Exit from Piper Cherokee?

[tornado 0]

Hi there!
I planing make a jump from my friends cherokee,
if someone know how to get out from this aircraft, plz, let me know.
thanks

[justinb138 0]

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if someone know how to get out from this aircraft, plz, let me know.

Try using the door?

[airtwardo 6]

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if someone know how to get out from this aircraft, plz, let me know.

Try using the door?

DAMN...beat me to it!

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[brianfry713 0]

With all those jumps I'm sure you can figure it out.

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[jheadley 0]

Small, low wing, low stabilizer aircraft with a door that opens sideways. It'd be very difficult if not impossible, maybe illegal. Only certain aircraft are approved for flight with the door open or off IIRC.

[tornado 0]

yes, door is kinda weird, and handle to hold on to aircraft far away. But I know someone did it before, I wanna hear what they will say.

[slotperfect 7]

I jumped a Cherokee 6 into a football game in Liberty, Kansas in 1992. It was STCd to fly with the cargo door removed. I don't remember how many of us there were - three or four I think (I remember it as being a 6-place aircraft). We made sure he was flying as slow as he safely could, and did as low lift an exit as possible (not hard for my big carcass). It went fine, and other than protecting pins and handles it was no big deal. It was not an aircraft I would want to jump routinely though.

Arrive Safely

John

[shropshire 0]

Oooh.... Andy, Billy and I did that, the other weekend (see Andy's Thread...clicky.)

We took a linked 3 way out.... the door looks small (but so are we)... Me - Rear Float, Billy - Front and Andy kneeling in the door.. All went jolly well too.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Lindercles 0]

And it works ok, even with such a low rear stabilizer?

[tornado 0]

shropshire
I did send you PM

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Oooh.... Andy, Billy and I did that, the other weekend (see Andy's Thread...clicky.)

We took a linked 3 way out.... the door looks small (but so are we)... Me - Rear Float, Billy - Front and Andy kneeling in the door.. All went jolly well too.

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[woodpecker 0]

It couldnt have worked any better. It was the best launch and 3 way we have ever done. What an experience.

Hell, to complicate it even more we decided to switch our positions on the ride up too. What a great jump.

There is plenty of room in that itty bitty door, you just have to be a little creative.

Billy

SONIC WOODY #146

There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on?

[slotperfect 7]

Tandem exit pic attached

Arrive Safely

John

[shropshire 0]

Hi,
It was fine.... Although we were warned not to jump Up on exit (because of the tail plane - it does look low when the a/c is on the ground). It was a sweet jump and our 1st from that plane too.
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(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[pilotdave 0]

Which model cherokee is it? There's a huge difference between a cherokee 6 (PA-32) and a cherokee (PA-28). I think most people here are talking about PA-32s, but you sound like you're talking about a PA-28. It's listed at http://www.uspa.org/publications/SIM/2006SIM/section9AC105.2C.htm as being able to be operated with the door removed though.

Dave

[woodpecker 0]

We jumped the cherokee 6.

Billy

SONIC WOODY #146

There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on?

[peckerhead 0]

I've done 4 ways out of Cherokees many years ago and I don't remember any problems. They used to have one at Larry Bagleys DZ in Salt lake city.

As I recall the door is about the same size as a 182.

Oh yeah, it was a Cherokee 6, this was Utah in the winter so it definetly had a door.

[tornado 0]

its another model of cherokee on a picture above, mine is small 4 seater, 2 doors, no cargo door.

[tornado 0]

picture

[woodpecker 0]

Yep,

Thats her....the one we jumped is actually and uglier shade of yellow though.

3 way linked outta that bitch. What a blast.

SONIC WOODY #146

There is a fine line between cockiness and confidence -- which side of the line are you on?

[pilotdave 0]

1 door actually. Luckily on the right side, so you won't need to climb over the pilot to get out.
Watch your feet climbing out... don't step on the flap. And don't hit the step as you exit.

Dave

[shropshire 0]

Ours was a bit biger, I think.....

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Lindercles 0]

Does anybody know, is the rear stabilizer roughly equivalent to a TBO?

[mjosparky 3]

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Oooh.... Andy, Billy and I did that, the other weekend (see Andy's Thread...clicky.)

We took a linked 3 way out.... the door looks small (but so are we)... Me - Rear Float, Billy - Front and Andy kneeling in the door.. All went jolly well too.

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I don't think you took a 3 way out of a Piper Cherokee. It may have been a Cherokee 6 or a Piper Lance. The Cherokee only has one door and it is above the right wing. The Cherokee 6 and the Lance have a left hand door just behind the left wing and a cargo door right behind that can be removed.

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[mjosparky 3]

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Yep,

Thats her....the one we jumped is actually and uglier shade of yellow though.

3 way linked outta that bitch. What a blast.

Can you explain how you got 3 jumpers out of the one door in a linked exit?

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[Andy_Copland 0]

We basically had Tony (shrop) in the rear floating, Billy (woodpecker) on center and me kneeling barely able to see anything except chest strap. Count was done and we exited and like the guys have said, it was probably our best 3-way exit.

This is bringing back the jump, my favourite to date.

Check my thread out thats linked on this thread by Shropshire. I posted a picture of the actual aircraft.

Edit: Nevermind Shrop posted the pic.

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