Canopy collapse

What happens when you step on the nose of a canopy? I found out first hand!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• skydiving
• canopy
• parachute
• collapse
• crw
• crew
• trim
• katana
• velocity
• velo
• skydive air adventures
• everglades boogie
• malfunction
• fun
• awesome
• gopro
• hd
• hero
• 720p
• 60fps

[Leowhitters]

what canopy is that

[helichris84]

@Leowhitters It's a 97 Katana which still had spectra lines on it - a bit out of trim.

[ryandsucks]

Haha, he probably thought you got scared and bailed!

[helichris84]

@ryandsucks Pretty much! He thought I had left until he noticed half of my canopy was folded under, haha!

[0strichman877]

were you scared

?

[ogettings]

What Camera is that? Cheers

[Reynard13Fuchs]

You stole my air!

[SineCalvin9]

WOW! I have never seen a skydiving canopy collapse like that. For a while now I have been telling canopy pilots to fly the heading, keep it going the same way it was going with weight shift and toggles, you would not lose 1/10th the altitude you did. We are not piloting canopies, we are flying kites. ;-P

[wirikuta14]

@Qballfph it´s not odd, the canopy collapsed as a result of the turbulence caused by the idiot crossing the canopy´s path.

[wirikuta14]

I started jumping in 91, that exact thing happened to me and got me thinkig I was VERY lucky I wasnt 40 feet above the ground. many jumps later I shattered my right leg, it took a year, 8 screws and a metal plate to fully recover.

[Qballfph]

that's odd, that canopy seems to have a prob with its nose design. fishing twine for lines may help. hahaha I wouldn't jump it, but you seem to have had fun with it....blue skies.

[SarayeOmid1]

lol was that a student above ??



[skytrash24]

Nice recovery, 2 more seconds and I would have chopped it