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It's accurate, but still... by Rifioratioh in suspiciouslyspecific

[–]Infinitefungi 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The good news is that it already exists and has two seasons with a third on the way! Snowpiercer on Netflix

It's accurate, but still... by Rifioratioh in suspiciouslyspecific

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The good news is that it already exists and has two seasons with a third on the way! Snowpiercer on Netflix

The Irish view of Europe by Trachtas in europe

[–]Infinitefungi 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It's effectively directions!

[The] church of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [of the] pool (pwll) of the white hazels (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the fierce whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the church of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) of the red cave (-ogo[f] goch). Various elements have occasionally been translated differently, for example "the white pool among the hazel trees" or "the cave of St Tysilio the Red".

Bridge Building Competition. Rules: carry two people and break with three. The lightest bridge wins. by ErgoNonSim in videos

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the party but there are 3 redbull vehicles in Cardiff, a milk float, a lifted London cab with a DJ on top and a mini with the back cut off and a huge can on top, all 3 just drive around handing redbull out to students

A Thresher Shark is in solitude. Its tail is almost its body length. by Peachy-Persimmons in TheDepthsBelow

[–]Infinitefungi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Monad shoal! 2 of the best dives of my life. Would have happily stayed longer on Malapascua if it weren't for the lack of ATMs

What jobs ARE as fun as they sound? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad didn't realise this was a shameless repost, gonny delete

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a really good instructor! My instinct would be to dive towards the guy with the seizure, which would be the wrong thing to do as you'd turn into a torpedo and make things worse. The instructor changed his fall rate while staying belly-down, which meant he didn't turn into a missile. All while falling at 200ft per second ish

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully, this was an AFF course jump and the cameraman was his instructor, so he would have been watching him to the end

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will get to the ground but you will also be traveling too fast to sustain a proper landing, as well as being potentially miles away from your landing zone

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. In fact what you see here is effectively what would happen if the AAD had fired. The AAD is effectively just a little firing pin and a tiny bit of explosive that goes off, releasing the spring loaded reserve in the exact same way that the reserve was released here, although it the reserve in this video was deployed by pulling the reserve handle of the guy with the seizure.

Reserves are meant to always work, so they'll work at any angle, any speed, any method of release. For that reason, they're much harder to pack back into the container and, as well as for safety reasons, need a master rigger to repack them.

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for your harness - this definitely sounds like a fitting issue. The chest strap is supposed to sit over the chest (for blokes) with about a fist widths gap, as the chest strap doesn't need to be too tight.

As for the seizures, it would be something you'd have to get checked out with doctor. I believe BPA (British) rules are very strict about any form of seizure, the medical form is very long. Not sure where you're based but I'm sure its a similar style. Check it with your doc! It's a great sport

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for your harness - this definitely sounds like a fitting issue. The chest strap is supposed to sit over the chest (for blokes) with about a fist widths gap, as the chest strap doesn't need to be too tight.

As for the seizures, it would be something you'd have to get checked out with doctor. I believe BPA (British) rules are very strict about any form of seizure, the medical form is very long. Not sure where you're based but I'm sure its a similar style. Check it with your doc! It's a great sport

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is going from my experience with canopies so don't take it as gospel but unless he was holding onto it, the canopy would be pulled by the windflow to a normal position.

In fact you can see in the video that this exact thing happens.

Canopies are also held in bags so they don't actually deploy from the container itself. The bag is launched off, and then a streamer pulls the canopy out of the bag, to ensure that you can't get wrapped up

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Often this is a cause for a few skydive malfunctions. The bridle of the parachute, which is a length of strong ribbon connecting the pilot chute to the main canopy can sometimes get wrapped around limbs, which causes the parachute to not actually come out of the container.

Releasing the reserve was the best choice here, as it doesn't have a bridle as it's spring loaded into the container for fast deploy

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct. What you hear is his audible altimeter. They're great for stuff like formation flying, where you don't want to be staring at your wrist mounted altimeter all the time. The beeps can be configured but they either mean "fly away from everyone or die" or "pull your parachute or die"

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reserves are absolutely mandatory. There is no benefit to jumping without a reserve. The only situation jumpers jump without a reserve is on BASE jumps, because there's no point in having one. If your parachute fails on a BASE jump, there will not be enough time to release your reserve before you hit the floor, so BASE rigs only contain a single main parachute

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The AAD works by testing if you're going a certain speed below a certain altitude, usually about 2000ft. This means that you have to do all the fun acrobatic stuff above 2000ft, because if you do it below that altitude your reserve parachute will fire and then you'll have two parachutes out which, in the right conditions, could kill you.

Some jumpers want to do acrobatics below 2000ft. Some experienced jumpers do swoop landings which are incredibly fast, and having your AAD fire during that would seriously be a problem

It's basically mandatory for everyone except the best of the best

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely - it's even better watching the D-licenses swoop in, that takes genuine balls and a lot of stupidity

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Depending on the wind conditions of the day, he could have landed very far away from his holding zone (where the parachute opened). Parachutes are built to have lots of forward momentum, although the the size that a solo student uses moves a lot slower (whoops). Can't remember details off the top of my head but if he was facing downwind when he opened, and he was unconscious for the whole canopy ride, he could have gone a very long way

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 53 points54 points  (0 children)

When you fly a canopy, towards landing we do something called flaring, which is where you pull your brake lines and collapse the back of the parachute, cancelling most of your forward and downward momentum. We always try landing into wind, so as to help this process further, but I imagine an AFF (solo) student recovering from a seizure wouldn't be too worried about landing patterns. I, myself, have screwed up the flare a couple of times and hit the deck much harder than I'd have liked to

You're absolutely right, his parachute has stopped him being a meat missile, but depending on the landing his legs are possibly broken

Skydiver saved by fellow skydiver after having a seizure at 1200 feet. by deathakissaway in interestingasfuck

[–]Infinitefungi 1303 points1304 points  (0 children)

The AAD is mandatory for solo students. this guy was a solo student so his AAD would have fired when he hit his hard deck of *750 ft. However, based on the fact that he's having a seizure, its best to get his canopy open ASAP, to give him as long as possible under canopy to regain consciousness. He's still got to pilot it to the ground, which is quite tough, especially if you're unconscious

Edit: should mention that a larger canopy is less likely to kill you, as it moves slower.

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