Jumpers Flashcards
(38 cards)
Collisions on exit
Arch, gently push, maintain stab, maintain alt, check handles and equip, cont to ff as planned
Spinning
Relax, arch, check hands and feet, counter spin, maintain sot awareness
Tumbling
Relax, arch, check hands and feet, maintain alt aware
Entering a cloud
Stop all mvnt, maintain heading, maintain altitude aware, pull at pre determined altitude even if I’m the cloud
Lost or loose goggles
Only attempt to fix once , if unsuccessful squint and maintain alt awareness, If unable wave off and pull
Altimeter failure
Tap your altimeter for the instructor can identify that it’s broken, he will then give you the altitude and tell you when to pull, if jumping alone, wave off and pull
What are the two pull priorities
Pull, never sacrifice altitude for stability
How many attempt should you make a malfunction
Two
What are the two types of malfunctions and describe each one
Total- pull and nothing happens
Partial- pull and you canopy failed to fully deploy
Pack closure
Pull raise right shoulder 2seconds thousand raise right shoulder, cut away procedures
Horseshoe malfunction
No attempt to clear, cut away
Bag lock
No attempt to clear cutaway procedures
Slung slider and snivel a
Pull breaks down to 100% for 3-4 seconds, release 50% if this doesn’t fix the problem repeat once, if the slider is below the cascade perform a canopy crontroo check if it’s about cutaway procedures
Knotted or broken suspension lines
Ccc, if doesn’t work cutaway
Broken control lines
If only one is broken use the working one and the broken sides rear riser. Determine a flare point above 1500 agl, fly landing pattern and lane with both rear risers
Pilot shoot over the nose and through the suspension lines
100% 3-4s , if that doesn’t work ccc, if unsuccessful cutaway procedures.
Closed end cells
Pull to 100% breaks 3-4s if that doesn’t work repeat once then ccc
Premature break release
Unstow other break, ccc
Line twist
Places hands thumbs down on rear risers, kick legs in a bicycle motion, maintain altitude awareness, do not unstow breaks until malfunction is clear if this doesn’t work make decision for cutaway by 2500 agl
Holes or tears
If there is a hole on the bottom sheet perform canopy controllability check, if you see blue sky begin cutaway procedures
Lineover
Cutaway
Floating ripcord
Look and identify, trace and grab with an o, stow or pull, if unsuccessful perform cutaway procedures
Hard pull
Punch your right hand with you left pulling your ripcord, if unsuccessful perform cutaway procedures
Cutaway decision agl
2500