CRASH1 0 #1 July 17, 2013 After an uneventful freefly skydive from about 10k out of a Cessna, this jump became a little more interesting. Tracked away and deployed in normal body position and then this happened....... https://vimeo.com/70301595 Learn from other peoples EPs and always be prepared to execute your emergency procedures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorrinRadd 0 #2 July 17, 2013 Nice. Thanks! Good too see one in video... gives me a better idea of what to expect when and if one should happen to me! Probably no if about it...Why drive myself crazy trying to be normal, when I am already at crazy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckakers 415 #3 July 18, 2013 CRASH1After an uneventful freefly skydive from about 10k out of a Cessna, this jump became a little more interesting. Tracked away and deployed in normal body position and then this happened....... https://vimeo.com/70301595 Learn from other peoples EPs and always be prepared to execute your emergency procedures. You didn't mention the cause of the mal. Do you know?Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phreeloader 0 #4 July 18, 2013 I'm still VERY new.. but it looked like brake fire followed by line twists... but i'm probably wrong Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CRASH1 0 #5 July 18, 2013 Brake fire... I stowed the brakes and then a packer packed it for me. I am guessing, unless he unstowed and restowed them improperly, that it just came loose on deployment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 136 #6 July 18, 2013 you didn't give up on the gates, which is good. BUT you should trust your rears scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divalent 106 #7 July 19, 2013 from the attached image, it looks like your right brake line is not routed through the guide ring. Can that be right? If so, not sure what it is routed through, because although it is not attached to the riser, it's not floating free in space. Also, the elastic keeper for the bottom toggle tab appears to be partially detached. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 275 #8 July 19, 2013 Divalentfrom the attached image, it looks like your right brake line is not routed through the guide ring. I didn't check the video, but may be a type of swoop mod: Brakes set at normal point but line not thru ring. Instead it goes thru another ring higher up, right up by the slinks. Less restriction on brake line movement, whether in general or for front risering. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #9 July 19, 2013 I had two premature brake releases on an 84 that opened great until the slider started coming down and then the turn started. But by some miracle it never spun up on me. It was always the left brakes too and sometimes i'd find it half unstowed. New risers fixed it. Weirdest thing that ever happened was my excess getting caught on my ball and bungee and twisting my riser because of the force, it looked like a step through on one side. I chopped early and high but whatever.1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #10 July 19, 2013 Good job. Cessna at Tuskegee? Where was the Porter?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #11 July 19, 2013 CRASH1 Brake fire... I stowed the brakes and then a packer packed it for me. I am guessing, unless he unstowed and restowed them improperly, that it just came loose on deployment. Wasn't that the cause of your chop as well, except that you packed it? "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LyraM45 0 #12 July 21, 2013 kudos for a bigger reserve too!Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yeps001 0 #13 July 23, 2013 I got a couple of small heart attacks before I realized the video was backwards at minute 0:20...... I thought the plane went on you.... omg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mircan 0 #14 August 1, 2013 What`s with the the rubber band on gopro(s)?dudeist skydiver #42 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GooniesKid 0 #15 August 1, 2013 Skyhook? RSL? Non-RSL? I'm thinking Skyhook cuz your reserve was out fast. Good job on the save man Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #16 August 2, 2013 mircanWhat`s with the the rubber band on gopro(s)?the latches on the GoPRos seem to release easier over time, a few have opened in Freefall and cameras have been lost. the band holds the latch closed.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 0 #17 August 2, 2013 My first thought was "pull down that bloody left rear riser!" If you'd done that in the first couple of seconds, you'd have saved yourself a cutaway. Reason I mention it is that I've had multiple brakefires on a Samurai 135 loaded at 1.6 or so, and it looks really similar. Not that I'd recommend getting that much practice in; I'd recommend maintaining the toggle holders on one's risers instead . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OG-Tahiti 0 #18 August 10, 2013 bob.dinoMy first thought was "pull down that bloody left rear riser!" If you'd done that in the first couple of seconds, you'd have saved yourself a cutaway. You mean the bloody right riser, since it's the side that had the toggle premature release? Good job on the save, it's hard to react fast enough to correct such spins and thanks for sharing the video."Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire Dudeist Skydiver #9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
