Low Exit and FFdeployment

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Yo,
A stuntman I have been working with has successfully FF´d and deployed (special system) 20m over water (Not a real BASE Jump! yet!), The canopy was flying the last appx 5 meters.
cya,
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Must be Australian.

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Can you describe the special system or is it a secret? Was it flying enough to pull off a landing on hard earth?

Craig

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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Nov-17-00 AT 10:56 AM (PST)[/font][p]Hi Craig!
Due to the amount of danger/work/testing, that part has to remain secret. But to answer your last question, IMHO yes, it was flying enough, But unstowing the brakes (at this agl) would be unwise because of the surge and likely possibility of assymetrical release. I am interested in anyone who´s done or knows of any similar work.
later and thanks for the interest..
space

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Duh, what's the point. Is it worth all that packin'.It would be kinda' hardcore without the rig....

By the way, hope your having fun in Southa' Thaii;-)

See ya / Linus

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Yo Linus!
The point is irrelevant to my post, There´s a bigger point, and base is only apart of that. Should I present the main goal and successes/failures encountered on the journey?, only to be outgunned by others using the work and experience we´ve acquired?
The lowest successful basetype FF I have heard of was around 41m from a light house over water (Aussie, mid to late `80´s). So my point is that with modern tech, we can cut this limit in half....or at least change the definition of what´s acceptable to qualify as a base jump....and don´t kick my dog again ;-)
take care,
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;-) 615 knows all about quasi freefall from low objects and that surge as brakes are relesed at low altitude.
glad to hear that you are back hope the weather holds for you to "hold me shaun" this weekend. as welll as get a flick or more in.
ken