At 4:50 your video shows a jumper snagged on a step. See the January 2024 issue of CANPARA Magazine for a more detailed explanation. Hint: Cessna factory stock steps are the worst.
Reference the torn container at 3:21 ... I have had to sew back together a Vector, a Sidewinder and a Flexon after jumpers deployed unstable. After that I convinced the Sidewinder factory to install little triangles at the lower corners of the reserve container. Those triangles have two functions. First, they remind packers to route main risers straight down the sides of the main container. Secondly, they steer main risers away from snagging under the corner of the reserve container.
The longest I have seen rubber bands last was 3 years in a pilot emergency parachute in the hot and dusty California desert. Sadly, modern rubber bands are not nearly as durable.
UPT published that Service Bulletin - banning rubber bands on hip rings -because it forces the two pieces of webbing to rub together too tightly. In comparison, Rigging Innovations did not see the first frayed leg straps until a Flexon returned to the factory after 1,000 jumps in the Arizona desert. Flexon was the first skydiving harness with hip rings.
I have 2 tandem and 8 solo jumps. That first tandem I was calm as can be until the door open. Then I was scared shitless. The second tandem was better. My first solo jump I was also terrified. Even on my latest (8th solo) I'm still freaked out leaving that plane. I love the canopy flying of skydiving so that's the only reason I jump lol.
Thank you for your episodes on skydiving, I’ve been jumping for 53 years and really appreciate the subjects. I believe I’m never too old to either refresh or learn, please keep them coming rgds starshine
Good point, Jules! Here in US I also started taking newbies to fly video behind the formation - they learn the canopy, they watch the action and understand the concept quickly, and they also learn to fly camera position. The same concept I took to a competition level - it is so much better to train 3 people right away in a beginner 2-way CF team and make them interchangeable: any of them can fly camera and any position of the 2-way. They learn all positions. This way we can grow more proficient CRW fliers!!
I came from a DZ with 2 landing direction to a DZ with 3 LZs and constantly changing wind direction and landing patterns. I much prefer 2 directions because it makes it simple and don't mind landing crosswind. That being said, this new DZ has really taught me to pay attention more to the wind and watching what the hell is going on. Everyone lands off at some point and possibly in a backyard.
Simple. Don't misrig it. I remember when Booth invented it. Before then we used shot-and-half Capewells. The 3 Ring has saved countless lives! Be nice. You're truly blessed.
To stop a flip over surely a plastic (deformable and disposable) bridle could be added. Think of a double-sided Y keeping the rings apart. Just a thought for future safety for you guys.
Great video Jules McConnell. I remember being GCA on the training camp when Lyall Waddell came over from Canada to teach Parabatics at Lower Light and it was fantastic and great you are further stepping forward CRW training to another level. Good luck from Eddy and Lenny the galah. Spirit of Lower Light. 21 April 2024 17:05 hrs Adelaide Standard Time
Can you do a video on how to measure risers? i was told I needed shorter risers and a friend gave me his. but how do i know i got the right size? where do i measure from? Thanks.
Brian Germain and Dean Ricci have great books on fear. Solo, stress free jumps really helped me when I was going through AFF. I think you should watch all of the TEEM videos and learn how your gear works. Read and watch everything skydiving. Take a canopy course right away!
I've got 3 tandems under my belt. Two, 23 years ago, and most recent was 2019. On the last one, I felt door terror until I was out of the plane. That surprised me. I noticed that when I was at that place mentally, so was everything else I worried about just flooding my being. The jump went great, but I needed to handle my business; kids, career, and all my obligations not being ok. I learned that my life was out of balance. Hopefully soon, I can get my rating.
