agskyboard

My feelings during the jump were not that I won't pull my reserve, if the situation was worse or bacame worse, I would have no problem pulling my reserve, I just felt like the condition was currently stable and I had time to try and fix my mal (or atleast give it a couple tries). The first thing that went though my head was to go to my EP...but like I said, I felt like I was stable and sufficient altitude to try and fix it. I would have pulled my reserve if the mal did not come out on the second pull to the front riser. As for people saying that the situation could have gotten worse, I would think that if it did get worse I would cutaway immediately.

Yeah but I posted this thread to see what other people think I should have done....so that if this happens again, I am prepared. It seemed like my instructor left our discussion somewhat open, because I was expecting to get a response on what I should do next time.

I spoke with my instructor afterwards who is also a really great guy and I told him exactly what happened and what I did and he didn't really specify that I did anything wrong. I noted that I probably should have gone to EP's but when I determined I was stable at that time and I had sufficient altitude, I made the decision to give it two tries to get out of it. He seemed to agree wtih me.

I'm not giving me a pat on the back, I'm glad I'm ok and I'm glad that I got out of the mal because I really didn't want to have a reserve ride on my 2nd jump. So from what it sounds like, I should have performed EP's, is that what I'm getting from everybody? I was told in FJC (not specific to line-overs, but most mals), if I have a mal, try to get out of it twice and then go to EP's. Is this not the case with line-overs?

To clerify, I am not saying that the FJC course taught anything wrong, and I should reword the sentence everyone is talking about. I was briefed what a line-over was in FJC, I was only specified to go to EP and not mess around with getting it out. So I reacted wrong in this situation, not FJC. I jumped after the rain at around 5pm and my FJC course was on friday with an extremely experienced, and incredible intructor who did nothing wrong and did not miss one thing in FJC. The reason why I started this thread was to see what other people would say about my train of thought....should I have just gone straight to EP even though I was stable and at good altitude or was it alright that I tried to get out of it. Also the line-over was maybe 1/4 the way inward of the right side of the canopy.

I understand what you guys are getting at but when if you read two sentances down, I stated that in FJC i was taught to execute EP in a line-over, so I never said they didn't talk about them at all. I also feel that this is exactly what they should have done, because as you guys are saying, a young student doesn't need to worry about too many things. If I hadn't been stable, I would have never reacted the same as I did, because I was stable and at sufficient altitude, I figured I would give a couple tries to getting out.

I'm not saying they don't talk about line-overs at all, they just don't spedify to try and get out of it, they show what one looks like and tell you to go to your EP.

Well Sunday was my first and second jumps and I chose to do them AFF, not Tandem. The first went great...great freefall, great deployment, great canopy ride. The second deployment got interesting. I got the dreaded line-over, which I wasn't really briefed about in FJC but I had read The Skydiver's Handbook and some forums, so I was aware of what they were and how to possibly get out of it. In FJC, they taught to to go emergency procedures if I got a line-over. When I deployed, I felt stable and I looked up and the canopy looked like a bowtie, and the first thing that went through my head was my EP but because I was stable and dropping slow, I looked at my altimeter and I was just above 4K so I figured I'd try to get the canopy straight, I tugged the rear right riser twice and then the front right riser twice and it popped out on the second front right riser tug...which was good because that was my last try before going to EP. After that, the canopy performed great and I'm glad I read these forums before so that I knew somewhat how to get out of this situation without having a reserve ride on my second jump. Thanks, Justin

Well technically I haven't jumped yet...I just like to very advanced research....my first jump is Aug 13th at Skydive Dallas in Texas.

Yeah I understand you carry all the gear to the ground but when you are under the main...when the wing loading takes effect, the main chute weight (i would think) would not be "loaded" under the main wing. I'm just making sure my wing loading calculations are up to standard with the rest of the industry.

I haven't weighed myself with gear on and I'm trying to calculate my exit weight. My normal weight with shoes and walking around clothes on is roughly 200 lbs. What would be a good estimate for my exit weight....how muc does gear weigh. And when calculating wing loading, are we supposed to use under chute weight or exit weight (ie. do we include to main chute weight). Thanks

I'm new to the sport and I had a few questions about skydiving professionals. I understand the "requirements" for instructors and coaches, but what are the duties and requirements of a jumpmaster. I was also curious what the "normal hiring requirements" are for instructors, coaches, and jumpmasters (not the certification requirements, but the average hiring requirements). What do each of these positions pay? And my final question is, if you can't get a job with lower jumps as a coach, what ways can I can cheap or free jumps after jump 100. Thanks, Justin

I just wanted to throw a 9 cell ZP in with all the 7's...I suppose now I need to try and decide between an Omni, Spectre, and Triathlon. From what I've heard, the Tri is much more forgiving and the spectre and omni are both more manueverable.

I wanted to see if people could give me some opinions on jumping with these four canopies. I'm wanting a canopy with a wing loading of around 1.05 as a first canopy. I haven't made a demo jump with any of these yet but I wanted to see what other people think. I want a manueverable yet forgiving canopy. Can somebody tell me what the performance differences will be between thse canopies. And would soimebody please tell me what the difference is between the Omni and Omega because they seem like the same canopy. Thanks, Justin

I appreciate the responses. I figured I wouldn't buy my gear until around dive 40 or so because I do want to test out some gear. I was mostly curious if there is a really well known place that sells safe and inexpensive equipment. And if there is a particular brand of gear that is ideal for dives 40-300. Is there a specific wing loading that is typical for these dives (1.0-1.1)?