Nick S guilty as charged. We also found all the gear though!

When you pack it like shit that’ll happen lol

According to my grandfather (a mortar man with the 82nd in Korea,) you could shove a round parachute into a shopping bag and it'll open correctly.

The round is so reliable that (certainly in Australia) it is used without reserve in jumps over water in the ADF.

@@ryanpayne7707correct.

I'm so happy I got the opportunity to jump some rounds!

David thanks!

Dermer Life congrats on your first! Hopefully it’s the first of many!!!

Video is on our channel now if you want to check it out, Also I plan on taking the AFF but not sure about my wife lol she is one and done.

@@shawnupole9316 Hahaha I hope so, I'm at jump 66 and it takes me around 45 minutes and have mostly off-heading openings due to assymetric packing (I think)

Not bad actually, but then again when you jump multiple times a day it does tire you.

@@orivaes716 packers would say "it's your body positioning"

shawn upole in b

Sounds like me at 977 jumps!

Double fronts to water.... lol

Lawndart Productions I wish I hit the water first lol

don't listen to all the haters. anyone can have a funky landing especially in odd situations. 68k plus views is awesome . i have 3000 jumps in thirty years of jumping 6 malfunctions

Now the reserve has to be pulled,hung and dried along with rig inspection repacking ..etc...a pain in the ass!!!

Hahaha that’s awesome! Glad I got to jump with you all!

Definitely butchered that one!

Pat S. Haha. Thanks. This video ended up with a surprising amount of views. I don’t really worry too much about trying to share and get views. This video was more to just to remember a fun jump

Well I'm sure you got your 1000 by now. Do anything special?

Great place to jump. Late pm winds are something to contend with.

Sorry I never replied. This was rigged up by a master rigger. The belly container was clipped in similar to a tandem with 4 attachments, then the risers from the belly mount when to an additional set of large rings on the harness. The 3 ring release on the extra risers was routed to a pad on the risers of that round. Basically pulling the pads down on the risers, pulled a pin up and out of the 3ring release. I'm not sure how long it had been since that canopy had been jumped. I wish we knew!

DTD RIDER I did my first tandem June 2013 and started working on my license in August 2013. I’ve been jumping more and more since then. In 2017 I got 416 jumps. This year should be between 500 and 600

I've landed one before. Not this one though Paracommander. It really wasn't too bad but there was plenty of headwind.

Thanks for being a pioneer in the days when skydiving was dangerous and sex was safe!

@@NoahClarke36812 ...You nailed it Noah! Thank You! Having that "ripcord" behind me & out of my sight is not for me. I've since upgraded to a ParaCommander...ripcord on my chest!

Bill Callahan I also had the pleasure of jumping a paracommander in this same setup recently. Still haven’t landed it though

Tarvo Kallaste I think I’ve had 6 real malfunctions. Last one was jump #922. That percentage is higher than average. I used to own a canopy that had an issue with the way it’s control lines were stowed. It gave me a lot of experience dealing with line overs. Probably should have gotten it fixed long before I did.

Tarvo Kallaste I heardof a guy that had 9000 jumps before his first cutaway

I was lucky enough to have my first cutaway on my 25th that was also my last jump needed for my A license :) Was on mid tour leave from Afghanistan in Hawaii (so first jump in 9 months). The packers at the DZ F’ed up and let a brand new student learn to pack but forgot to repack it themselves. They put it back on the rack and I was the next to rent it. It was packed with a nasty step through:) Still the only cutaway so far. I’m in the 300s now.

We level off the wing similar to an aircraft, wait for speed to die and then put the real brakes on. The idea is similar to putting down flaps on a plane and flaring just the same. Go look up swooping.

Thanks. It was a very memorable jump

Umm yes it is. My buddy Brandon bought it for like $200 or something

I really want to do that sometime too. Deploy a square first and go to the round and land it.

@@NoahClarke36812 that would be super gnarly. I’d want to jump it a few times first haha, and for sure aim for that little irrigation ditch. Maybe you guys swoop it I’m not sure. Point is it’s water! 🤙😵‍💫

Mixali Zambetas you’ll be happy to hear I landed a paracommander at lost prairie this year then.

@@NoahClarke36812 Ahh..... thank you, well done!! The good old PCs !

360 cameras are pretty cool!

Generally with a normal malfunction and cutaway, everyone who saw it happen will try to approximate where it landed and then some people will go find it, untangle it, and reassemble it. Occasionally the canopy will need repairs either from the malfunction or where it landed. I also have an apple airtag in mine. I’ve found 2 canopies with the use of my drone and will tape a iPhone to the drone if I’m looking for my canopy with an airtag in it. The range on the airtag isn’t great but it’s using every iPhone in the world to find it and there’s no monthly fee. During these planned cutaways we plan where I will exit the aircraft based on the winds at altitude, and we plan where I should be when I cutaway. Everyone on the ground as well as in the sky is kind of chasing the cutaway canopy. You can see that at 3:40 my friend is getting low and is still chasing the canopy, then he decided to try to swoop the ditch where I’m at. I’m always getting better at planning these jumps and recently one land about 20ft from the target.

@@NoahClarke36812 thanks for the info 👍

Those rounds landed pretty hard. I finally landed one though. It was a Paracommander and it landed fairly softly actually.

sapperstang I plan to eventually. At least the a paracommander that I’ve done a similar jump with

Paul Marzano surprisingly not yet

Great question. Currently at 2,220 so I guess I’ll let you know in a few years

Yes it is!

Thanks! I've gotten to do a handful of round cutaways and they're always a blast.

Target fixation yes. and Bad flare on an unfamiliar canopy.

Larry Ehrlich I do actually have a pro rating :) judge all you want

If he's not a swooper then it was the opposite of a mistake. No non swooper should ever come near attempting to swoop anything. That's how idiots break their neck.

Really? Then this must be the only skydive video you watched :D

Alex Smith it was a tertiary rig with an extra canopy. I’m not just going to reserve without cause. I’m deploying an extra main. Releasing it, deploying a regular main, and then landing with a reserve still packed in case something went wrong. USPA has guidelines for intentional cutaways such as this. They require a tertiary rig and I believe recommend a C License. Although this adds complexity to your regular skydive, I believe it was done with the proper training, preparation and equipment required for it to be successful and with an adequate safety margin.

@@NoahClarke36812 Sorry!!!!!!! :/ I saw you were featured on USPA.org for the jump.

Alex Smith Don't jump to conclusion. Think (and watch more carefully, parachute was belly worn) before commenting.

@@flybeep1661 Um... Did you miss what I said after he explained or are you just in the mood to start s*$% with people today? That was over a month ago.