BAC: Basic Airborne Course (Parachute)

• Kure Ou

  8 Feb 10, 23:55

  Hi guys,

  I've went for my hendon camp VA this morning, and I've made a decision to go for commandos (though whether I get in or not, is another matter.)

   

  Anyway, when i go back home, my friend was sharing with me stories of how cdo trainees got injured during their parachute jumps. So that kind of got me pretty worried.

   

  Any tips or advice on how we can avoid this kind of injuries during the jump? Anything we should take note of?

• Obersturmfuhrer

  9 Feb 10, 08:19

  Originally posted by Kure Ou:

  Any tips or advice on how we can avoid this kind of injuries during the jump? Anything we should take note of?

  
  Follow the instructions given by your Jumpmasters and do not sleep during training.

• Lokey

  9 Feb 10, 10:32

  dont worry. 

  at most you ooc. 

• Gedanken

  9 Feb 10, 11:27

  Simple answer, watch where you're going.  You're most likely to get an injury by landing on an uneven patch of ground or by running into an obstacle (I've seen a guy land on a parked C-130 once).  You'll have a bunch of other parachutists in the air at the same time as you, and especially with trainees who are still getting the hang of steering those parachutes, so on top of finding a good spot to land, you also have to make sure you don't collide with one of mates in mid-air.  The trick is to maintain awareness of not only the ground, but also of the other jumpers around you.

• Gedanken

  9 Feb 10, 11:28

  Originally posted by Lokey:

  dont worry. 

  at most you ooc. 

  Well, you're just fucking helpful, aren't you?  Why don't you just butt out and leave it to the people who know what they're talking about, SuperREMF?

• MasterMoogle

  9 Feb 10, 15:01

  Originally posted by Kure Ou:

  Hi guys,

  I've went for my hendon camp VA this morning, and I've made a decision to go for commandos (though whether I get in or not, is another matter.)

   

  Anyway, when i go back home, my friend was sharing with me stories of how cdo trainees got injured during their parachute jumps. So that kind of got me pretty worried.

   

  Any tips or advice on how we can avoid this kind of injuries during the jump? Anything we should take note of?

  http://www.singaporemoms.com/parenting/Skydiving

• Kure Ou

  10 Feb 10, 01:30

  Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:

  
  Follow the instructions given by your Jumpmasters and do not sleep during training.

   Yea, I believe if I am well prepared enough, I can lower the risks. I'll be sure to take up your advice, thanks! =D

  Originally posted by Lokey:

  dont worry. 

  at most you ooc. 

  If I'm to be ooc-ed, it would simply mean i broke something. And that is something i want to prevent =) catch the drift?

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Simple answer, watch where you're going.  You're most likely to get an injury by landing on an uneven patch of ground or by running into an obstacle (I've seen a guy land on a parked C-130 once).  You'll have a bunch of other parachutists in the air at the same time as you, and especially with trainees who are still getting the hang of steering those parachutes, so on top of finding a good spot to land, you also have to make sure you don't collide with one of mates in mid-air.  The trick is to maintain awareness of not only the ground, but also of the other jumpers around you.

  Awesome advice, =D thanks bro! But i've 200 degrees for my eyesight, it might pose problems if i can't see properly right? What do/can we geeks wear when we jump? or we simply have to do without glasses?

  Originally posted by MasterMoogle:

  http://www.singaporemoms.com/parenting/Skydiving

  That's a very helpful website! thank you very much! =D

• Gedanken

  10 Feb 10, 09:51

  Originally posted by Kure Ou:

  Awesome advice, =D thanks bro! But i've 200 degrees for my eyesight, it might pose problems if i can't see properly right? What do/can we geeks wear when we jump? or we simply have to do without glasses?

  Well, I'm from the no-glasses days so I don't know that the procedure is for jumping with glasses on.

  On the other hand, there's a big canopy above each jumper so another guy coming right at you is going to be pretty hard to miss - you just need to stay alert and maintain awareness of the other guys, as well as how much time you have before you hit the ground.

• Gedanken

  10 Feb 10, 09:55

  Originally posted by Kure Ou:

  If I'm to be ooc-ed, it would simply mean i broke something. And that is something i want to prevent =) catch the drift?

  Ignore the bugger - he thinks that his service as a water boy at NDU makes him a special ops expert.

• SBS2601D

  10 Feb 10, 10:15

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Ignore the bugger - he thinks that his service as a water boy at NDU makes him a special ops expert.

  
   !!

  

• Man!x

  10 Feb 10, 10:28

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Ignore the bugger - he thinks that his service as a water boy at NDU makes him a special ops expert.

  Ouch!

   

• Gedanken

  10 Feb 10, 11:53

  Just calling it as I see it, gentlemen.  Read the guy's other posts and see how he's got delusions of grandeur of being Rambo, Sigmund freud and God knows what else.

• sitonmylap

  10 Feb 10, 17:20

  Just curious. Can you actually steer those parachute?

  I thought Commandos trainee do static-line jump and the chute is just one big round thing that cannot be steered.

• Gedanken

  10 Feb 10, 18:49

  Originally posted by sitonmylap:

  Just curious. Can you actually steer those parachute?

  I thought Commandos trainee do static-line jump and the chute is just one big round thing that cannot be steered.

  Yes, they can be steered.  Back in my day (gawd I feel old), the AI2 parachutes we used had vents at the back of the canopies giving the parachutes a certain amount of forward drive (8 knots if I recall correctly).  Pulling on a toggle collapsed one side of the canopy and changed the direction in which air exited the vents, providing steering.

  The rectangular canopies used by the National Day freefall jumpers allow for turning on the spot, while the AI2 turned in a curve, much like steering a car.  I'm not sure what the static line jumpers use these days, so the steering of the current canopies may be more similar to that of the square chutes.

• sitonmylap

  11 Feb 10, 00:41

  Originally posted by Gedanken:

  Yes, they can be steered.  Back in my day (gawd I feel old), the AI2 parachutes we used had vents at the back of the canopies giving the parachutes a certain amount of forward drive (8 knots if I recall correctly).  Pulling on a toggle collapsed one side of the canopy and changed the direction in which air exited the vents, providing steering.

  The rectangular canopies used by the National Day freefall jumpers allow for turning on the spot, while the AI2 turned in a curve, much like steering a car.  I'm not sure what the static line jumpers use these days, so the steering of the current canopies may be more similar to that of the square chutes.

  Thanks for sharing Gedanken.

  Watching Band of Brothers just make me want to try parachuting! LOL.

  Anyway Gedanken, do you all receive reserve chute? From what i know, static-line jumps during WW2 are often done low to the ground. If main chute fail to open, using a reserve is useless too cause you are too near to the ground already.

• Gedanken

  11 Feb 10, 11:00

  Yup, you get reserves, and a significant part of the BAC training involves making emergency reserve deployment second nature.

  I'm not sure if things have changed in recent years, but at the time I was serving the SAF had never had a single incident of a static line parachute failing to open.  I have seen a few nervous buggers deploy their reserves unnecessarily, though.

• Kure Ou

  14 Feb 10, 05:07

  wow thank you ged, you've been gracious with your replies. =D

   

  I guess all I have to do, is to stay smart and alert! =D

• wadcanisay

  23 Feb 10, 05:42

  hi bro. i went to hendon camp for my va on the same day as u. which detail u in that day? haha