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Wow you should feel so hardass now attacking a student, oh sorry didn't know you didn't have a first jump and noob questions starting up like everybody else, with 50 jumps you sure are a skygod already, watchout buddy karma is a bitch.

Come on, forget the mal, the thing is if 2 canopies out right before landing would help you to slow you down at all?

OK so you deploy your main and it opens but with a malfunction like a line-over, or PC in front of canopy, for WHATEVER reason you decide to land it (because it can still be steered, because you don't have a hook knife with you, you don't want to cutaway because you think "something over your head is better than nothing"...or for whatever reason) You can't predict how the canopy will behave on the way down, so now the canopy starts spinning OR descending too fast, you are too low to cutaway and pull reserve and you know you will have a high speed landing with this thing. QUESTION: Would it be a good idea to pull reserve and have 2 canopies out to help slow you down? The reserve may counter-force(sp?) the spinning main and slow you down. IF doing this would indeed help you slow down...having a Round reserve would be more beneficial than a Ram-Air square right?

Damn,damn,damn,damn!!!! I can't seem to find the song anywhere, I can't find anything about that singer Hadley either, God this sucks!! I really liked that song. AAARRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!

Its the "Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk" movie trailer, you can hear a piece of the song on minute 1:10. Anybody knows the name of the song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySssfiO1Xyg

Thank you for the info! Yes I did finish my AFF a few days ago, and sorry for the stupid question but I want to have clear in my mind exactly what you call Ram-Air, Square, Round and Brakes in the English language, better look stupid than be death. Thanks again!

Thanks for the info! Just one more thing, when you guys talk about 'taking the brakes' right after deployment, you mean lowering the toggles to start steering the canopy right?

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Hello guys, just a quick noob question, what are the basic differences between Square canopies and Round canopies? Apart from the obvious steering hability. Are there any important differences that makes one safer than the other? For example having a streamer malfunction, a round canopy would slow you down a lot more I suppose, things like that. Also RAM-Air canopies is the same thing as Square canopies?(Please attach a picture of each type of canopy if it's not much to ask) Sorry for asking such noob question but I'm from Europe and I want to learn the correct definitions in English too. Thank you & blue skies!

Hey thanks for the info!! And yeah! I'm like a sponge right now trying to learn EVERYTHING about the sport, I love it! Just finished my AFF a few days ago and can't wait to try the wingsuit lol!

Can someone please explain exactly what are tension knots? what lines do they appear in more commonly? why do they occur? From an student perspective it seems pretty difficult for a carefully packed parachute to develop knots out of nowhere in its lines on deployment. Sorry for the noob question but I'm studying all kind of malfuctions that can occur and am having a difficult time finding info on tension knots specifically. Thank you

... take you forwards instead of backwards when opening? What is it exactly? The shape of the canopy? The length of the lines? Forgive my amateur questions but I'm pretty much a newbie.

...to develop that "first-jump-fear" after going for example 6 months/1 year without jumping? Or just get a bit nervous alone?

yeah thats him!, is he still alive?

I remember watching a video which had a few scenes of a skydiver jumping without a parachute on his back but instead it was connected to his left hand, crazy shit, I was just wondering if you knew who that guy was, if he's famous or anything, I don't think there are that many people who would do that

Okay I'm a bit obsesed with safety as you may know from my other posts. This issue specially caught my attention when I read the news one day about a woman who fell out of her harness in her first tandem. Horrible. I'm taking AFF classes at my local DZ and their student rigs (even harnesses for tandems) DON'T have the vital back strap which prevents the student from falling out of the harness when the parachute opens, therefore I'm always worried when jumping with their rigs that I may fall out if I have a premature opening and my body (legs specially) are not in the proper position. ----Pictures---- EXAMPLE of what could happen: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8427/ghjhgjmn3.jpg This is the back strap I'm talking about, and everybody should have: http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/9555/gjjgwk7.jpg http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6167/gjgjfy8.jpg http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/1300/ufgyuulb8.jpg And this is what rigs at my DZ look like: http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5095/fghfhkp5.jpg http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6200/jgjgdf8.jpg http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5296/obzw6.jpg Now, because I'm not jumping anymore without a strap that protects me from falling out and a back strap like the shown in the pictures before are permanently built-in the harness, I'm developing a portable strap which can be connected to most rigs and also be removed whenever you want, Please see picture to understand how it works. (Warning: I'm not a good drawer) http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7772/fdydfhfki1.png http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7632/ghjghjkgxy0.png Well, whats your opinion on this whole issue?

No man, if you wanted to deploy the canopy the way I drew it in the pic, the pin placement in the bridle would be the only difference (pin placed closer to the pilot chute), it has nothing to do with bridle length. Anyway why do you think the kind of deployment in the pic wouldn't work? It would be the exact same motion as if the PC alone pulled the pin but you are doing it with your hand (2 steps in 1 movement), you should just be careful not to wear a watch or anything which could make the PC to not leave your hand causing a horseshoe. Hey I'm just a newbie with too many ideas don't blame me

What's shown on the second picture (top part of it) is a good chance of getting a horseshoe malfunction... You got the main idea right, but the pin shouldn't get pulled from the closing loop until the PC is in the airstream, inflated and at the bridle stretch. Your pic shows it being pulled by the bridle while the PC is still in your hand -- BAD thing... Damn really? I always thought that was the most popular way of deployment, it took me 20mins to draw that picture, so you mean the only difference is that the pilot chute is the one who pulls the pin out thanks to the airstream? I dont know man but from a newbie perspective, if you pull the pilot chute to the air in a lazy way it might not inflate(PC in tow) and not have enough force to take the pin out resulting in a total malfunction. Anyway the way I drew the picture is the way I always thought the parachutes were deployed, you have 2 oppotunities, you can pull with enough strength to take the pin out, if that fails, just pray that the airstream does it for you.

Hello everybody I have a few pretty basic questions every skydiver has had when entering the sport, please enlight me/us a little. -I have read adventures from people downsizing from a big canopy to a smaller "performance" canopy, being the biggest canopies for students/tandems and the smallest for professionals in the sport. Is there a limit for the biggest/smallest canopy in the market? (do you measure them by square-feet or number of air cells?) -I have also read very good things about these Vector rigs, specially Vector 3, since its the only model in the market in which you can apply the Skyhook according to RelativeWork shop, my question is, if this Vector 3 parachute is so good why doesn't everybody have one? Is it because the price? If you could give some hints about parachute brands in todays market that would be really nice. Like which brand of rigs is the "best/worst" according to the skydiving community? So far I have heard about the Vector, and Mirage, and nothing else. -Usually which one is the smallest canopy? the main or the reserve? or it depends? -Is this the standard opening sequence in most parachutes? Do students use this type of deployment? Please see Pictures: http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1225/openingsequence1uh7.png http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/957/openingsequence2ts5.png

Hello everybody, i'm an amateur skydiver who wants to learn everything possible about this awesome sport. I have done my research even before taking my first jump, and if i'm not wrong entire rigs and canopies are made from these materials Kevlar or Spectra which are the strongest textile materials ever made (they make bodyarmour equipment with this) I have read these materials weak points are exposure to high/very low temperatures, humidity and exposure to UV light, I have also read Kevlar can lose up to 50% of its strength in just a few months if not properly protected from light (UV light being the one who damages it the most) Now here's the question, does the Kevlar continue to be the strongest textile material of all (even Nylon) after it has lost as much as 50% of its strength? I suppose its still the strongest after the strength lose, if not, i dont think they would use it to continue manufacturing rigs.