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At the risk of being accused of many things :

The following is a video of a pussy ass delay taking mofo on a 300ft freestander at sunset. There was little to no wind, decent body position, and excellent factory installed deepbrake settings for the jumpers weight.

The following is a video of a 180+/- off heading

http://www.basejumper.com/..._heading_/-_224.html

Whats the worst offheading you have had and best recovery?

What technique did you use? Rear risers, toggles? kick off the object, shit your pants (supposedly 1072's technique, )

That video is sweet. Good job.

Risers?

The "jumper" in question went for 1 riser, the right rear, got 90 right, then popped both toggles....

ADDED:

After discussion with jumper, Jumper feels he or she did not do anything spectacular, except stay calm and react.

He OR She didn't do anything wrong except leave after the other He NOT She with the HELMET camera....then we would have some better footage

Seriously though, I hope I handle mine as well when it comes.

PS:I just caught the comment about 1072. Does that really work? All of this time I've been worried about object strikes when I was really impervious to them all along?

Nice footage, Leroy. Better than the other one. Nice, quick reaction. I like that freestander...

 
180 with multiple twists behind helmet (yes, it's possible). Re-exited object and used risers to fly away.

Watching the video, it appears that the jumper might have had troubles if this A had guy wires... He/she only turned maybe 45 degrees, not even a 90, because the off heading was not a true 180.

Maybe muscle memory should be built to complete the turn away on an A, even a freestander? I am no expert at kicking the object, but I have some expertise in wires and I can say with some certainty that they are hard to see when turning from an object and the angle in which they are hung causes them to be even harder to predict and fly under/around when you have only a second or two to react.

But then again, I wouldn't know.

then again, the farther you turn with risers, the more you sink..

Jumper understood this was a freestander and only needed to turn 90. Even if jumper had an on heading opening, he (or she) still would have had to turn 180 and land next to the freestander.

This jumper, having had a couple previous 180's on a guyed tower, has accomplished a full 180 to turn from those guyed towers.

I feel that you need to have emergency plans and stick to those plans. This in conjunction with muscle memory based on the situtation and situational awareness. Blindly believing that you need to always do a 180 if you had a 180 could, in some situtations not be the best option. Such as the video jump in quesion.

I will try to get the ankle cam footage uploaded tonight, but I don't belive it will add much if anything.

All he had to do was miss. Drastic measures are seldom needed. The only “standard” reaction needed is to be able to take control of the canopy, then control it as necessary.

looked like the jumper really knew what he or she was doing, hope I react that quickly when I have my first 180.

What canopy is that?

Black Jack 260, ZP foreskin, 200+ jumps on this canopy. one water landing

I uploaded a video of the ankle cam... nothing really except a different view.

Waiting for TomA to approve....

EDIT TO ADD: I had the 5th line taken off....

added: you tube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeR2BRPWPOY

or basejumper link

http://www.basejumper.com/...g_Ankle_Cam_225.html

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoqdLaztv9E

Found this.... a solid 180 on a guyed tower from 300ft, dagger 266

Cool video & good edit.

Who did the song?

You're video contains some weird voodoo shit, i watched it and thought "I wonder how id react in that situation."

Cue a line twist and just over a half heading for guy wires the same day i watched the vid.

I'm not trying to be funny but this wasn't a 180 offheading. It was about a 90. The jumper can clearly be seen turning about 45L in freefall. The canopy opened with a further 90ish. What's the difference you may ask? It still leaves you looking towards an object you'd rather be flying away from. Well the difference as far as i'm concerned is pretty huge.
Firstly, if the jumper turns in freefall then the offheading can be (will be) anticipated. The brain is already one step ahead of the game and has probably adjusted to a new visual heading through peripheral vision. The element of utter surprise with a genuine 180 is what makes them really dangerous. Disorientation creates confusion and this costs valuable time in reactions.
Secondly, the whip effect on the jumpers body is much less if the body has already done some of the work in freefall. A true 180, with the canopy opening 180 degrees off the direction of the jumpers body will whip the jumper around, and this momentum makes it trickier to locate both risers and or toggles, and often facilitates a half twist too if the jumpers body continues the momentum through the turn.
Thirdly, the input required to correct this is fractional compared to a true 180 where turning the canopy fully back around is necessary (like a cliff for instance). In the video a slight correction (of less than 90degrees is enough to avoid impact. A solid 180 requires disproportionately more physical effort. Not only are you trying to redirect the canopy but you are having to try to arrest it's forward speed to boot.

I'm not dissing the jumper in this video. He dealt with the off efficiently and quickly and that is all you could reasonably ask for. I've had more than my share of turning in freefall and for a while last year i had a blip where i was turning consistantly 90degrees in the 3/4 delay range. This invariably resulted in offs looking at the tower i had just jumped and a few looked like 180's from the ground but felt nothing like one for me in the pilots seat.

I mention this cos less experienced jumpers might watch this and think 'hey no big deal this 180 thing' cos the jumper in the video made it look a little easier than perhaps it should, for the reasons explained above.

anyway, enough of my yacking. with respect

ian

edit to add : the ankle cam footage now i've watched it clearly shows the horizon heading sliding left to right on screen before deployment, consistent with a turn in freefall.