Hellis

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  1. Just to clearify. both mine and Pauls idea have a bug.
    if you open the spreadsheet tomorow it will say the repackdate will be one day plus. (26:th of june instead of 25:th of june)
    and that is because we both used the =today() function.

    i could make a work around for you if you need it.

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    I understand that. Would you agree that spinning in freefall and pulling a main ripcord would likely result in linetwists? Why is that principal any different when on an RSL and spinning under a main? Or am I misunderstanding something?

    Ryan



    when you are spinning in freefall as most students do when they are on their own, they spin around them selfs.

    as in your case you where spinning around the canopy.

    look at it in this way.
    if you would hold a rock in your hand and spin your arm, this will make the rock you, arm is the lines and shoulder is the canopy.
    the rock is not spinning around its own axle.
    if you would cut (release the rock), the rock would not be spinning anymore since it lost its axle to spin around.
    so when you release the rock it will keep going straight in whatever direction you droped it.
    no spin.

    as for why your reserver had linetwist?
    we all know there could be other reasons than the RSL.
    it could be uneven packing, umm... i lost the word for it, when the cells arent filled with air.
    if that would happen on one side of the canopy it would probably spin.

    it could also be that you are correct, the RSL did something to create a linetwist.
    but i dont know what that could be.

  4. i think there is more situations where the RSL will help you than create a mal.
    even if you are in a spinning main-mal and get very unstable when you cut away, the RSL and reserve will deploy so quickly that you will most likely only have one or two linetwists.
    thats how i would think most cases would end up.

    but in some cases it might make things worse.
    entanglement shouldnt be possible, should it?
    if you cut away the main, it should be "gone" by the time the reserve comes out, unless you are entangled in the main that is.

    i think all things that are supposed to make you safer have a smal chance of working the wrong way.
    example:
    seatbelts in a car, they are supposed to help you but in some cases people have survived because they didnt wear the seatbelt.
    airbags: if you have your arms infront of the steeringwheel while you crash you might break your arms, which might not have happend without the arirbag.

    but still i think we all can agree that seatbelts and airbags is safer than not having them.

    i dont have any malfunction experience so i could be wrong.

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    to jump out of a plane with a tandem harness and have a instructor attach it in free fall.. there would be another jumper helping to keep us stable



    possible - yes
    dangerous - yes
    will you ever jump again - most likely no.

    i think everyone involved in such a thing would get grounded for life.
    atleast if i would decide.

  12. i also had the same problem as you earlier.
    every time i got below 100 feet my only thought was: how bad is it going to hurt this time;)

    what helped me a lot was to flare in two stages.
    at about 10-12 feet i pull the breaks down to head-shoulder height so the canopy will slow down a little.
    after that you just flare as normal at about 6 feet.

    i don't want you to try my advice until someone more experienced says its "ok".
    im just a beginner as you.

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    I know that variables are present. I am just looked for an average range. For example, a 176 PD Reserve loaded at 1.0.

    Videos would be very helpful if any can be found!

    Thank you for your time



    Here is one that is really low. I think he has a 143r
    http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=6847&string=marko


    First, Hey all!
    After visiting this site every day the past six months I finally registerd :)
    I think this is a lower pull, almost scary just looking at it.
    http://www.skydivingmovies.com/ver2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1199&string=lowpull