At what jump was your first cutaway?

[justaflygirl 0]

just curious, now that im a memeber of "the club" I thought I'd inquire about some of the cutaways' others have had. Mine was at jump #48!

[AggieDave 6]

Jump 1296, it was on a tandem and wasn't due to a packing error, it was due to the lines getting old.

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[KrisFlyZ 0]

302 Intentional.

[sunshine 2]

Jump #486 here.

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[Michele 1]

AFF 3. 3rd jump ever (no tandems prior to AFF.)

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[bozo 0]

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just curious, now that im a memeber of "the club" I thought I'd inquire about some of the cutaways' others have had. Mine was at jump #48![;

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[rwieder 0]

jump # 374. line twists, unrecoverable. i was glad to finally get it behind me, until then it just constantly dogged me.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[cadmium 0]

First 15 second delay on Jump 9 from bad body position. Then again on jump 23 was a total from someone packing a knot for a pilotchute. Student status was rough

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[packerboy 3]

#88 - unrecoverable line twists

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[kallend 1,647]

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just curious, now that im a memeber of "the club" I thought I'd inquire about some of the cutaways' others have had. Mine was at jump #48!

If I knew that I could make a fortune on the lottery.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Vertifly 0]

2200 and notta-one. Scary.

[Cacophony 0]

I'll let you know when I have one.

[Mixoligist 0]

545- 1 brake fired with 3-4 line twist,spinning on my back

Congrats to you girl

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[GroundZero 0]

2560... tandem...

packing... (not mine...)

[relyon 0]

Jump #234, a 25-way CRW diamond that funnelled. Four of us took reserve rides.

Bob

[freakshow 0]

#14 2 out 1 square 1 round mis fire on an old fxc

B.L. (the brain)

[Linas120 0]

No cutaways in 850 jumps. Knock on wood.

[el_chester 4]

#72 a horseshoe.

it turns out the DZ was L-O-U-S-Y at maintining their rigs, and configuring them properly. and i didn't know better So, the loop was waaay long, no presure on the pin, and at about 4.5k i feel the bag on the back of my legs, and the risers flapping around my neck. i turn my head and see the bag above me. I pulled out the pilot chute (leg strap at the time) and this turns the malfunction into a bag lock, so i chop and open to see the most beautiful 28 round above my head. had this happened lower i might not be here... it took me about 2000ft from the time the pin came off until i was under reserve.... looking back on that (12 years ago) i feel fortunate to be alive, our instruvction was so lousy (no tandem, and I was on my own on jump #5!!!! then on jump 10 i did a 4-way with all participants having under-20 jumps) i will never forgive the irresponsability i was subject to...


#304 linetwists

the linetwists on the Stiletto put me in a spin and i chose not to try to kick them out (had pulled at 2500ft after a bigway). was under reserve at 1400

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[Bluee 0]

>Jump 1296, it was on a tandem and wasn't due to a packing error, it was due to the lines getting old. <

Prior cutaway experience is recommended for a tandem rating by the USPA and mandated by some manufacturers. Did you skip that?

[Bluee 0]

#1 at 3005. #2 at 3105.

[SkymonkeyONE 3]

If I remember correctly, I had around 240 jumps. I had hooked up a main wrong and it was in a not-controllable turn. Round reserve (K-22) into the biggest briar patch in Hoke County, NC.

[BETO74 0]

#358, I still don't know what it was, felt like a severe line twist down to my neck, spinning like crazy on a Jedei 136

http://web.mac.com/ac057a/iWeb/AC057A/H0M3.html

[FrenchyDiver 0]

Around #64. D-bag lock. Round reserve ride.
Problem: the last 2 elastic bands before the bag opens did not let go the lines.
Cause: most certainly a packing error. I was the one who packed, btw.

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HISPA #2,

[AggieDave 6]

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Yes, I meant the link of the pilot chute/bridle/bag with the top of the main canopy, but it is all good information to know. I'm getting Slinks right away.

Bill Booth believes that having a cutaway on a sport rig does jack shit for you as a TI, since its a different system, different handle placement, etc. Since I'm RWS rated, my course director followed RWS/Bill Booth's course of action. Cutaway or no you do hanging harness drills with a passenger.

AFIK, Strong is the only manufacture the believes a sport cutaway will prepare you for dealing with 5-6 handles and the contribed tandem malfunctions that are possible.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[ladyskydiver 0]

First - # 36
Second - # 91

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