Two reasons: If these were skydivers, that would be too low for a cutaway, which would result in a reserve that fails to open soon enough. BUT, it looks like they are paragliders, so they cannot usually cutaway.
@superjaysimmons it sure can...in the video u can see the pilots are supported by the paraglider wing till the reserve is deployed then at the end the reserve is carrying MOST of the weight of the pilots at impact
@colinmartens how do you surmize that? no one cay say really....but what can be said is if the bottom paraglider broke free at 50 or 100 feet from the water and his wing didnt re-open he was gonna hit hard....so opening his reserve just incase was a good idea IMHO
@Bamoman According to you "Opening his reserve just incase was a good idea IMHO", poor judgement in actions like this has caused fatalities. Please discuss with an instructor. You have the evidence in front of you yet you're bending over backwards to justify and excuse a potentially fatal mistake. Learn the lesson that's presented by the evidence, not the lesson you'd prefer by speculating about improbable things that are not in evidence.
Not deploying the reserve could have resulted in the lower pilot falling a great distance if he came free. Far more dangerous than falling a bit faster under the lower pilots reserve i would say.
ooooo. I know nuthin but. Deploying the reserve has brought down the good canopy eh. What was best in that situation? Can you cut away in paragliding as per skidiving?(looked like they were running out of height for that tho). good job they landed in the soft stuff! =)
Water is not soft at high speed. The two canopies went into a downplane. The bottom pilot should just have let the high wing fly them down, they would have been just fine.
You don't have the gear to cutaway in paragliding, but they were too low for such a move anyway.
@dorbie you dont know if the top pilot was conscious, could have been knocked out at collision. you dont know if he was tangled in a life threating way...couldnt breath couldnt steer, you dont know what kind of strain the weight of the other pilot was putting him in...they were close enuff to talk to each other...maybe the bottom pilot was told to throw the reserve....bottom line....you dont know if they would have been just fine.....
@Bamoman That's a stretch. From a flight perspective they were flying with plenty of lift under a well functioning canopy. If you want to play a game of "concoct an excuse" and draw no conclusions because YOU speculate about stuff YOU don't know no matter how unlikely you're welcome to do so. I'd rather learn the appropriate safety lesson from the video. The bottom pilot caused a downplane because he deployed his reserve/rescue chute (probably needlessly) and that could have been catastrophic.
BS they came down relatively soft and prolly lived.....theyt did the right thang....nuff said
Bamoman 9 months ago
Typical motor boat driver! Probably looking backwards or in the fridge for a beer!
IANRPARKER 11 months ago
ALMOST like downplane...
PanSmok 2 years ago
Why the H*ll didn't he cut away first????
neomuttley 2 years ago
Two reasons: If these were skydivers, that would be too low for a cutaway, which would result in a reserve that fails to open soon enough. BUT, it looks like they are paragliders, so they cannot usually cutaway.
ScuttleProductions 2 years ago
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Bamoman 9 months ago
can one parachute soften the load of two people ?
superjaysimmons 2 years ago
of course, but couId the piIot beIow know,that the one above did not get hurt by the Iines ?
it wasn't a mistake.
By the way you can fIoat a Iong time on the water because of the protector.
KTMheizer 2 years ago
@superjaysimmons it sure can....
Bamoman 9 months ago
@superjaysimmons it sure can...in the video u can see the pilots are supported by the paraglider wing till the reserve is deployed then at the end the reserve is carrying MOST of the weight of the pilots at impact
Bamoman 9 months ago
You're lucky that turned out well. Deploying that reserve could have killed you both.
colinmartens 2 years ago
@colinmartens how do you surmize that? no one cay say really....but what can be said is if the bottom paraglider broke free at 50 or 100 feet from the water and his wing didnt re-open he was gonna hit hard....so opening his reserve just incase was a good idea IMHO
Bamoman 9 months ago
@Bamoman According to you "Opening his reserve just incase was a good idea IMHO", poor judgement in actions like this has caused fatalities. Please discuss with an instructor. You have the evidence in front of you yet you're bending over backwards to justify and excuse a potentially fatal mistake. Learn the lesson that's presented by the evidence, not the lesson you'd prefer by speculating about improbable things that are not in evidence.
dorbie 9 months ago
That showed very poor judgement.
dorbie 2 years ago
The guy in the boat towing skiers is like "la la la" oblivious to rescue efforts. lol
chedwiggins 2 years ago 2
THIS MUSIC IS SOOOOOOOO GAY I HATE IT!
papergsmith 2 years ago 14
Fuck is this music ever gay. I had to turn down the volume.
rrr1sportrider 2 years ago 3
I agree. Lol can't even understand it.
dated9119 2 years ago
i think by deploying his reserve, he managed to risk the life of the second guy.
Sanksion 2 years ago 2
this music makes my ears bleed - you absolutely ruined the video
liambaron 3 years ago 8
Not deploying the reserve could have resulted in the lower pilot falling a great distance if he came free. Far more dangerous than falling a bit faster under the lower pilots reserve i would say.
willpalmer13 3 years ago 2
@willpalmer13 agree 100%
Bamoman 9 months ago
Wow! Lucky for the lake! How did the top pilot hold on to that, lines caught around the legs??
th3rmit3 3 years ago
ooooo. I know nuthin but. Deploying the reserve has brought down the good canopy eh. What was best in that situation? Can you cut away in paragliding as per skidiving?(looked like they were running out of height for that tho). good job they landed in the soft stuff! =)
mrblack61 3 years ago
Water is not soft at high speed. The two canopies went into a downplane. The bottom pilot should just have let the high wing fly them down, they would have been just fine.
You don't have the gear to cutaway in paragliding, but they were too low for such a move anyway.
dorbie 2 years ago
it defenitIy was not high speed. the reserve was nearIy to perfect opened so it had his reguIar descending speed.
KTMheizer 2 years ago
Wrong, it was a downplane configuration with the load of two pilots and harnesses under it.
dorbie 2 years ago
@dorbie you dont know if the top pilot was conscious, could have been knocked out at collision. you dont know if he was tangled in a life threating way...couldnt breath couldnt steer, you dont know what kind of strain the weight of the other pilot was putting him in...they were close enuff to talk to each other...maybe the bottom pilot was told to throw the reserve....bottom line....you dont know if they would have been just fine.....
Bamoman 9 months ago
@Bamoman That's a stretch. From a flight perspective they were flying with plenty of lift under a well functioning canopy. If you want to play a game of "concoct an excuse" and draw no conclusions because YOU speculate about stuff YOU don't know no matter how unlikely you're welcome to do so. I'd rather learn the appropriate safety lesson from the video. The bottom pilot caused a downplane because he deployed his reserve/rescue chute (probably needlessly) and that could have been catastrophic.
dorbie 9 months ago
its hard to see.. it looks like 2 people tangled together?
Enochwel 3 years ago