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  1. Its Marko with a K. Thanks for all the love guys! ;)

    And i did not let go of the any toggles(if you watch the video closely which it sounds like you did....i did a hard toggle turn OBVIOUSLY....and what other way is there to do a flat turn when your really low and then FLARE!?! And i stood up the landing while holding my toggles all the way too there buddy!!

    Yeah im an idiot for what i did and what happened...if you read the other thread you see what i wrote in it...but for you all who want to see the video more here watch this so i can get some more hits on it, and my BASE videos also! ;)

    BTW: Watch it in HIGH QUALITY...its much easier to see what happened

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

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    $1.97 at my exit, and at least 10 cents cheaper 20 miles away in Talladega, AL.

    Still not low enough. >:(



    you guys are lucky...still over $2.50 a gallon for regular in New York

  4. people pay a minimum of 100$ an hour for a first time class which your in with 10 other people or a private one on one lesson....also on top of that you have to get a lift ticket which is about 60 bucks....its ridiculous how much they are paying

  10. Been thinking about it alot as snowboarding season is about to start here in my area...is it possible to groundlaunch my safire 2 149...there are some pretty nice double black diamonds whee i ride! I dont want to take my rig with me and get it all dirty and wet for no reason...should i try it or just dont bother taking my rig with me?

    My snowboarding skills are above average!

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    Aren't we all getting lost in off-the-subject items. This thread is about Mark experiencing a toggle induced line twist and spin. Whether he had fogged goggles or had let go of his toggles or wanted to brew a coffee is irrelevent for the main lesson we all should be learning from his expeience.

    The main thing to learn, in my opinion, is that a TOGGLE INDUCED TWIST and spin is a possibility on each and every jump we make.

    If this happens to you, how you deal with the situation is dependent on a number of things. Your altitude at the time is an important one.

    I estimate Mark's altitude at cutaway to be around 400 to 450 ft. At this height, his only real option was to chop. Had he been a lot higher, he'd have had other options if he chose to use them (kicking out, opposite toggle, etc). Had he been lower, his chances of a nice stand up landing on his reserve would reduce with the altitude down.

    His chances of a successful cutaway and long reserve ride (if you can call 40 seconds a long reserve ride?!!) were drastically increased due to the rig being skyhook equipped.

    From chop to being suspended under a fully open reserve was between 1 and 2 seconds. This is an outstanding feature of a skyhook controlled cutaway. Let me say those important numbers again - between 1 and 2 seconds. Think that through for a moment.

    So ladies and gentlemen - for those who want to debate loosening chest straps, cleaning goggles and the like - take those to another thread. Focus on the issue. Be aware of how (easily) a toggle induced twist can happen. DO NOT DO THIS lower than any height you are comfortable chopping at.

    If you were unaware of how fast a skyhook gets reserve nylon above your head after a cutaway, go back to the vid and watch it frame by frame. Be impressed with how reserve deployment borders upon instant.

    OK, are we focussed?

    Be safe.

    f




    Ive been waiting a few hours for a post like this....thanks man!

    BTW names Marko!

    :)

    Blue Skies

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    This all was addressed (with the video) in a 14-page thread Marko put up a few months ago - the discussion, then, was about him flying a 135.

    http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3119923;search_string=markovwgti;#3119923

    By the way, kudos to you, Marko, for upsizing to a Safire2 149!!!




    i never had a 135...and will not get a 135 for a while....i was just changing my profile every week wiriting different canopy sizes to be a asshole and make everyone else think that lol...sorry about that!

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    it is possible to remove them without taking your hands out of the toggles....but i cant remove them since they are prescription and i need them to see where everything and everyone is.....i didnt want to pull the toggles down to my face while i was holding the goggles out for a minute to remove the fog...


    I'm no expert of course but when I loosen my chest strap (after steerability check!), I reach down with both hands in the toggles like going into brakes and just mirror my movements on both sides. People have said that's not possible on a highly loaded canopy but I'm only loading at .97 at the moment so works for me. Not sure what your WL is but might be worth a try?



    yeah but i dont wanna be screwing around with the toggles in my hands by my camera helmet for a minute...next thing you know you can get lines wrapped around the camera or some freak accident may occur.....

    Why are you loosening your chest strap with 50 jumps? There really is no reason to open u your chest strap when you have a .97 WL. just my opinion!!

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    >the only reason i let go of the toggles was because my goggles were
    >so fogged up i couldnt see anything out of them.

    It is possible to remove goggles without removing your hands from the toggles.



    it is possible to remove them without taking your hands out of the toggles....but i cant remove them since they are prescription and i need them to see where everything and everyone is.....i didnt want to pull the toggles down to my face while i was holding the goggles out for a minute to remove the fog...

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    I watched the video linked above by BlueHaze several times, and what I saw was:

    Normal main deployment.
    Release brakes.
    Canopy flies normally.
    Hard left toggle turn around 360 degrees.
    Immediate right toggle turn, without waiting for the canopy and jumper to return to straight flight.
    Canopy flies into line twists.
    Jumper tries to kick out.
    Jumper decides that it's time to cutaway.
    Jumper cuts away.
    Typically fast SkyHook reserve deployment.
    Normal reserve flight and landing. (Though I'm not sure I would have made that left turn just before landing. Looked a little low!)

    This problem can happen even on lightly loaded student canopies. Any time you're making a hard turn, let the canopy return to straight flight before turning the other direction.




    The only thing your wrong about there is a right hand turn...i posted what happened on youtube!

    I opened at 3500 feet....was doing some small turns up there...at about 1700 or so my goggles got very very fogged up and i could not see one thing...they are prescription and i cant fly without them....i took my hands out of the toggles...cleaned up the foggy goggles....grabbed the toggles....did a hard left turn...i did not move the right toggle at all....it threw me in a line twist...i chopped and thats what happened...

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    Looks like on the video the jumper must have after opening released his toggles from his hands and let them loose,the self induced line twist happening after he retrieved them.
    Once i have released my brakes i never let go of the toggles and would say that by doing so he created his own malfunction,no different to other incidents about flying back on stowed breaks and releasing them to perform finals!
    :(



    hey guys im the guy who had the video on youtube....the only reason i let go of the toggles was because my goggles were so fogged up i couldnt see anything out of them....so your telling me you would fly blind with your hands in your toggles...i think you would fix something that gave you visual problems under canopy