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Regular Joe
 
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When jumping how hard do you actually land (the good landings, bad, avg)?
After soo many years of being a paratrooper do your ankles or knees weaken?
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Jump Booted Thug
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Depends on the weather. If its a nice warm day without wind, you may have difficulty completing a PLF.
If its cold or windy, you may land like a sack of rocks.
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Regular Joe
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I found that my "windy day" hard landings deminished as I learned a little bit more about what I was doing. After doing it the Army's way and busting my azz many times, I changed my method (after the MC1-1 was introduced) and ran with the wind (when close to the ground, not immediately) to build up speed, then turned into the wind right before hitting in order to land moving forward. If the timing was off though, the result could be worse. Also, it is much more dangerous because it increased the chance of running into someone (so I only did it if I was well clear of other jumpers). From what I hear on here, they took care of that problem though by going back to the T10 - doesn't quite work with that bad boy! For me the fear wasn't landing hard, as in up to down, it was landing backward, as in front to rear.
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Regular Joe
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Fill a canvas sack full of sh!t. Drop it from a second story window.
 
"I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight"
Gen George S. Patton
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Hard Charger
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quote:
Originally posted by sapperjim42
Fill a canvas sack full of sh!t. Drop it from a second story window.
[LOL][LOL][LOL]
I weighed 135lbs when I was in,,WHEN...and usually landed great and had horrible exits...I did have a mild concussion once from landing,so you never know,,,that's half the fun of it.
The First thing I'll discuss are the five points of performance
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Regular Joe
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You know the worst landing I ever had was after PWAC in JM school. It was the last test, I had already passed JMPI so when I exited I was a go and was going to graduate. I was so excited I probably landed with my feet apart I don't remember, went feet, a$$, head! Don't remember much of the rest of the day. And that was on Sicily!
"I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight"
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Regular Joe
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BNZ:
In round figures, we hit at 17-22 feet per second. That's equal to a jump from 3-6 feet. So unfold your step ladder, climb up to the three foot level, jump off.
Daylight, BDU's and boots, no problem. You can even land standing up.
Now try the four foot level, at night, backwards. Not too difficult, the ground will rise up and smack you, every once in a while you will twist an ankle, but overall not bad.
Same four foot height, add LBE, and a rifle under your arm. Simulate wind drift: make the jump from the back of a moving pickup truck going 5 - 10 miles per hour. Jump off sideways, frontwards, and backwards. You will hit and tumble. At a minimum you will be bruised, a little sore. But you see you are now seriously at risk of breaking something.
Now go to the top of the 6 foot ladder. Daylight, boots and BDUs, no gear. Jump off. What a shock. Can't stand, but can probably roll and hop right back up again.
Finally, add the rifle, rucksack, etc., stand on the roof of a pickup truck, jump off while the truck is going 14 miles per hour (13 knots, max for training jumps). Try it from the six foot roof of a moving pickup truck, front, side or back, while blindfolded. Try it 20 times, chances are you will severely sprain or break something. And that's been the average I've seen for night combat equipment jumps in high winds. About one in 20 guys will sustain an injury that needs medical attention. And everybody will have bumps, bruises, strains, and damage that will slow them down.
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