You just gotta make sure that you put your hand over the Rip cord protector flap or you will be commando crawling your ass to the next tree.Kilted Heathen wrote:As long as the reserve still gets me down the fuckin' tree I'm happy.
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I disagree with this to a degree. I had a total in '94 from 800' (wirecutter on bayonet scabbard cut my static). I had my T-10 reserve open by 400' or so (guessing, and from what DZSO Tm said. It was at night, full moon, clear sky, I was a little busy, so not terribly objective)... not the softest landing, but I got down in one piece.sobersides wrote:I was contributed to the investigation for a guy that streamered in at Bragg in the mid-90's. What the investigation determined was that if you jump at 800ft AGL, there is not enough time for you to realize you have a total malfuntion and fully deploy your reserve before you hit the ground. In this guy's specific case, his reserve popped out shortly after he hit. The whole thing was caught on video so the investigation was able to determine precise timing from the footage.
If you raise the drop altitude to 1200ft AGL, it gives you just barely enough time to be able to deploy your reserve - but only if you don't hesitate and act immediately. Only 1 second of hesitation and you're too late.
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200 meters of green shit next to a river in the desert does not qualify as a "Crescent of Fertility" -me
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Re: Guess I was lucky, Liket EARTH PIG!
Snakecharmer, you were at Bragg when I was, do you remember the cadidiot job-shadowing one of the line companies that was messing with his canopy-release-assembly and promptly streamered when he went out the door, fell 800ft. with his reserve wrapped around his main, and did a PLF with no injuries?
It was in the post newspaper. I distinctly remember my PSG making a big deal about it to the cherries we had.
It was in the post newspaper. I distinctly remember my PSG making a big deal about it to the cherries we had.
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Re: Damn!!
I remember in 94 or 95 a jackass rigger was cutting the static lines just a little bit so that the initial shocl would tear the line in half and well, no chute deployment.snakecharmer wrote: There was also one of the riggers that was packing them to FAIL and got his ass booted to Leavenworth. You might rember that one?
It's all good.
I remember that well. Spent 4 hours looking for a body in the orange groves of Avon Park on an EDRE. JM pulled in D-bags and had 1 missing with a snapped static line.
Jumper was fine, looked like the wind popped the bag after he deployed.
That fucker should burn.
Jumper was fine, looked like the wind popped the bag after he deployed.
That fucker should burn.
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Shit thats what we had... now I'm feeling old.. fuckersUnknown wrote:We started using them a couple of years ago. I think we started in 2000. Remember the old T-10 reserve. You had to throw it out and away.sobersides wrote:That's great news. Sounds like they made some good modifications there. You know, you often wonder when you participate in investigations if anything will ever change. It's good to know that things do change, and that equipment keeps getting better.UnKnown wrote:YOu have plenty of time now to open your reserve. The MRPS deploy in 1.5 seconds.
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Fuck em if they cant take a joke.....
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Fuck em if they cant take a joke.....