I did that too, from 1200 feet. My lines were so twisted, I could not raise
my head to check my canopy. I kicked and pedaled like the Tour de France!

Then I learned to tuck better when departing the plane


"Kathryn & Stuart Fields" wrote in message
...
Rolf: I once opened my parachute in free fall while I was spinning so
fast
the ground was a blur. The chute opened with the lines twisted together
all
the way to the lower lateral band of the canopy. I almost got sick
unwinding, then overshooting, then unwinding again but the chute did open
as
much as it could with the lines wound up and it did unwind coming down.
Stu Fields
"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
...
On 2004-06-03 00:59, Darkwing Duck (The Duck, The Myth, The Legend)
wrote:

-snip-


Lancairs are cool planes, it's too bad this happened. I'm sure your
right on
the insurance deal. Not that it matters but I'm surprised Lancair
didn't
certify the new 350 and 400 with the parachute like Cirrus just for
insurance purposes.


-snip-

I wonder if a parachute will do much good if you are stalled/spinning;
I'm thinking it would only twist itself up, and never deploy fully.


/Rolf