Aussie Rappel 290 foot high-rise 7 seconds

Ata Roboubi. Aussie Rappel 290 foot high-rise 7 seconds. 15 Field Artillery band play "riding the wind". Video by Dave Costa. Terminal rope stretch, 15 foot. Top speed 65 km/h.

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• aussie
• rappel
• australian
• Ata
• Roboubi

[ffieldgrimeboy69]

in my country we call that falling hahaa

[atarob]

@ffieldgrimeboy69 Believe me buddy, a lot of people thought I was :)

[sain0777]

I've seen a guy when I was in the US ARMY do this from a black hawk about the same distance.

[atarob]

@sain0777 Really?! 300 feet from a black hawk? When would you employ that? I suppose if the ground was too hot for landing and you were in a downtown core, or else into a tight canyon. Although the pilots don't usually like a sudden high deceleration stop on one side, so you might have to come to a more gradual stop at the end. Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[bkb0000]

braking at that speed on true static line wouldn't be much fun... so for long, fast, technical rappels, semi-static or dynamic is a must.

[atarob]

@bkb0000 The measured speed at the bottom works out to equivalent 56 feet free fall on 300 feet of rope. About fall factor 0.19. Do you really need dynamic rope? Static still gives, just not as much. It's not like a sudden stop on steel cable.

[atarob]

somebody is jealous, doesn't understand physics, and has never rappelled anything over 60 feet. At 300 feet, the slightest touch on the wall will cause you to pendulum out 5+ meters. "Keeping ur feet on the wall" means waiting to pendulum back. 5 seconds per step? That's how everyone else did it that day and it looked awful. No Thanks. I used the 5 second pendulum to drop the whole way. Besides, who can "run" at 65 kph, my final velocity near the bottom.

[maxinpains]

 tight SONG....

[jasl4595]

@paintballkiller666 Good call. Those are canadian uniforms. I had to freeze the video to make out the canada flag and CADPAT.

[OsakaUE]

@dres223 Well, for instance, if you want to see exactly what is at the bottom, or what is infront of you. Usually you don't just run down like he did, you go at normal speed. It isn't easy to see what is under you while rappelling normally.

[dres223]

@OsakaUE when would you employ that?

just asking not being a smart ass.

[OsakaUE]

@Mrcherokee19 The difference is you face towards the ground, where as in a standard rappelling you have your back to the ground.

[Mrcherokee19]

So, its like standard repelling only your break hand is in front of you; not below you?

[OsakaUE]

You're one ballsy motherfucker. Kudos man, kudos.

[pipboyjam]

@atarob Probably the bullpup Steyr Aug which can be fired one handed or at least shouldered at the ready, had something to do with it too.

[paintballkiller666]

oh yeah :p thats what i call canadian rappel ;)