Skydiving Knife

[payback462]

heres a link to a pretty good explanation of how the parts of a rig work.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/skydiving.htm


edited to add: except that part about packing, most people trash pack, because, hey, itll still probably open

 

[ZENGHOST]

Originally posted by payback462
no, the cutaway handle will not be within your reach, and for good reason, when two people have access to the same handles, it can become so that neither of them can pull them (ive seen it on video, thankfully this instance turned out to be quite comical)

I would've been pretty surprised if you had said that the handle was within reach of the student, but just wanted to make sure.

im guessing your thinking of going to pacific skydiving center, those lucky bastids have an A/Cd king air! but then again your not allowed to hook it in, which must suck for the high number jumpers there:barf:

Yup, you guessed right. What's an A/Cd king air?

oh and remember to get video, cause video saves lives

Definitely gonna get the vid--it'd suck to have no proof of it.

edited to add, id also like to point out that in skydiving it is ussually customary, (though not required for students) for jumpers to buy a case of beer (i.e. 24 bottles) for every "first" in this case it would be your first jump. again id like to point out that this isnt at all required when your a student, but it will be very much appreciated!

I'm assuming they wait until after the jump to drink it, right?

Thanks for the link.

 

[payback462]

What's an A/Cd king air?

air conditioned! when you have like 20 people jammed in a plane it gets hot REALLY fast!

I'm assuming they wait until after the jump to drink it, right?

yup, after the last load of jumpers of the day takes off, the "beer light" comes on and its like a mad dash for any carbonated alcoholic beverage in sight.

and if you do it, remember to smile and look at your video guy in freefall(and be sure to give him the finger as many times as possible), theyres nothing more boring then a tandem video where theyre just sitting there staring at the ground with their mouth flapping in the wind the whole time!