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FreeFly Skydive Followed By a Main Parachute Failure... and Reserve Ride

This is a nice little freefly (sit-fly) skydive ruined by the failure of the main canopy on deployment. Every now and again, just when you think the freefall is over, the damn main canopy reminds you to keep on your toes even when everything is supposed to slow down. This guy gets nailed by his risers when he cut away so he got a little animated. He had a great reaction to the failure and cut away before it tossed him around too much. He did have a Skyhook installed so the reserve deployment was almost immediate. turn your volume down a bit, it gets loud up there.

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Added: Mar-26-2012 
By: PyneOil
In: Other Entertainment, Sports, Other
Tags: parachute, failure, reserve, skydive, canopy, cut, away
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States (load item map)
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  • Skydive Dallas at Whitewright field. I've jumped & trained there. Good save, shame the cloud busting fogged up the lens.

    Looks like another case of a high performance canopy turning simple line twists into a emergency cutaway.

    Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
    dorbie (2530.30)

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  • That's more like I remember it sounding ;o)

    Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
    Tongueboy (3089.74)

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  • fuuuuck that. epic

    Posted Mar-26-2012 By 
    hac198582 (98.10)  

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  • I am curious as to what the cutaway procedure entails. How it's done, what mechanism, etc.

    ...not that I would ever willingly exit a perfectly good airplane while aloft. I'm just curious.

    Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
    Blech (557.60)  

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    • @Blech -In layman's terms: After deploying your main canopy pilot chute (The pilot pulls the main parachute closing pin using wind resistance), if after about 3 seconds your main doesn't begin to deploy or, if your main canopy deploys and starts a violent spin or gets tangled, the reserve deployment should begin. The first step is to pull your cutaway handle, usually found on your right forward harness. This disconnects the risers (the harness to parachute line connectors) from you parachute ret More..

      Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
      PyneOil (350.22)

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    • @PyneOil Thank you very much, Pyne.

      I imagined the Skyhook performed the function you described, but now I have a better idea of how it is accomplished mechanically.

      Maybe I'll try it someday. 'Til then I'll stick with indoors at the Paraclete XP. Happy landings!

      Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
      Blech (557.60)  

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    • @Blech It uses a 3-ring cutaway on each riser which can also deploy the reserve using an RSL. Here's the wikipedia page I created describing the cutaway mechanism:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-ring_release_system

      Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
      dorbie (2530.30)

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    • @PyneOil Wikipedia has a whole section of the 3-ring release mechanism, not just an animation in the parachute section.

      Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
      dorbie (2530.30)

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  • Well said. Fuck that!

    Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
    zacarra (272.80)  

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  • Fuck That

    Posted Mar-27-2012 By 
    rowdylll649 (80.20)  
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