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And for that one, I owe a case of beer. I underwrite my mistakes. Thanks, 509Trooper. I will not edit and try and play it off. I own it, and thanks for the correction! Arcticabn. Perhaps I have a pre-disposed dyslexia to that one. Eight, maybe nine, more tries and I should have it.
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Dfiremann (4/27/2008)
Arcticabn has shared some tricks, the only one I have (and this of course is not reg) is popping your chest strap to give your risers and main lift web a bit more spread. This makes a huge difference on the crash ten, and a slight one on the dash one.I was waiting for this one to come up. That's really the only trick that I knew that was somewhat safe. I guess I never could tell if it worked or not. I have always been a somewhat soft lander, so I guess there wasn't much of a difference when I tried it.
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Regular Joe
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Soft landing...what is a soft landing?
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Cherry
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| I have only Jumped a -1 about 5 times, there are three ways to tell if you are facing the wind. 1. let up completely on the toggles and the chute will "run with the wind" then turn 180 degrees as it was stated in this forum earlier. 2. when you are in the air feel the wind on your face and you can tell when you are head on because your face gets the full blast of wind. 3. if you look at your canopy and you are facing the wind the front (the part opposite of the missing pannels) of the chute will be slightly indented from the wind. A few notes on the -1: when turning do not let up too quickly because that will cause you to oscillate. When releasing equipment I put both toggles in one hand in front of my helmet to keep from turning and maintain positive control of the toggles. 
You can see the wind is hitting the front of this paratroopers chute I have a question about the combat equipment load. After releasing all appropriate equimpent tie down's I have a habit of releasing the weapons case instead of waiting until after I release my ruck and then sending it down the HPT lowering line. This causes my weapons case to drop by left calf and wait there. When I release my ruck the rifle and ruck drop at the same time. This stems from Airborne school where I thought if i don't have enough time to release my M-1950 weapons case after my ruck at least it won't dislocate my shoulder in my armpit. And the habit stuck. So, My question is this: What can come of releasing the rifle during descent rather than after the ruck and before prepare to land? Has anyone else run into this type of thing? Interested in other paratroopers input.
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Stare Master
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When I was in we didn't lower the weapons case. We undid the tie down on the leg but it stayed there during the landing. As long as you didn't land on your left side and did a proper PLF there was no problem.
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msully243 (5/14/2008)
So, My question is this: What can come of releasing the rifle during descent rather than after the ruck and before prepare to land? Has anyone else run into this type of thing? Interested in other paratroopers input. The best reason I can think of is that if you have already released your ruck and are heading into the trees, the SOP is to look below you and jettison the ruck so you are not hung in a tree by your rucksack and HPT lowering line. If you have already released your rifle and you do this, then you land without a rifle. Not a good thing!  In wartime, you're down in a combat zone without a rifle and even in peacetime you might have to spend half of the next day looking for the rifle since the rifle and ruck might not land in the same place. That's why I think the best case scenario is to land with the rifle or release it just seconds before you hit. That way you know where it is. Of course, in SF we jumped with weapons exposed and didn't have any choice about landing with the rifle!
Martin  "When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission" - Zapp Branigan, Futurama
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msully243 (5/14/2008)[ 2. when you are in the air feel the wind on your face and you can tell when you are head on because your face gets the full blast of wind.
This is not always true. Remember you have a 9 mph forward drift with the -1 so if the wind speed is less than 9 you might have wind in your face no matter which direction you are flying the canopy.
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If you want peace prepare for war!
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