slotperfect 7 #1 March 5, 2004 There have been several of these, and here are the results grouped together to make them useful. 42% of 36 TMs voting wear a hard helmet THREAD 64% of 44 TMs voting wear a big floppy jumpsuit without booties THREAD 89% of 35 TMs voting put their student in some sort of jumpsuit THREAD 81% of 32 TMs voting have their student's harness completely tightened down ready to jump before boarding the aircraft THREAD 52% of 33 TMs voting remove their student's seatbelt after reaching a safe emergency exit altitude THREAD 67% of 18 TMs voting are able to turn a tandem canopy with rear risers (brakes stowed)THREAD 43% of 74 TMs voting have had between 0 and 3 reserve ridesTHREAD Of 75 TMs that shared their "incident history," the results were: -Student threw up 27& -Student passed out 21% -Student peed their pants 4% -Student crapped their pants 3% -Side-spin 15% -Student injured on landing 15% -TM head-butted by student 16% THREAD These small snapshots of TMs in the dotcommer community have helped me a lot, maybe they will help y'all as well.Arrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 March 5, 2004 Man, kuddos to compiling all the data to a single thread! This is the sort of information that can really help out a newbie TM and reinform one with experience.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #3 March 5, 2004 Whew! Thanks for collecting all this data, as Dave said, great information for new and experienced TMs as well.Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boxingrrl 0 #4 March 5, 2004 What they said! Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites slotperfect 7 #5 May 18, 2004 Updated to include a couple of new ones . . . 42% of 36 TMs voting wear a hard helmet THREAD 64% of 44 TMs voting wear a big floppy jumpsuit without booties THREAD 89% of 35 TMs voting put their student in some sort of jumpsuit THREAD 81% of 32 TMs voting have their student's harness completely tightened down ready to jump before boarding the aircraft THREAD 52% of 33 TMs voting remove their student's seatbelt after reaching a safe emergency exit altitude THREAD 67% of 18 TMs voting are able to turn a tandem canopy with rear risers (brakes stowed)THREAD 43% of 74 TMs voting have had between 0 and 3 reserve ridesTHREAD Of 75 TMs that shared their "incident history," the results were: -Student threw up 27& -Student passed out 21% -Student peed their pants 4% -Student crapped their pants 3% -Side-spin 15% -Student injured on landing 15% -TM head-butted by student 16% THREAD 39% of 71 TMs voting don't do any type of intentional flip on exit THREAD 42% of 33 TMs voting have been "taken for a ride" once or twice THREAD 48% of 44 TMs voting use the "right hand on right mudflap, left hand on left mudflap" student body postion on exit THREADArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ccq 0 #6 May 18, 2004 Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps! Cheers, --Q----- Chris "Q" Quaintance ccqquaintance.com D-23345 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydivexxl 0 #7 May 25, 2004 Quote Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps! Cheers, --Q Ditto! Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 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
slotperfect 7 #5 May 18, 2004 Updated to include a couple of new ones . . . 42% of 36 TMs voting wear a hard helmet THREAD 64% of 44 TMs voting wear a big floppy jumpsuit without booties THREAD 89% of 35 TMs voting put their student in some sort of jumpsuit THREAD 81% of 32 TMs voting have their student's harness completely tightened down ready to jump before boarding the aircraft THREAD 52% of 33 TMs voting remove their student's seatbelt after reaching a safe emergency exit altitude THREAD 67% of 18 TMs voting are able to turn a tandem canopy with rear risers (brakes stowed)THREAD 43% of 74 TMs voting have had between 0 and 3 reserve ridesTHREAD Of 75 TMs that shared their "incident history," the results were: -Student threw up 27& -Student passed out 21% -Student peed their pants 4% -Student crapped their pants 3% -Side-spin 15% -Student injured on landing 15% -TM head-butted by student 16% THREAD 39% of 71 TMs voting don't do any type of intentional flip on exit THREAD 42% of 33 TMs voting have been "taken for a ride" once or twice THREAD 48% of 44 TMs voting use the "right hand on right mudflap, left hand on left mudflap" student body postion on exit THREADArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ccq 0 #6 May 18, 2004 Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps! Cheers, --Q----- Chris "Q" Quaintance ccqquaintance.com D-23345 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #7 May 25, 2004 Quote Big thanks for putting this together from this newbie tandem instructor. I'll take all of the knowledge I can get at this point and this certainly helps! Cheers, --Q Ditto! Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
