Method Skydiving And Not Opening Your Parachute

[RedPanda]

Hmm, so i was wondering how crazy the aftermath of doing something like this would actually be. I've skydived before, i don't own a license to skydive, only did it tandem. The feeling is amazing and you feel like a bird in the sky BUT you're falling at 200km/h. I was wondering if anyone else has ever thought about doing something as crazy as this. I know jumping off buildings is terrifying but imagine jumping out of a plane and never opening your parachute. At 200km/h and hitting the ground i can only imagine what would happen to your body, it will probably be one of the most gruesome deaths ever. Just a random method i was thinking of earlier today. My brain is messed up so i think of crazy stuff. Death would obviously be instant but i think if you wanted to go out in style this would be one crazy method to use.

 

[MakyMy]

Hmm, so i was wondering how crazy the aftermath of doing something like this would actually be. I've skydived before, i don't own a license to skydive, only did it tandem. The feeling is amazing and you feel like a bird in the sky BUT you're falling at 200km/h. I was wondering if anyone else has ever thought about doing something as crazy as this. I know jumping off buildings is terrifying but imagine jumping out of a plane and never opening your parachute. At 200km/h and hitting the ground i can only imagine what would happen to your body, it will probably be one of the most gruesome deaths ever. Just a random method i was thinking of earlier today. My brain is messed up so i think of crazy stuff. Death would obviously be instant but i think if you wanted to go out in style this would be one crazy method to use.

I think the idea is not bad. I've seen a lot of videos where the body reacted after being shot. The only painless death, in my opinion, is when the brain breaks up and this could work. My question. How long does it take to fall? 30 seconds?

 

[RedPanda]

I think the idea is not bad. I've seen a lot of videos where the body reacted after being shot. The only painless death, in my opinion, is when the brain breaks up and this could work. My question. How long does it take to fall? 30 seconds?

My tandem skydive lasted about 45 seconds - 1 minute. If you're comfortable with skydiving the experience won't even be terrifying, i can just imagine myself closing my eyes and then inevitably hitting the ground at an incredibly fast speed. Skydiving was the most liberating experience ever with an amazing view. I think this method actually gives you a couple seconds to reflect on life, enjoy the view and accept your demise. I honestly don't think you'll feel anything, it's impossible to feel anything at this height and speed. How would your brain even have the chance to process pain? I don't think it's possible.

 

[MakyMy]

My tandem skydive lasted about 45 seconds - 1 minute. If you're comfortable with skydiving the experience won't even be terrifying, i can just imagine myself closing my eyes and then inevitably hitting the ground at an incredibly fast speed. Skydiving was the most liberating experience ever with an amazing view. I think this method actually gives you a couple seconds to reflect on life, enjoy the view and accept your demise. I honestly don't think you'll feel anything, it's impossible to feel anything at this height and speed. How would your brain even have the chance to process pain? I don't think it's possible.

Yup.
I saw a lot of crash tests videos.

200km/h make tiny cube from a car. Human body? Like fallen egg on the floor.

After how many jumps can you jump alone?

 

[RedPanda]

Yup.
I saw a lot of crash tests videos.

200km/h make tiny cube from a car. Human body? Like fallen egg on the floor.

After how many jumps can you jump alone?

Not entirely sure as I've only done tandem jumping sessions where i'm strapped to an instructor, you would need to apply for a license to jump solo, not sure how long this process takes unfortunately but once you get your license to jump solo it's only a matter of time before you take one last jump and enjoy the view. Also nobody can save you, you're on your own, no risk of failure, almost 100% chance of death unless you miraculously survive hitting the ground at 200km/h which i think is impossible.

 

[Uso]

This sounds crazy-- crazily satisfying that is! Though I wonder, would your SI kick in and force you to open the parachute last minute? And if you open it too late into the fall, is there a significant chance of being nonfatally injured?

 

[RedPanda]

This sounds crazy-- crazily satisfying that is! Though I wonder, would your SI kick in and force you to open the parachute last minute? And if you open it too late into the fall, is there a significant chance of being nonfatally injured?

I don't encourage anyone to try this but if i did, i would purposely tamper with my parachute to make sure that it won't work even if i tried opening it. Maybe cut cords or prevent the chute opening mechanism from working. I also think solo jumpers go under last minute inspection on the plane before jumping so i'm not sure how you would hide this. I think even experienced jumpers get inspected as a last minute safety measure. You'll somehow just have to prevent yourself from opening your chute but you're right, your survival instinct will probably kick in and try and open the chute. I think a last minute chance at opening and surviving your fall is probably really going to injure you very badly, i think you might even die from your injuries later in hospital but experience agonizing pain. You'll seriously have to commit to this and never think about opening your chute. Just jump and close your eyes and wait to hit the ground.

 

[MakyMy]

I don't encourage anyone to try this but if i did, i would purposely tamper with my parachute to make sure that it won't work even if i tried opening it. Maybe cut cords or prevent the chute opening mechanism from working. I also think solo jumpers go under last minute inspection on the plane before jumping so i'm not sure how you would hide this. I think even experienced jumpers get inspected as a last minute safety measure. You'll somehow just have to prevent yourself from opening your chute but you're right, your survival instinct will probably kick in and try and open the chute.

OK thanks a lot! I am going check some rules:)

 

[TAW122]

Yeah I think this could work assuming that you are diving unassisted and unsupervised, in other words, solo. I do think that most skydivers when starting out will usually have someone who shows them how to do it, so I don't think one can simply just go skydiving for the first time and CTB like that. It is also possible for a skydiver to die and make it look like an 'accident.'

 

[MakyMy]

This sounds crazy-- crazily satisfying that is! Though I wonder, would your SI kick in and force you to open the parachute last minute? And if you open it too late into the fall, is there a significant chance of being nonfatally injured?

Well.. damage the parachute bag before. :)

 

[RedPanda]

Yeah I think this could work assuming that you are diving unassisted and unsupervised, in other words, solo. I do think that most skydivers when starting out will usually have someone who shows them how to do it, so I don't think one can simply just go skydiving for the first time and CTB like that. It is also possible for a skydiver to die and make it look like an 'accident.'

You need a proper license and training before you're even allowed to jump unassisted and solo from what i've heard. I guess you have a lot of fun in the process leading up to the last solo jump. Really sounds like a crazy way to CTB. Yup 100% possible to make it appear like an accident, maybe you were just a clumsy jumper and forgot to open your chute, they could just rule it off as that.

 

[Sh00]

I think I'd feel too sorry for the individual instructors. The company would then have to deal with paperwork, possibly inspections and negative press attention. I know a few small business owners and the stress of this would be immense. It may also ruin someone else's hobby or passion. Couldn't do it.

 

[RedPanda]

I think I'd feel too sorry for the individual instructors. The company would then have to deal with paperwork, possibly inspections and negative press attention. I know a few small business owners and the stress of this would be immense. It may also ruin someone else's hobby or passion. Couldn't do it.

Hmm you're right, didn't consider the bad press. People would probably be afraid to do any jumps with the company again, especially if it was ruled off as deliberate suicide and not an accident.

 

[HitchHiker]

I did a tandem skydive and the instructor showed me that there was a sensor on the backup parachute. So if you didn't pull your chute, it would trigger itself at a certain height. I'm not sure if you always have to have a back up but you'd have to tamper with both chutes if that was the case.

 

[RedPanda]

I did a tandem skydive and the instructor showed me that there was a sensor on the backup parachute. So if you didn't pull your chute, it would trigger itself at a certain height. I'm not sure if you always have to have a back up but you'd have to tamper with both chutes if that was the case.

Whoa crazy, didn't know about the sensors. Yikes...

 

[SinisterKid]

I remember reading about a guy who's chute didn't open from 10k feet and he lived. He landed in a gorse bush, broke himself up pretty badly, but survived and I think he has jumped again after a long recovery. So its not a 100% surety you would die by doing what you propose.

 

[RedPanda]

I remember reading about a guy who's chute didn't open from 10k feet and he lived. He landed in a gorse bush, broke himself up pretty badly, but survived and I think he has jumped again after a long recovery. So its not a 100% surety you would die by doing what you propose.

Damn, that person is super lucky to be honest. I just can't see how you can survive a 200km/h fall, even if you're angling your body so your head hits the ground first, how is it possible to survive this? The person you mentioned was super lucky, it was never their time to die.

 

[DreamCatcher]

Wouldn't it be possible to just remove the parachute pack after jumping? If it's just a few quick clips that might be easier than trying to figure out how to disable both chutes. Or some kind of knife (Seatbelt cutter?) to just cut the straps free soon after jumping.

Might be kind of obvious that it's a suicide with the straps cut, but it'd defeat any mechanism that automatically deploys your chute.

These things:

Automatic activation device - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[HGL91]

There was a skydiving instructor that committed suicide this way.

 

[MAIO]

Hmm, so i was wondering how crazy the aftermath of doing something like this would actually be. I've skydived before, i don't own a license to skydive, only did it tandem. The feeling is amazing and you feel like a bird in the sky BUT you're falling at 200km/h. I was wondering if anyone else has ever thought about doing something as crazy as this. I know jumping off buildings is terrifying but imagine jumping out of a plane and never opening your parachute. At 200km/h and hitting the ground i can only imagine what would happen to your body, it will probably be one of the most gruesome deaths ever. Just a random method i was thinking of earlier today. My brain is messed up so i think of crazy stuff. Death would obviously be instant but i think if you wanted to go out in style this would be one crazy method to use.

A lot of parachutes openly up automatically now. I am not sure how many times you would have to go to be able to pack your own shoot. It's not like they check your pockets so you could cut the right stuff if you know what you are doing.(or even take off your completely on the plane and jump but that can carry certain risks and you better go through with it if it gets that far) Than again why not just dive from somewhere high make sure to land on your head? I have heard of people surviving falling from height. Never heard of anyone surviving landing on their head from a high height. I believe falling from only a few feet is sometimes fatal if you land wrong on your head.

 

[Jessica5]

I'd suggest deliberately dropping the parachute soon after jumping. Parachutes provide some amount of protection, even if they don't inflate. That's why some people have survived skydiving jumps from thousands of feet. Michael Holmes survived a 15,000 foot jump, and that was in 2006, when medical technology wasn't as good as now.

 

[seekingoblivion]

Experienced skydiving instructor committed suicide by releasing harness midair, police say

An experienced skydiving instructor who plunged to his death while flying tandem with a student in Maine deliberately released his safety harness to commit suicide, state police revealed Monday.

www.foxnews.com

 

[riverstyx]

Not entirely sure as I've only done tandem jumping sessions where i'm strapped to an instructor, you would need to apply for a license to jump solo, not sure how long this process takes unfortunately but once you get your license to jump solo it's only a matter of time before you take one last jump and enjoy the view. Also nobody can save you, you're on your own, no risk of failure, almost 100% chance of death unless you miraculously survive hitting the ground at 200km/h which i think is impossible.

Vesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић; pronounced [ˈʋeːsna ˈʋuːlɔʋit͡ɕ]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant. She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres (33,330 ft).

Vesna Vulović - Wikipedia

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[Mr.phantomX]

I think parachutes have automatic deployment devices in them now. So after a certain amount of feet the parachute deploys. I was interested in this method also until i learned that.

 

[Jessica5]

Vesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић; pronounced [ˈʋeːsna ˈʋuːlɔʋit͡ɕ]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant. She holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 metres (33,330 ft).

Vesna Vulović - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

She was in a plane the whole time, and the plane took a large part of the impact. It's not clear to me why she's counted in the fall survival world records, while seemingly nobody else who falls while in a plane is. People survive airplane crashes from thousands of feet all the time. In fact, they do over 90% of the time. (Shocking stat of the day I know.)

The WW2 survivors are far more amazing since they jumped out of burning planes, often without a parachute.

 

[Painted Bird]

Jumping without wearing a parachute should do the trick, right?
This thread reminds me of a scene from a movie :

 

[Roger]

Nish Bruce - Wikipedia

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[Deleted member 8975]

Yeah I wish I could do it this way until someone mentioned the impact on the business and other people involved :/