My First Cutaway
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great job Dave!
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good stuff man and nice work
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I dont know to much about skydiving but i want to learn, do you actually cut the chute off with a knife or just release it?
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Good choice to cutaway. Your first? Thats BEER!
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you release it by pulling a handle. we refer to it as a "cut a way" handle.
CaliDaveatDallas 4 years ago
what jump # was this for you?
ohrian 4 years ago
it was number 147.
CaliDaveatDallas 4 years ago
Did riding it in on your main cross your mind at all or did you know you were going to chop? Thanks for taking the time to explain your video.
monkeybuttX 4 years ago
Absolutely, I had enough time to consider all my options, which is not always the case. I had plenty of altitude to deploy my reserve so i chose that option. It was the last jump of the day at a new dropzone and my rigger had me ready to go by the next morning so i could make the first load of the day.
CaliDaveatDallas 4 years ago
Maybe a dumb question but.. what would have happend if you just rode the main down? Were you falling too fast or did you have no control?
monkeybuttX 4 years ago
I probably would have survived but not with out injury, for sure...it would have been ugly. The part of the canopy that was inflated was very unstable and acted like it wanted to fold up.
CaliDaveatDallas 4 years ago