The packer should have done a line check. It would have been so easy to see the step through. This is something we were all taught when we learned how to pack our chutes.
It almost looked like after you fixed your reserve you calmed down enough to make sure and see where your primary landed. I wonder why some reserves are white. You would think they would want them to be optic orange or red to announce and emergency and be easier for potential rescuers to find.
@@jasonwinchester2325 No, you mean main cannopies are bright colors, because these are the ones you lose when you cutaway. You don't loose a reserve cannopy so don't need to find them.
@@AnselmeSportVideos No I mean when you open your reserve and don't land anywhere near where you intended. I would also think seeing a bright orange chute in the air would also make it more obvious the jumper had trouble.
That's fair. BUT it does not excuse a "packer" not see the step through. Seriously did he/she not do a line check ? Basic stuff we were all taught when learning how to pack.
@cameraflyer ok. Well I think riding a malfunction for longer than necessary because you want to retrieve your main and freebag more easily sounds like madness. But that's just me, :)
I don't have a lot of jumps (about 60), and I've only had one mal - a minor line twist. It surprised me by pinning my head down to my chest, but I got the risers pulled apart quickly enough and everything was ok. The coincidental part of this; it was in ZHills, and I too had paid $7. I had a tiny little uneasy feeling about the packing shed (I chalked it up to being a newby there - not wanting to disrupt their system with questions), but hey, they must pack a LOT of rigs every day, right? Upon landing, I did have them pack my rig for the trip home, but for peace of mind, I had it repacked at the home DZ. I'm not placing blame on anyone, these things just happen. Now, a packer not finding a step-through?
I was actually able to land a complete step through one time. Was able to twist my risers under my toggles to land the main safely, then I never used a packer again. The kind I had could have been missed a lot easier than this one could be. What a mess!
Not really, when in doubt throw it out. Im not saying he took to long, but dont go telling ppl they need to make sure it cant be fixed first. If a newer skydiver reads this they might spend an extra 5-10 seconds under a bad chute trying to fix it.
@@game1boy1007 my guess is a new skydiver isn’t going to be taking lessons from RU-vid comments sections. If they do, they are probably screwed anyway.
I’m a newbie too. But I would imagine you want to make sure you can’t fix it, because once you go to your reserve that’s all she wrote of it doesn’t deploy correctly.
just dont take too lightly that you are putting yourself under your last canopy just because some dill you paid cant be bothered to do a line check. Its not trivial, you are all out of options at that stage. Its unikely but one more thing goes wrong and you are dead meat because someone didnt do a line check. I'll stop preaching.
yarpos I had a step through on my AFF2 jump. It was on a PD210 so no twists and it flew straight but I couldn't find my toggles until I pulled the risers apart. Front was rear, rear was front. The malfunction flash cards didn't show a step through so I just stared at it awhile trying to figure out where the Hell my toggles were. Released the brakes and control check worked so I landed it. I didn't dare turn any more than I had to and landed without a flare. Just flew it into the ground and PLF. I learned to pack my own as soon as possible. I check my lines unlike the 'pros'.
considering how much it is in the beginning.. yeah "only". cheaper than burninating all the people.. in their thatched roof cottages!@@BurninatorTheTrogdor
What were you trying to achieve poking it until it spun up? It was clearly not landable, handles should've been in motion way earlier! Also, did the main land in one of the sewage evaporator ponds they have around Z-Hills? That sucks, man.
better some line twists on a wing thats designed to stay stable under those conditions than to have a delayed reserve opening and end up in trouble . ive had cut aways under both and prefer the rsl to the point my new rig has a MARD system . anything designed to help save your ass is worth using ;)
Edison Matos kind of hard to explain, it’s when the risers (the 4 bits that hold to parachute onto the backpack part ) have been step through. Caused by a few things but mainly by the parachute going over the top of you on landing or the skydiver stepping through the lines, thus causing the twist you saw. An example would be if you put a swing set through its self you cause a twist in the chains. I’m sure someone will correct me more but that’s basically it.
Can't tell you how many damn times a packer named "Rabbit" (because he packs in 3.5 minutes), has given this type of pack job to my friends @ West Point in VA!! Also, whoever is on this vid.....GET SOME HEAD DOWN COACHING IN A TUNNEL!!! GEEZ
