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Originally Posted by MrPheer
you take a class, and jump solo with a static line in the USA, or in Canada with what they call an intructor assisted deployment. What that means, is when you're in the door of the plane about to jump, your instructor has your pilot chute in his hand, and tosses it out of the plane when you jump. you have to reach about 70mph before the pilot chute makes enough drag to deploy your main chute. Takes about 5 seconds, but it sure seems like alot longer. Then you may have twisted lines and other problems. From what I've heard, static line is way better than how i did it in Canada.
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Mr Pheer,
Respectfully.. none of this is true. A "static" line jump means that your chute is attached to the aircraft via a line. (cable) When you jump out your chute opens almost immediately and there is no "free fall".
Also, "twisted lines" occur often in both static and freefall jumping and are easy to correct.
Static Line jumping is a good way to go for someone that does not want to have an "instructor" or tandem and just wants to jump. If you want to sail the sky, you're going to need a pro.
Bling.