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bovosh

SCARY CUTAWAY

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OPENED UP WITH LINE TWISTS AND A TOGGLE FIRE , I WAS HAPPY MY RESERVE OPENED UP ON HEADING


[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82cFnl_ER0

NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS LINK BUT COPY AND PASTE INTO ADDRESS BAR

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bovosh

OPENED UP WITH LINE TWISTS AND A TOGGLE FIRE , I WAS HAPPY MY RESERVE OPENED UP ON HEADING


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82cFnl_ER0

NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS LINK BUT COPY AND PASTE INTO ADDRESS BAR



there you go, clicky it is :)

oh and this:
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Edited to add:
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FIRST CUTAWAY MALFUNCTION SUNSET MADNESS!!!!!!!


:D
"So I jump out, look up, and think 'Oh SHIT!...

It's PINK!!!'"
- army guy after his first staticline jump

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Tetrahedron

You think THAT'S scary?

I suggest you don't EVER size down.

Also, your friend needs a freefly friendly rig.

Also........ BEER!



Aside from the comment about the open pin flap... one of the most unhelpful posts I've read here in this forum in quite some time.

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I'll add; make sure the cat's eye setting in the steering line is below the ring on the riser and when stowing the risers in the channels, make sure the toggles don't become loosened. That is, if you're packing for yourself.

Sometime toggle fires just happen.
You have to be prepared for that eventuality.
Especially on a highly loaded canopy.

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Tetrahedron

Lighten up, spaz.

It was a routine cutaway.
He did everything the way he was supposed to.
There's nothing more to learn from it.



Don't jump to conclusions! I learned that you make silly assumptions and give bad advice:)
*Edited to remove personal attack :D
"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way." -Alan Watts

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DcloudZ

***Lighten up, spaz.

It was a routine cutaway.
He did everything the way he was supposed to.
There's nothing more to learn from it.



Don't jump to conclusions! I learned that you make silly assumptions and give bad advice:)
*Edited to remove personal attack :D

And I learned that you're full of nothing but personal attacks.

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>>>>>>Also, your friend needs a freefly friendly rig.

The rig is freefly friendly.
The friend is packing flap sequence challenged.
Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

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bovosh

deployed at 3500 according to my altimeter it said I was in the sattle by 2500, I chopped around 1500 and was in the sattle in the reserve around 1200-1300



Good try for correction and good decision to chop.
Don't let the blowhards get ya, a mal is a mal and yours could have been deadly if you had not taken correct action in a timely manner. Been through a couple and each one is scary.

It is true that a higher performance 'chute can make this look tame. (and frankly, so can a lightly loaded canopy) There are much scarier conditions.

But, given a bad situation, you done good.

JW
Always remember that some clouds are harder than others...

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Good job!

The parts I liked best were:
-you pulled the reserve handle anyway (good practice)
-this vid is another testimonial to PULL THE DAMNED RESERVE EVEN IF YOU ARE SPINNING AT CUTAWAY!

:D:D
I feel better now.
:D:D

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

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