 2006 QuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? I'll hold your beer and watch while you do it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
RogerRamjet 0 #22 December 10, 2006 QuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? I'll hold your beer and watch while you do it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
airtwardo 6 #23 December 10, 2006 QuoteQuoteHis Tri-Con round reserve... Quote was his, with or w/o the lateral bands? He had the original tri-conical low porosity 23' reserve. *** Mine was the 'updated' version of the 23' tri....with the no blow up bands. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? I'll hold your beer and watch while you do it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
Amazon 7 #24 December 10, 2006 They used to be called Canopy Transfers.... at reserve repack time some would deploy the main........ then once flying the sqaure they would deploy the round reservebehind them and just as it would start to inflate they would chop the main... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? I'll hold your beer and watch while you do it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Zing 2 #25 December 10, 2006 I had one of those original tri-cons too. I used it once and then got something else after hearing sport death stories about tri-cons. I have also done a few intentional cutaways for airshows/demos, but always with three canopies. I've had 51 for real reserve rides, one total and 50 cutaways. I've had three reserve problems. A 26' navy conical without a diaper streamered for about 900 feet, then finally inflated at about 400 feet. No clues as to why and no damage to the canopy. I had a total inversion on a 24' flat, as in, the reserve pilot chute was hanging down from the apex inside the canopy and a full twist on the line groups as if I had stepped through the lines. It was packed properly, I packed it, and seemed like a normal slam-bang terminal opening, but on the "breath" rounds do after inflation, it wadded up, florb-a-dorbed around a bit and re-opened inverted. Again, no damage. On a 26' Lopo with a diaper, I had a cigarette roll occur in the front right quarter of the canopy. By yanking on the riser and lines I evetually got it to clear, but it caused about a dozen burns over four panels. But hey, what could possibly go wrong? I'll hold your beer and watch while you do it.Zing Lurks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
