In this case it appears the left toggle fired. This can sometimes open fine, sometimes line twist. There are so many variables at play it's often difficult to say what exactly caused it.
im starting my AFF course and this is my biggest fear! but reading comments it sounds common and some making out not a big deal which in a way is a bit reassuring and taught correctly you can get yourself out of the situation safely. but statistically how many dont and how many fatalities are there? im hoping its very low
Skydiving Fatalities are extremely low compared to the numbers of jumps. Average about 15 fatalities per year over 3 million jumps. And of those fatalities the vast majority are due to pilot error on high performance canopies. While gear failure does happen it's extremely rare and happens mostly due to user error, thus it is preventable if proper gear checks are made. As you will learn in your AFF course there is a monthly publication called the parachutist published by the USPA, and every fatality is investigated and reported in that publication so skydivers can learn from the unfortunate mistake of others. Line twists are a common malfunction, but the main and the reserve canopies are designed completely differently. The main is not considered a life saving device, and has many features to increase performance and convenience. The reserve is not designed for performance or convenience, it's designed to be as reliable as possible. In this video the two malfunctions are nearly identical, but there is a noticeable difference of how the malfunction affected the two canopies, where the main quickly entered into a spiraling dive that made fixing it questionable, the reserve flew strait and true. You'll start off with a student canopy that leans more towards to reliability side then the performance side. Probably a PD Navigator, and the difference between the a student canopy and a sport canopy is like driving a VW Minibus vs a Porche 911. The minibus is very docile and forgiving, the 911 is dynamic. Hope that helps and Blue Skies ~Derek
I just have one question, I can see his main malfunction, looked like a clean cut away, and he pulled his reserve. I started skydiving, loved it. But I noticed on deploy of the reserve he had lines twisted but on a main I was told to do exactly what he did kicking in the correct direction to untwist the lines. Which he did and he got his canapy flying fine. So, is it a malfunction when you have a line twist on the reserve because of the loss of altitude so quickly. I could tell he was probably not going to have a problem as soon as he got his lines straight. So, did the altitude change make the line twist on a reserve a malfunction?
What cause the line twists on the reserve was I was still spinning when I cut away from the main. I thought I had stabilized myself but I still had some spin. The line twists on the main where caused but a toggle fire and the twists locked in the risers unevenly. The reserve is designed to be a much more docile canopy and easier to death with such problems.
In this case it appears it was caused by one of the break toggle coming undone while it was opening. The parachute is designed so that when it opens it flying at half breaks. This gives you more time to turn if you open to close top someone and are heading at each other. The parachute also flies more stably in half breaks. In this case when it opened one of the break lines came loose so it was turning at half it's potential turn rate.
That's man I was weighing landing out, on risers, as well as the possibility there was more damage to the canopy that I couldn't see (like a tear on the top skin), the old girl is getting a bit long in the teeth. I'll be happy to have both break lines snapping at one as my skydying one-off, and be happy to have it behind me. Blue Skies.
@@isk8nyc Reserve deployed pretty quickly for no RSL imo! I had a very unpleasant hard opening a couple yrs ago, that was still the last day I jumped.. Part of me still itchin to get back up there tho. Glad u made it out ok
Thanks! Biggest element of that decision was I knew I wasn’t making it home. I was had a campground with a nicely mowed field as my preferred location but the exact conditions at the moment where unknown and landing on rears not the best idea when the field couldn’t be filled with kids. Made the decision with others safety in mind as well as my own.
@@isk8nyc even landing back at home I'd have probably chopped that. You had already broke 2 brake lines so who knows how close more lines were to possibly snapping. Rear riser might have been enough stress to snap another line or 2 right on landing possibly breaking a leg or something. That opening with both lines broke...I think it is a chop. Blue Skies brother and here's to many more jumps!
Variety of factors packing body position and just dumb luck. This one doesn't appear to have had anything noticeable gone wrong. I year or two ago I bought a new container\harness and the number of malfunctions significantly decreased.
@@oldguitarguy7528 It's like trying to explain to a four year old why kissing girls is fun. You can't really understand it until you try it. The first time is a life event there was life before and after that happened. More then anything else it's a sense of freedom like no other it's extreme intensity followed by such peace. It's the hyper focus you get while in free fall, it's something that wipes all your cares away, it's a palette cleanser for life.
@@isk8nyc k, i get that from playing music and dont have to worry about smashing into the earth at 225 mph. Sorry, will never understand, i hate the 12 hr flight from here to israel more than anything in the world. Flying is must do situation.
@@oldguitarguy7528 A skydive is about a < 30 mins abt 20 mins to alti 60 seconds or so of freefall, 5 mins of canopy flight, that's the other half most people who don't jump don't really get after you have a parachute over your head, you are no longer a skydiver, but a glider pilot.
Bummer, thought something scary was going to happen other than the normal Stiletto X. Good times! Acting like he had a real malfunction or something! Lol.
You were also flying a huge student canopy on your static line jump which 9 times out of 10 will remain straight & level even with line twists. Smaller canopies can go into a dive/spinning dive with line twists.
