I always think about learning to jump and then I see one of these and I put it off for another year or so. So far, It gives me a really good feeling about my safety. //ji
Watched a young woman under a streaming round main cut away so late,the reserve inflated and she landed. To be fair(a little bit) the cut away was with the dreaded Capewell system. She later died in a skydiving accident. Watche a static line student all but bounce, total on main(static line disconnected),wasted altitude "cutting away the main" which of course was still in the container. Static line student at our club bounced(another total,no reserve deployment) and walked away. The point is students sometimes have brain locks,but it emphasises the need to constantly review emergency procedures.
He cut way too late.. he could of been hundred of feet higher under that reserve. Guy got lucky. Hope he was later taught that he needs to be under a functioning chute before 2k feet, whether that's the main or reserve. If you can't sort it out before 2k feet, cut it
You're right, but in this case i was struggeling with cutting away. Lost almost 800feet after i decided to cut before i was able to do it. Next time i will use two hands to pull cut away handle, not only one ;)
That is funny, I love the instructor's voice getting more and more stressed. I bet he got a lecture on emergency procedures afterwards? :-D LOL! Did he get a beer fine for first chop?
They very rarely do. That's why you have to have your reserve packed by a certified rigger. If it does happen you have to work your ass off to try and handle it. The worst that usually happens with a reserve are some line twists and you can get those out pretty easy unless you're in a spin.
Every time I think about starting my AFF I see something like this... is there nothing but problem jumps on youtube? or are these problems just that common?
As someone who worked on jets in the Navy, and then became a skydiver afterwards, I can say there is nothing more true than the line “there’s no such thing as a perfectly good airplane”. Blue skies!
That brings back memories...I had to use my reserve twice in the twelve jumps I did in Temora in NSW whilst attempting to get my A licence... I can understand why he delayed. Sometimes you wait for things to improve and the situation fix itself, way after the "check canopy " .. Glad to see it all worked out...👍
The student gets a "A" for this. BUT, so do his instructors.....The student did THE RIGHT THING WHEN HE NEEDED TO DO IT!...... This is not as easy as it sounds.....There is a panicky little thought in the background saying, "Hey, a fucked up chute is better than none at all. Don't cut it away!" Respect to the student for his self-mastery. This is not as easy as it sounds when it is time to trust your training. Anyone in a high risk activity knows this.....Anyone else can just guess......
I remember watching this before my first skydives and thought, "geez, what a noob... that would never happen to me". Welp... it did, in one of my early AFF jumps. Started spiraling like this and hesitating trying to figure out what the fuck to do. I cut away around 3K feet after spiraling atleast 15 seconds. This was 30 minutes after an instructor was telling me he had never cutaway in 4,000 skydives. So i was thinking back like.... "am i doing something wrong? Can I correct this??" They were tension knots.
@@somecharactersnotallowed1319 After 5 hours in Ground School before my first jump, I was almost disappointed when I didn't have to kick/rotate my way out of a collapsed end cell. I remember being so surprised when I looked up at that big beautiful 380 sq. ft. Goliath Sport Chute that I almost forgot to reach up and pull my risers loose..... The first jump....MAN, WHAT A RUSH!
I remember grabbing my toggles and terrified that if I let them go I wouldn’t be able to get them back, like they’d fly out and away. Scared the crap out of me.
@@somecharactersnotallowed1319 why were you spiraling? I've never jumped. Considering it though. I was thinking the same. What's the chance of this happening in a AFF course.. who packs the reserve? Are those packed from the factory? Or they could be packed by anyone I assume. Like if someone previously needed to use it. If the main fails I have a feeling I'd hesitate to cut away hoping for a hard landing I'll survive as opposed to cutting away and oopsie. The reserve fails too.
Actually, I was more concerned with his in-air stability and body position. This is why I think the USPA should mandate wind tunnel training before a student enrolls in a first jump AFF program.
I quit skydiving after several jumps because the process felt rushed to me. I met a stuntman skydiver who was a firm believer that you should become very proficient at indoor body flight and packing before you do your first AFF.
