30 years ago I was taught that a low speed malfunction is more dangerous than a high speed one. With a high speed malfunction you have no choice but to decide and act immediately. However with a slow speed malfunction you can hesitate until you are too low to cut away.

@cowebb2327

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. The ground looks very close under canopy

@ohasis8331

Ай бұрын

1500 she gone.

Also, holy busy dropzone. Felt like a proper airport with all that traffic.

@brianpaton6687

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the first thing I noticed as he go closer to the ground.

@BananenStrasse

3 жыл бұрын

Its a normal swiss dropzone

@iansutherland8155

3 жыл бұрын

I was surprised to see a chopper flying around.

@brianpaton6687

3 жыл бұрын

@@iansutherland8155 Yeah I saw that. One coming into land and another with it's rotors turning on the ground.

@278Trev

3 жыл бұрын

A airplane helicopter and what six parachutes... wow

This happend to me during AFF, I didnt understand why i had to be 50% on one side to flight straight, but seemed okay with one arm half down, so I landed like that. I remember the guy on the ground saying on the radio "arms up arms up" when i was near the ground, I showed breifly that if I raised both my arms I would spin and landed with my armes asymetricaly. Before everyong jump to my throat : it was my 4th jump, and the rule was, if you can't fly your canopy you cut it. I could fly it so it didnt cut away. Looking back on that I still dont know If I should have cut or not, but i'm alive today so It probably wasnt the worst choice ever.

@lookat2006

3 жыл бұрын

it should say, if you can't land it, you cut it.. he could "fly" it (for a while), but the landing approach and flare would have become a problem..

@valderja

3 жыл бұрын

If you could control it and feel like you could land it safely (big student canopy) you did the right thing.

@johnreed8872

3 жыл бұрын

From what I saw in the video it appears as if he was in half brakes and held that through out , seems as if he never let the conopy fully inflate... really hard to tell because you don't have a clear view of the conopy. Regardless... when in doubt , Whip it out!! He either wasn't trained or ' forgot ' to immediately check conopy and lines , brakes and steering . He simply dicked around too long before making a decision to cut. Vertical speed and/or rate of decent apparently wasn't high enough to trigger the AAD .

@valderja

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnreed8872 You don't want an AAD firing while you still have the main above your head. His right brake line was caught up or still stowed with half brake setting which meant with both arms up, he was diving to the right.

@mrtrapper93

3 жыл бұрын

Did the correct thing! IMHO as a former instructor!

I've had the exact same malfunction on like jump 24, I was always timid when releasing the breaks, and one got stuck in the eyelet and wouldn't release, then I started spinning out of control, so I chopped. I had people telling me "bro, you should of just brought the other toggle down". But in that situation, with little skill, I freaked out and performed my emergency procedures and was able to walk away. I'm very firm now when releasing the toggles.

@maseratifittipaldi

3 жыл бұрын

You should leave the breaks tied up and locked away. No safety equipment needs such stuff.

@tad22560

3 жыл бұрын

You made a decision to cut away, and you lived. There should be nobody second guessing that, especially with the low number of jumps you had at the time. Good decision.

@thomasgonzales.5304

3 жыл бұрын

Explain the malfunction a little bit

@JOlsson01

2 жыл бұрын

You made the right decision.

@spudeleven5124

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasgonzales.5304 Right toggle stuck in the steering line stow loop. I've had the opposite happen where a steering line breaks. That's easy, just fly and land with rear risers.

When in doubt whip it out. You cannot reclaim altitude after it is lost.

@278Trev

3 жыл бұрын

When in doubt throttle out at that altitude over an airport full of traffic go somewhere else

@278Trev

3 жыл бұрын

When in doubt throttle out is a dirt bike thing keep it in your pants bro

@drgoog2577

3 жыл бұрын

@@278Trev forgot to switch accounts?

@adamwilkinson6721

3 жыл бұрын

@@drgoog2577 why would someone waste their time having a conversation with themselves? I understand they haven't switched accounts but why would they waste their time doing that?

@farahabdulkhadirsaid5218

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamwilkinson6721 to start a chain comment

After he stops trying to clear the toggle, he flies around for almost a minute, in a slow but controlled manner. It looked landable. Even if he does not realise it, he has already decided to land it (because he didn't chop when he stopped trying to clear it). And then he makes a NEW decision, a lot lower. If your main is broken, then you MUST decide, at that moment, what you will do. And the best decision is (almost always) to chop it. Why wear a reserve if you don't use it when you need it? And you should only ever over-ride that decision with a new decision if circumstances change.

Your life or your main canopy. Choose wisely.

Glad he made it safely to the ground. I love watching these guys jump out of the plane from high up in the mountain with my binoculars. I'm always in awe. I prefer such heights with rock under my feet. Their view over ticino must just hit different though.

I can't believe he tried to ride that out. Let alone how long he waited to cut. Someone needs a ground school refresher!

@ZeroSpawn

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was hoping it was going to fix it's self the lower he got. LOL xD

@xhector

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was scared to cut away at that low... which is normal but yeah... need to take decisions quicker.

@oneeyehooly9537

3 жыл бұрын

Bro I had a malfunction before and ALMOST had to cut Shit gets very very very fucking real when you realize you're chopping away something that is potentially preventing you from dying in hopes something else will save you. Weird mentality but it's literally acceptance of whatever happens

@znfl9564

3 жыл бұрын

@@oneeyehooly9537 believe me brother, I know. I had 2 cuts before I finished my licensing and both were from using old gear and then nearly a 3rd because of a broken line but I was able to ride it home with no issues. A buddy of mine I trained with has had 4 cuts, never gets any less terrifying but you can't tetter back and forth on a hill like that if you know what I mean. Keep in mind folks, this is an extreme sport for a reason. If you're gonna take the plunge at roughly 120 mph, you gotta make your decisions in seconds, not minutes. This is what ground school is for! 👍

@SkydogVIT

3 жыл бұрын

this is panic. - no need to pull the brakes without looking. - even after that, the situation could be corrected. sorry for my english - it's google :)

That's the reason for a "decision altitude." If you reach that altitude and still don't have a good canopy, cut away. I've seen people die from waiting too long to decide. Glad that this one turned out OK.

@ManosTheOne

3 жыл бұрын

You've "seen" "people" (plural) die?? Maybe you should change dropzone?

I’ve just got done watching all 326 vids of FF😂. Took me 3 weeks. Thank you for all the info!

@ryeann2567

2 жыл бұрын

Whats your favorite one?

at least he'll probably find his handles lol...

You can just barely see it, but at 2:50, there goes his freebag, landing right behind the twin turbine. At least he didn't have to walk far.

@fleafrier1

3 жыл бұрын

Wow well spotted. I had to scroll through a few times before I picked it up. One of the benefits of a low cutaway I guess. At least all of your stuff lands nearby.

@skydiverclassc2031

3 жыл бұрын

@@fleafrier1 I saw it on the first view, and then it took me 5-6 in a row before I saw it again.

@fleafrier1

3 жыл бұрын

SkydiverClassC I think someone else mentioned his main landing on the taxiway but that free bag must be what they were talking about. I doubt the fully inflated main landed before he did. Free bags always seem to descend quickly once the weight of the spring in the pilot chute takes over.

Panic for... nothing 🤷🏻‍♂️

In my experience, the ground looks a hell of a lot closer when you're under canopy than in free fall. Had a similar experience and decided I had one good canopy out and decided to manage it. It was the right decision for me, looks like he made the right decision for him.

@yuraretz2379

2 жыл бұрын

First the ground seems to be standing still but as you keep falling it starts approaching faster and faster. You open the chute at around 1km, where the zoom in effect is significant enough to notice.

@tanky1734

10 ай бұрын

if the ground is looking close under free fall you've got yourself a problem

One of the worst decisions I've seen on a Friday freakout. He should have cut away at least 30 seconds earlier.

@Mark-et8vh

3 жыл бұрын

It's been a while since my last jump, (jump 599 in 1988) but he should have dumped that canopy the second he realized he had a brake locked up and couldn't correct it. Going to reserve sucks, but burning in sucks more and as was mentioned, with no time to correct for line twist and heading errors, his idiocy could have harmed people on the ground.

@bjb7587

3 жыл бұрын

Sad to say, I've seen worse here.

@mikeferguson4816

3 жыл бұрын

@@bjb7587 cool, please post links.

@Mark-et8vh

3 жыл бұрын

@Man Like Barnzy Well, again, my last jump was a long time ago. My reserve was a 26' round and it most def rattled your cage.

@tousledmonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@Man Like Barnzy Sure a safe landing is more important than anything else, but after that it just sucks. The day is over. Maybe even the week or month, depending on how fast you can get that reserve repacked, find your main canopy (and with this guy apparently find your cutaway handles too), have it reinstalled, some airports require paperwork too when irregs occur. It costs anywhere between 80 (reserve repacking) and 4000 bucks (high performance main canopy lost/destroyed). That's why it sucks.

Thank you for all the information in the description. It is very informative and educational. You may even have prevent a loss of life with this!

The most useless thing to a skydiver is the altitude above you!

Beautiful drop zone , amazing view . He was alright to land that but little bit of extra excitement is always fun. He got base jump and regular jump for price of one , lol.

@giuseppezilioli777

2 жыл бұрын

@Alex Bonardi Yes is Dz Locarno I jump in the 1985

Welcome to base! 👍

@davidflores6853

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this la mailfuntion principal parachute, precedimenter its. Liberation principal and rcl pull reserve and cut the principal, and reserve maneras pull ( this Action time 2 seconds

@josef_braun

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidflores6853 wtf is your comment?

those rare times you find something that isnt a clickbait!

@278Trev

3 жыл бұрын

My first thought exactly

@278Trev

3 жыл бұрын

Looks almost to sketchy sounds breathy

As a student I was instructed do not ever try to fly a spinning malfunction no matter if you think you can control and land it because it can go to shit at 300 feet.

Such aggressive control inputs. Such a strange way to deal with a problem

Ahh figg di mann... 😂 🇨🇭-swearing

@emanuelgietl842

3 жыл бұрын

Servus hast du eine ahnung wo der sprungplatz ist?

@xistsixt

3 жыл бұрын

@@emanuelgietl842 Locarno Tessin

Canopy control check, bro! Damn, that was cringe worthy! The moment he realized he did not have full control, he should have cutaway.

@MarkGaleC3H5N3O9

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree... It appears he understood what the problem was and should've used his hook knife to solve it.

@TommyPusztai

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkGaleC3H5N3O9 hook knife? What for?

@johnlewis1113

3 жыл бұрын

@@TommyPusztai I'm pretty sure Mark is suggesting that he cut the brake line off... which, of course would have both stopped the spiral and been a separate mal in its own right. Can be landed with proper experience and advance practice... but it's an interesting choice to go from one mal to another.

@TommyPusztai

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnlewis1113 A reserve ride versus a brake line replacement? One can easily jump after a repack, but the other... Not to mention, wielding a hook knife, as freaked out as he was... a thin riser is so easy to damage, and THEN you have a mal, for sure.

@iansutherland8155

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a sky diver, but wasnt that loop hanging off his right brake handle the problem. It looks like its tangled and caught up on the handle. Surely that's an easy fix.

In airborne thats about the height our main chute finally opens lol

@cowebb2327

2 жыл бұрын

That's because you're minimizing time to get shot at :) otherwise there's no sane reason to jump out of a plane at 1,000 ft...or less.

@yarpos

2 жыл бұрын

apple meet orange

@BrainlessVirus

2 жыл бұрын

@@yarpos more like "crab apple meet granny Smith", but okay

I bet he was 2 stone lighter after this. Very lucky guy

@skydive1424

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Burrow there were traces of brown rocket propellant in the area reportedly

I had a toggle lock on a tandem a few years ago. Yes, it does seem silly and it sucks having to cut it away, but the fact is you cannot control your parachute for a safe landing. Good on you for making the right decision, just don’t wait so long next time.

Nice scenery for a chop. Too much thought went into that decision.

Awesome explanation in the description. Thank you guys !

Remember you have seconds to make a judgment and others will have forever to make a judgment

Good job man...god bless you

I’m gonna go ahead and give him mad props for dropping his main right on the taxiway, and at least giving controllability a shot while he had altitude. The panicked screaming...2 demerits. Handle yer junk-show, or panic and flail, not both.

@ChrisSantacroce

3 жыл бұрын

How about hook knife the right brake and steer on the rears if you are that stubborn.

@ChristopherGrantham

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh yeah I like the hook knife solution even better!

So, between AFF and my A license I created a problem where I released brakes and essentially tied a knot around the left rear riser. It put me into a not terrible turn. I think it happened because I ran my hand through the loose, excess line before unstowing the brake (I did not pack for myself at the time). I was pulling high at that time 4-4.5k and decided to pull in the riser, release tension and untie the knot. It worked, but you must realize what it looked like to my coach below. It was cleared before 3k. On the ground I was told that I should not do "in flight rigging" and to chop that $h1T! I agree at that experience level, but if faced with the same problem now, with enough altitude, I would try to resolve the knot again, or explore what rear riser input did to the canopy. At decision altitude if not resolved it is a chop period. Also, thanks for sharing so we can learn. Glad you are okay.

Never been skydiving but reading all the jargon in this chat makes me want to watch the movie Drop Zone.

@cowebb2327

2 жыл бұрын

It's fun to watch but totally unrealistic. Just keep that in mind.

He saved his life he is a winner

It's the brake line stuck in the buttonhole, a very common issue... you put your other command in your mouth (so you won't spin) and then use both the hands to get it free in seconds. If you decide for a ride reserve because of this, I can't imagine what you gonna do in the case of a real emergency.

@usafwilkerson

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I had this happen a few months ago jumping a new chute I bought. Didn’t seem like a big deal to me.

@spudeleven5124

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good suggestion. If I'm above DA I will definitely try it. Thanks for sharing.

Paracentro Locarno, Switzerland ... One of the most beautiful views of Europe's DZ's. Strange situation, since Switzerland has pretty tough currency regulations concerning their skydivers permits. Anyhow - been there, jumped there, loved it! Great operation, run by Paracentro Locarno. 👍👍👍

@spudeleven5124

2 жыл бұрын

Jumped at Reichenbach once. Beautiful DZ but with all the restrictions, fees, etc it wasn't worth it and I won't jump in Switzerland again, even though I'm right next door in Germany.

I had the same thing happen to me (line twist). When I made it to the ground and said “did you see that?” No one had any idea what I was talking about. The moral of the story for para-sailers and / or skydivers is: When you are up there [in the sky] you may be so alone that no one will hear you scream. IJS

When you see the shadow of you cutting the main, you're a little low.

@cowebb2327

2 жыл бұрын

:)

He walked away. That's a good landing.

Waiting waaaay too long to make that decision. Hard decks my man.

At least he doesn`t have to search for his main

@justingould2020

3 жыл бұрын

And I think his freebag landed a quick stroll from where he landed.

I see so many smart comments here. It’s so much easier to know what to do when you‘re not in the position of the jumper in the video. I‘m sure he has learnt a lot out of it and it‘s a great contribution to safety awareness that he‘s sharing this video with the community so that everyone can learn out of it.

@colink3728

2 жыл бұрын

You must not be a skydiver. We're trained to cut that away immediately before we even make out first jump. This guy contributed absolutely nothing to the sport other than showing us how stupid some people can be

@jaffacalling53

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao I'm sorry but there was no reason for him to not cut away within the first 20 seconds after discovering the malfunction. It became immediately apparent that he could not easily fly and land the canopy, and he was over a wide open field so it's not like he would have had any trouble searching for the main anyway.

@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145

2 жыл бұрын

@@colink3728 100% agreed. So much time wasted to recover maybe a line twisted reserve.

@JOlsson01

2 жыл бұрын

Basic training is very clear. If you have a malfunction, you cut away and deploy your reserve. I bet the first question he got from from drop zone safety officer would've been, - why didn't you cut away earlier?

@iloveaviation-burgerclub-a8145

2 жыл бұрын

1 a thousand 2 a thousand 3 a thousand canopy check. Canopy open >> yes >> toggles release >>> brake check / steering check >>> Can I land it safe? If yes >>> have fun. If no >>> cutoff/reserve over 500m / no cutoff add reserve if lower than 500m and hope for no downplane. Anything else is just a waste of time and safety. The lower you cutoff the less time you have to pull reserve stable the more likely the reserve will also twist lines. And THEN you're pretty fuxked.

Wow, what's the go with all the traffic? Helos, planes, everywhere. I was afraid his chute would find it's way into a prop somewhere.

that guys swiss and i’m just enjoying the way he swears

Let go of the right toggle , bring eye of left control line below the guide ring enough to grasp line with right hand , Restow left toggle ( make sure eye is on the hard , sewn part of the toggle , as to not repeat right side problem ) canopy now back in half brakes , even , now bring right side toggle down low enough to grasp line above the eye with palm of left hand , use fingers of left hand to slip eye off right toggle , (this motion must be fairly quick as canopy begins to turn ) release left toggle , final control check , altitude , traffic , land -then resize the eye of the control line to fit toggle properly (with rigger ) do not stow toggle eye in soft part between the toggle grommet and hard sewn part of toggle , then it won’t get stuck , cost you dough , time , embarrassment, blue skies

Good thing he paid extra for embroidery on the handles just to throw them away.

That was anxiety-provoking just b/c of HIS anxiety, which is understandable. It was worthwhile for me to watch it and just breathe through it.

This bloke probably should either do ground school or trade his rig for some golf clubs

@TheTibetyak

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps he saw some stomach turning YT videos of Super Sad Sunday Golf Cart Crashes and chose skydiving as his next safest sport?

@4barhigh

3 жыл бұрын

I'd wager the ability to drink while golfing (especially w/ carts) makes it a bit more dangerous actually.

He should pay TWO slabs of Beer for throwing away two perfectly good handles!!!

Thought for sure this smooth brain was gonna try to fly the reserve over the hangars and land on top of them. Making that final 180 and flaring was about the only thing he did right. What awful management of this situation.

Thank you 😘😘😘😘😘

No matter the malfunction, there is no time to think or trying to fix it. It is an immediate decision to cut and pull the reserves.

He had the rest of his life to figure out how to survive the fall...good job

This highlights the necessity for braked landings with a PLF to be included in training. No need to panic like this jumper did. The parachute was flying great despite the fact his right brake would not release from the cats eye. Braked approach, PLF, ??? PROFIT.

@BrainlessVirus

3 жыл бұрын

thats what i was thinking. In airborne I've come in way hotter than that

@rjjablo

2 жыл бұрын

Looked to me like he was creating his own problems. Round chutes on a static line only with a PLF mandatory

@Nataliusupra

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone 👍

Damn.. so much going on that it's confusing yet things pop, (helicopters, the chute bag ect... I dunno.. sure was a lot of shit going down) Glad dude made it!

The description says it’s uncertain why it locked up. Look at the frame revealing the right toggle exactly at 1:00. The toggle is stuck in the set point in the brake line.

@arctic_ita

3 жыл бұрын

It happens with used brake lines, trying to pull it down or pull the line up won't free it, the pressure will make the hole even smaller around the command.. you have to move the ring with your other hand and to do so, without causing a spin, you just put the opposite command in your mouth. I dunno why he panicked, it happens so often!

@Juiceboxdan72

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys, I was trying to figure out what happened, I just assumed he hit rotor or something (I have zero experience), but I see what you pointed out in the video. This is a noob question, but does it damage your gear to cut away the main canopy? I am wondering if that influenced his decision? Or maybe there wasn't much decision-making at all?

@Juiceboxdan72

3 жыл бұрын

This is really interesting, btw

@arctic_ita

3 жыл бұрын

@@Juiceboxdan72 He had malfunction, there's several malfunctions you can experience during skydiving, some can easily be handled and solved, some others will force you to cut-away (using your reserve canopy), also depending upon your experience. The debate was about if making a cut-away in this case was necessary without trying to solve the issue, however the final decision is always in the hands of whoever is under the canopy, the final purpose is to land safely and being able to jump again, if you accomplish that you did it right! To answer your question, a cut-away (money wise) could cost to you as little as $150 or so (repack the emergency canopy) to some thousand dollars (lose your canopy, freebag, handles.. etc.), however it's never a money decision (despite the fact that some skydivers would argue with this), you're "playing" with your life, when you jump there's only two devices that are going so "save" you and they are your main canopy and your reserve canopy, doing a cut-away means that you are cutting your chances of surviving by 50% (simple math), a reserve canopy while being safe it still a canopy and it can malfunction as well and then you don't have a third one for more chances... so if you have the possibility (time, altitude, experience) to solve the problem with your main canopy, it's always preferable to try it rather than just give up and count on your reserve. On the other side, if you see that trying to land with your main canopy not in a good shape would put you at big risk, you'll go for a reserve, your life (well, mine) is worth much more than few thousands dollars.

@Juiceboxdan72

3 жыл бұрын

@@arctic_ita Thank you, that makes sense! My life is worth at least 50 bucks lol. I spoke with a WWII vet many years ago at an airshow (I'm in the US, btw), onboard the parked Memphis Belle. He had a story about one of his buddies who's reserve failed to open, RIP. He had to throw his own reserve a few days later due to a malfunction - in his words: "Thank goodness it went 'pop.'" I'd imagine the technology has come a long way since then, thankfully. Still, my guess is that proper training keeps you alive at least as well as your gear can, even by modern standards. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

you are gnarly bro!!

Looks like fun!!!

This happened to me on my official first deployment jump at night. We had already jumped super low and it deployed tangled. I can't tell you the amount of information that I processed in 2 seconds. It felt like 5 minutes and second #2 went from contemplating to cutting away and praying to god the reserve chute worked.

This malfunction was caused by setting your toggles TOO DEEP into the loop on the brake line. Some toggles have a gap between the grommet and the heavily sewn "nose" of the toggle. When you set the toggle too deeply, the opening shock can cause the line to lock onto the toggle at this location = what we see in this video. Always set the brakeline loop over the nose part of the toggle. Unfrtunately I see this problem happening on reserve canopies by some riggers. This is an old problem with an easy solution. Stay safe out there.

I was there for 2 weeks piloting small planes every day and jumping at the weekends😁

Hey riggers: the cat eyes don't need to be super tight on the toggles! Thanks

Switzerland is so beautiful, almost looks fake, like something from a SimCity video game.

I had a situation like this on one of my jumps, but I'm not an experienced diver, and I was at the mercy of my tandem, so we rode it down with him not even able to reach the left side. He was able to control the spin by toggling the right, so he made the decision to not cut, and we landed near perfectly, and within feet of the bullseye target, so I never though too much about it. He was a very good diver, and I don't even think his heart rate went up through the whole thing.

Is it big ? Yes Is it rectangular? Yes Is it controllable? NO! Get off it! I know its easier said than done esp in light of the fact your reserve isnt guaranteed and he was giving it a good old go so props.. but that level of brake toggle offset just to roughly fly straight.. plus he was around people who were going into their landing patterns and base legs.. he should have been off that 2000 feet earlier 👍🏽

@JenniferSmith-yl6lr

3 жыл бұрын

Haha funny rule.... I started on a Kohnke triangle and I did several hundreds on a Para Commander Competition before I switched to the "modern world" So, not always rectangle 😂

@F8LDragon2

3 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Smith is it there? Is it square? Will it flare? If not, don’t you dare...

@bjb7587

3 жыл бұрын

@@JenniferSmith-yl6lr After student jumps on T10s, my first canopy was a Paracommander, back in the mid 70s. Medium blue and black. After maybe 50 jumps, moved up to a Sabre, an early square. Good times.

@kevinnathanson6876

3 жыл бұрын

@@JenniferSmith-yl6lr Even with the malfunction, had he kept it, he would have landed MUCH better than a 'perfect' Paracommander landing! Let's hear it for us old people. This one brought back memories of my first cutaway, when I had a Mae West on a? Yep. Paracommander... had a 22' round reserve and missed landing on a running helicopter by a good 10 feet or so. FWIW, I DEFINITELY would have landed the one he cut away; just take a few wraps on the left brake line, figure out how far you can pull before it stalls, and land it. Super-late decision was really scary!

@anthonymcgrath

3 жыл бұрын

@@F8LDragon2 I like that one 😊

This guy is soo cool! He just wanted to collect his canopy and freebag on the way to the packing area.....

Remember folks, there is decisions altitude for a reason. You will always lose altitude and you will never get it back, so use it wisely.

@idratherfly2000

3 жыл бұрын

Miguel Sarria you wont ALWAYS lose altitude, could have a very strong up draft....

@jomisamar2005

3 жыл бұрын

@@idratherfly2000 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️, you're missing the point. We're talking about decision altitudes when you have an uncontrollable canopy, go troll somewhere else.

@idratherfly2000

3 жыл бұрын

Miguel Sarria you’re missing the point, if someone trolls you, don’t reply back. Once you reply back you have immediately lost and the troll has won. If someone trolls you just keep quiet and move on. Also it is true about strong up drafts, you wont “always” lose altitude... Troll-1 Miguel-0

@jomisamar2005

3 жыл бұрын

@@idratherfly2000 .......

@idratherfly2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@jomisamar2005 Troll 2 , Miguel 0

Sky diving it’s gotta be for the rush. Because the odds of something malfunction seams high. These people are Brave.

Watching at quarter speed you can see he tries to do a few of the things commenters are saying he should have tried. But he seems to to be unable to keep that left hand locked at the necessary length to keep himself from spinning while he works on the right brake line.

@JayDee-xj9lu

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he could have hooked the left brake between his knees to fly straight and untie the right brake. But not go to low. We had a student cut away at 1000 feet. When asked why, he said" the slider wouldn't go up" After a while it dawned on him what he'd done.

Welp, cross this off the list of things I never have to worry about. LMAOOO

@cowebb2327

2 жыл бұрын

:) If you watch car crash videos you wouldn't drive either. Focus on the millions and millions of jumps that go off without incident.

I can feel the adrenaline from here! Oh yeah!

Right Toggle is caught tight in its loop...maybe a good pull on it would have freed it to fly normal. Glad your alive bud.

Unusual to hear a swiss curse like that 😂

that has to be one of the coolest airports in the world! Only thing missing is a seaplane base on the lake

Big balls to do that at that altitude!!

He looked surprised😅

I'm a paraglider so I can tell this joke as I also take some of the same risks as sky divers: What's the difference between a golfer's mistake and a skydivers mistake? . . . . . . . . One goes, "WHACK! Damn," while the other goes, "Damn. WHACK!" LMAO

If you’re so fucking petrified of a cutaway that you sit in the saddle and fart around with an uncontrollable canopy for 2 minutes, maybe this sport isn’t for you

Super camera!

Sky diving near mountain turbulence and wake turbulence, are you asking for a death sentence?

welp at least we know where his reserve's free bag is at 2:52

Any time there's a cut away, you can always tell by the distant, "aw fuck! God dammit!" coming from above.

For all those who don‘t speak swiss german, when he says „figg di“ it means fuck you xD

Nice DZ, where is it?

@ManuelNaegeli

3 жыл бұрын

It's in Switzerland, Paracentro Locarno.

@Pervybilly

3 жыл бұрын

@@ManuelNaegeli vielen Dank!

Are you able to reuse the canopy that's been cutaway if you are able to get it back?

Anyone know where this DZ is? Awesome looking location. I have a Skyhook and a Smart Reserve which should come out rather nicely when needed but the delay before the decision to cut away scares me! Makes me think extra carefully to make my decision altitude for a reserve deployment higher rather than lower!!

Lago Maggiore if I'm correct. Beautiful.

Shopping list: New main chute New pair of boxers

@benedikt5974

3 жыл бұрын

and new handles ! Cut away higher - keep them handles! ;)

@LucasWills

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, he found his main.

Curious...how often do people have to cut and use their backup? Coming from someone who has never dove before but always wanted to. Watching all these videos makes me a bit weary...haha!

@yarpos

2 жыл бұрын

there is no real answer, it varies by person/attitudes to gear/packing/ what you are jumping. Doing everything right with a conservative canopy you might do thousands of jumps without a malfunction. And you might also have one on the next jump.

Yikes. this scares me so much

You know, the good thing about tandem jumps is that you will never end up being featured in Friday Freakouts.

@bazman2150

5 ай бұрын

Tandems are the best freakouts, so much more to go wrong.😂

On my first AFF jump one of my toggles became unstowed on deployment and put me in a spin. Thought I was gonna have to cut away on my very first solo lmao.

this happend in a swiss-dropzone, in Locarno. I did some jumps there thirty years ago. I think he decided zu cut away too late, look......check....make a desicion.........just maximum 30 sec................so he can pull the reserve in about 1200 feet.

If you want to get good at dealing with bullshit at low altitudes then join the Army.

Paraglider here. Thinking about getting into aff. I cant identify what exactly the problem is here. The wing looks fine. I see that the breaks dont seem to be working as they should. Are they twisted leading up to the wing? With paragliders you can steer without the breaks with weight shift and pulling on the back c/d lines if need be. Obviously its not the same. Can someone explain? Thx

@stevenliemberg

3 жыл бұрын

Parachutes have their steering lines set to half brakes for opening. His right brake in not 'unlocking' - he can keep the wing from spinning around/steer by pulling his left steering line, but for some reason decides very late that he won't be able to land like this and cuts away very low. Good luck with aff :D

@Larzemensch

3 жыл бұрын

What could be the reason(s) for not ‘unlocking’?

2000ft is the lowest I have been told to cut away. Even if the parachute looked normal but didn't steer properly at 2000ft I'd cut away (obviously after identifying and correcting nuisance factors). (5 jumps so far). Did the issue occur below 2000ft?

Wrap the toggle and hook your thumb in your strap. This is how they taught us to fly in rears from long spots without getting tired.

@Y390R

3 жыл бұрын

And then rip your hand off during cutaway

@amalekited

3 жыл бұрын

Yegor Belov That’s a good point but at the same time, if you’re committing to landing it sub 1000ft and take a wrap, a cutaway isn’t going to be an option anyway. Plus, plenty of straps/rings to grip without a full wrap. Worth mentioning in the vid description? Just seems fatigue shouldn’t have been a factor.

@wolfganglienbacher

3 жыл бұрын

you do realize this canopy is not in any kind of landable configuration, right?

@k1ng401

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfganglienbacher why not? I’m not a jumper, can you explain why you can’t land this? If he kept both brakes at same level would he have not descended at a safe rate and eventually just flared or PLF at the end? Or was the fatigue of keeping the left brake pulled down to match the right too much as the description said? Could he have hooked into the riser somewhere to give his arm muscle some support?

@wolfganglienbacher

3 жыл бұрын

@@k1ng401 If you are the most badass 'I don't care bout injury' type of person - or are already on your reserve canopy and thus out of options - yes sure, you could try do that. Personally I think it's absolutely not even worth considering that's why in my point of view this configuration is not landable. Really every jumper needs to draw his own line on how safe he wants to play it. Being in skydiving for more than 10 years I have seen enough injury from sub par decision making, I like to draw the line high.

Literally had an eternity to chop.