manchuso

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  3. I always wanted to replicate the gypsy moths scene with multiple canopies out and I got the chance one day. I didn't have many choices as to gear so I planned with what I could scrounge: MC1, pioneer 26' lo po and a couple of K20's. Figuring out attachment points, deployment sequence, spot, etc. I thought I had pretty much covered everything...

    Pulled the MC1 ripcord, got a sweet, slow deployment. Opened my chest reserve and tossed the 26ft lopo to the air...it was surprising how fast it blossomed! took my foot up. Managed to get it out of the lines and went for the first K20, took it out and tossed it. Again, a really fast opening. Now, I had three canopies out and every canopy wanted to fly it's way...26' going this way, 22ft K20 going another way and the MC1 collapsing and inflating alternately! Scary s**t! Had the other K20 on my hands but was just looking up to see the zoo I had and every now and then looking to my altimeter to see how much did I have to deal/survive this. After sometime, when I got lower -what could possibly go wrong?- I released the fourth canopy. Obviously, only stream around the dz, never knew about it until that day, and my cluster starts going there...at that point it was like Yes, whatever! Pushed on one of the main risers and drifted a little bit, landing softly maybe 10ft from the stream. Talk about dumb things you do in winter when it's too cold to go full altitude!

    Happy landings to all! Rafa

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  19. Upside down helps quite a lot; after all, you have to do a lot of effort to keep the arch on your stomach. Too much effort and you have the mind set for excess force, tension, making you forget to relax, wobbling, maybe going into a sidespin, might occur... However, in a negative position you can learn to go with the flow, using gravity as "relative wind" correcting the small problems you might find with just the right amount of tension.
    Arch is really a matter of what you use as a support for you back!

    Just my 2 cents...

    Happy landings, Rafael