Skydiving Gear - M.A.R.D, RSL, Skyhook?

[@SkydiveVibes]

Question: Do you have a M.A.R.D system on your gear? Answer below!

[@brianstayton2595]

Skydive Vibes hi whats up. I have a infinity rig with a rsl.i want a skyhook but infinity doesn't have one.can i just buy a skyhook and install it on my rig?

[@SkydiveVibes]

Brian Stayton I did verify and you are right. They don't have a MARD system. But it's not mandatory. With at least a RSL, you are in good shape. Remember do not rely on the system. Do good gear checks and know your EPs. ;)

[@brianstayton2595]

I thought infinity was a good rig. I cant believe they dont have a mard or skyhook.blue skies

[@SkydiveVibes]

Brian Stayton oh they make good rigs. The MARD systems aren't necessary and some even don't like those since they can in some ways obstruct the deployment of the reserve. It's more a choice than a must.

[@xBoddahhh]

I jump an infinity w/ RSL. Once I have a high enough license I intend to remove the RSL (currently it is mandatory for me).

[@AlterCois]

This is the explanation about RSD and MARD I have been searching for a long time. The fact that you actually have photographs of the actual device is a big help. Thanks.

[@dr.e.r.blomgren]

As an AFF student, your videos are excellent, content-rich "mini-courses." Thanks; they're really appreciated and so well done. Edw.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Dr. E. R. Blomgren Glad you like them! Let me know if you have any questions. Where do you do your AFF?

[@dr.e.r.blomgren]

Skydive Vibes Thanks for being open to questions from this newb; that's generous of you! I'm doing my AFF at Skydive Carolina, in SC. They're a great group!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Dr. E. R. Blomgren No problem!

[@SkydivingTunnelGod]

@@dr.e.r.blomgren Hey I just signed up for the AFP there. Doing my level 1 on May 11th, how was your experience at Skydive Carolina?

[@dr.e.r.blomgren]

@@SkydivingTunnelGod Hi Caleb! The Skydive Carolina tribe is great! It's a very comfortable, supportive, and accepting atmosphere. Very helpful and open to students' questions and foibles. Also, well laid out and spacious, with good equipment, aircraft, etc. I need to return to my studies there; had to take some time off for a surgery; then there's always the weather. Enjoy and best of luck.

[@msven]

Awesome video. Getting close to my A-License, looking for my first rig, and had the newbie "Uhhh, junk...what was the difference between M.A.R.D. and Skyhook again?" I then went down the rabbit hole of looking at how each of the other M.A.R.D. systems work lol

[@FAA-DPE]

Vector V3 Micron with Skyhook for me. All i will use from now on. Been jumping from the 80's and things have come a long long way. Some of my old friends might still be with me if we had some of this safety technology back in the day.

[@SkydiveVibes]

I agree and it's important to know about those safety systems and how they work. ;)

[@srcastic8764]

Such a simple idea and device too. It’s not like it’s some sort of technology that was out of reach back then. It could have easily been done at any time. It’s just a shame no one thought of it sooner. But it’s great we have it now. Many lives will be saved.

[@patricioelosua5886]

Had a cutaway in my student gear, amazing how quick the RSL works! I basically ended up pulling the reserve handle already under my reserve canopy.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Pato Elosua Great to know! What was the malfunction?

[@patricioelosua5886]

Skydive Vibes Started as normal linetwists but followed by uncontrolled spinning

[@SkydiveVibes]

Pato Elosua good job!

[@calinutza33]

Pato Elosua I am a skydiver as well, still flying NAV 240 , so if you have malfunction and peel and cut away the reserve us already deploying ? You don't have to pull the reserve " D " handle ?

[@patricioelosua5886]

calinutza33 Hey! Glad you asked.. in theory you shouldn't need to.. BUT and this is a big BUT, you should ALWAYS pull the reserve handle just in case. You don't know if the RSL will function properly, so it's always good practice to pull both handles. Blue Skies!

[@adhirajpaliwal6595]

Since I joined AFF and completed ... i was little confuse about the RSL.. with this video my all doubts are cleared and i want to thank you for the wonderful video u made on RSL and MARD.

[@MrScottChristie]

I haven't gone skydiving yet but I will very soon. I'm learning so much from you and your videos. Thank you!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Hey Scott thanks to you for watching! Did you schedule your jump yet?

[@MrScottChristie]

Skydive Vibes...Not yet. I have 3 surgeries coming up, one for a 9mm kidney stone, a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder and the other to fuse a bone in my right foot. Yes, I play hard😂 I live in Kentucky U.S.A. and I recently discovered that here in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, we have skydiving. Who knew!🤔😂I've never seen a parachute in the sky and I've lived here since 1995. I'm originally from the Rochester New York area and came to Kentucky while in the Marines. I have been watching, re watching and saving all of your videos. I can promise you this...When I finally get started, I'll go into it educated and prepared and I'll share the experience with you. There's an Ifly in Cincinnati Ohio that my friend and I want to go to during the winter months and we Googled some drop zones in Tennessee to give us a variety of experiences. Stay safe and Blue Skies!😎🤙

[@ilyameerovsky4915]

Rotation of body after cut main canopy from line twist can do malfunction reserve canopy with rsl/skyhook. In a critical spin of body also without symmetry in the harness it’s can do cause of hard damage or death.

[@fabes3266]

I have the ACE RSL by Peregrine, best MARD on the market. I chopped over the weekend and I was under my reserve in less than 50 feet. KZbin search it and check it out.

[@SkydiveVibes]

I missed your comment... I would love to see how it works. I'll check it out!

[@srcastic8764]

@@SkydiveVibes I still don’t get the difference between RSL and a skyhook as far as end result. They both pull the reserve when you cut away your main, right? So how does one do anything different from the other?

[@SkydiveVibes]

@@srcastic8764 In fact only the MARD does pull your reserve and acts as a big pilot chute. The MARD system does use an RSL to attach to the main risers.The RSL alone simply pull the reserve pin.

[@WhiteHoods]

I'm aff student:) and I want to say,thank you! :) with love from Russia

[@SkydiveVibes]

It's a pleasure!

[@AlexShaw]

Love all your videos you explain everything really well. Only done a tandem jump so far but going for my AFF next month.

[@updatedotexe]

I don't get what's so good about RSL. It basically increases the probability of entangling the reserve with the main canopy (especially with malfunctions like horseshoe or bag in tow), doesn't it??

[@alexandernoble7392]

The RSLs main purpose is to provide that extra sec of deployment speed to your reserve canopy or in case your left arm is inop and cannot get to your reserve rip cord. Because the RSL has a snap shackle it can be disconnected, this is useful if you need to provide extra separation between canopies. For example an entanglement with another jumper were you would like that space so you dont fatally engulf the other jumper in your cut away. Keep in mind that your reserve will always be packed in a free floating bag so as soon as the reserve canopy is out of the deployment bag the main will no long be an issue. Hope this helps

[@alejandrofernandez3655]

Hiiii i´m learning all the time with your videos, are really useful!! saludos desde Perú!!

[@DutGRIFF]

Your videos are appreciated. Awesome work!

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

RSL ....I reckon that would be ok with a round reserve but I have reservations for a square one. I can see you having to kick out loads of twists if you are cutting away a hard rotating malfunction

[@bullitanaconda]

Bonjour catherine, je me demandais il y a tu une raison en particulier pourquoi le reserve pin est en forme the hook aulieu d'une pin droite Je batis des mini parachute a lechelle 1/4 y compris un parachute de reserve et tout les accessoire fonctionel Pour cela je regarde beaucoup de video et jme posais la question sur cette fameuse pin en fotme de crochet Esque ca une fonction plus sécuritaire en etant croche? Merci

[@SkydiveVibes]

Vraiment bonne question. Je vais regarder ça et sûrement poster une capsule sur FB et IG. ;)

[@Wawet76]

Sur les parachutes classiques de nos jours, il n'y a une aiguille courbe que sur la principale. Le but est que l'aiguille glisse facilement quelque soit le sens de traction de la drisse d'extraction. Pour les secours on utilise une aiguille droite car la traction se fait toujours dans le même sens.

[@pudthewhacker]

Another great video as always! Very useful information!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks Dustin!

[@ahmedn9052]

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[@JoZibi]

So a Skyhook is basically a direct connection from the main chute to the reserve pilot chute? While the RSL just pulls out the reserve pin on a cutaway?

[@ahmedshabbir5918]

You're a great teacher, thanks :)

[@SkydiveVibes]

Ahmed Shabbir you are welcone!

[@julienf4373]

thanks, I'm still wondering how the Main disconnects from the Skyhook once the Reserve is out. It's gota go through the hook like during a TotalMal based standard Reserved Deployment, but the fact the whole cord must be very tight and the Hook is downward doesn't inspire me great confidence. (Just a green Solo here :)) Also, I'm curious if the hook side a Blade/knife or some sort of plastic with just enough resistance.

[@SkydiveVibes]

Hey Jou, so for a reserve canopy the deployment bag never stays attached to it. So the skyhook keeps the main canopy with the D-bag of the reserve which will go away with it. Have you noticed that a reserve canopy doesn't have the pilot chute attached once it's opened, unlike a main canopy?

[@julienf4373]

Skydive Vibes thanks, yeah thats why I mentionned i'm green. Never seen a reserve. I red 2A and 2B but had not seen yet seen the concept of the reserve freebag.

[@Techn0Smile]

Skydive Vibes so does the skyhook make recovering the reserve bag easier since it stays attached to the main?

[@mattgaetz5548]

I roll with a Skyhook + RSL. YEA baby!

[@ipKonfig]

We were taught to use BOTH hands on Cutaway, then BOTH hands on Reserve pull (never your right hand cutaway and left hand reserve pull - I think this may be changing around the globe slowly in training)

[@flybeep1661]

That's a very old way of doing it. I bet the motivation for doing it that way is to prevent pulling both handles at the same time which I've seen done by jumpers in panic mode. However, the both hands on reserve wouldn't really be ideal either because it requirers extra time to locate with both hands and then pull reserve. Most mals are very dissorienting so it's not certain you'll find it fast and easy enough.

[@richardtofield5210]

also, some people choose to think of their reserve drill as 'peel&punch' rather than just 'cutaway' as it is possible to detach the velcro then have the pad slip out of your hand leaving it flapping loose without pulling the cables fully out....the two handed pull makes it easier to give that extra pull if the left riser hasnt released..a spinning malfunction can mean more force is needed for the cutaway...worth testing on the ground to see how easy it is one handed

[@ethanhuntmp]

I would love to see a video about hook knife... how to use it, when to use it... TY in advance

[@richardtofield5210]

the advice i heard was to cut away if there is a line-over on the main and it doesnt clear by braking hard.if you get a line-over it will probably be the brake line, so if you have a line-over on the reserve and cant see which line is causing it, cut a brake line.if that doesnt work cut the other brake line..this is a reason to practice flaring with rear risers,first in the sky,later do a riser flare landing if you feel confident

[@johnbreesawitz7162]

I have not had a cut away , but, I did purchase my rig with a skyhook.

[@TheWarnickthree]

So my question for you is this. If you have a skyhook/ mard if you have line twists and you cut away your main will the reserve automatically deploy with line twists? Thanks for the info. Let me know.

[@calinutza33]

When do you have to disconnect the RSL ? When about to Landing with your parachute on water or on top of a building? 🤔

[@SkydiveVibes]

Yes, those are 2 cases you will want to disconnect it as well as landing in high winds in case you need to release your main canopy. Simply put, anytime you might need to cutaway your main and don't want your reserve to pop out right away. The double canopy malfunctions are also situations where you might want to disconnect the RSL before liberating your main if needed. Everything is well explained in the USPA SIM.

[@calinutza33]

Skydive Vibes thank you kindly for your instructive videos , I watched most of them ! You are doing a great job !

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks a lot!

[@calinutza33]

Skydive Vibes you’re welcome , one more question please , can you mount an RSL to a smaller , performant canopies if you want to ? Or is just for students ? 🤔 thank you !

[@SkydiveVibes]

It's not meant for students. Any rig (any canopy) can have one and I would recommend it. It's just an extra layer of safety in case of a malfunction.

[@martzy7536]

Can you do a vid on some best shoes for skydiving?

[@leonkessel9130]

Question: is there not a risk involved with the RSL that when your main canopy fails to completely open and you cut away the main and the reserve deploys instantly that the reserve gets tangled in the main? (soon to be AFF student in the Netherlands)

[@SkydiveVibes]

There is hence this is why in son malfunctions you may want to release the RSL before cutaway. But this system is helping more than it can cause trouble. In a usual cutaway the main has time to fly away before the reserve pops out.

[@sivonparansun]

I don't jump yet so this is academic response : If you are spinning due to malfunction, rsl is pretty much a guaranteed line twist on your reserve. Someone please correct me if i am wrong

[@stopspinskydiving]

I have a skyhook rsl. Good info, 🐈!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Awesome, Thanks for watching!

[@alishabachez8221]

I’m trying to do research on the reserves because I’m trying to do my AFF soon. with the RSL like if I deploy the main chute then what happens to that yellow tag? you mentioned that you take the tag off but i didn’t quiet get that ? Also what would happen if you get a horseshoe.

[@johnnieandmillie]

Nice explanation of complex thingy. Thank you.

[@jonathanguerra1976]

Thank you for the information! ,😉👏👏

[@michaelpal7641]

So-on older rigs with an AAD and an RSL- Do they have to be retro-fitted with a Sky Hook? or-has the Sky Hook replaced the RSL?

[@sunshinesdad7990]

Great video. Thank you.

[@Umetnik]

I have the RSL, thinking about disconnecting it even for regular jumps.

[@mattgaetz5548]

WTF? crazy.

[@Umetnik]

@@mattgaetz5548 It is not that crazy. I had a couple of nasty spinning line twists lately which I salvaged. But was in "fuck me if my reserve spins up like that" while considering pulling the reserve since the hard deck signal was beeping in my ear. Then u have the possibility of a hangup on rsl. Still jump with RSL though.

[@mattgaetz5548]

@@Umetnik I jump a Sabre 2 190. only a 1.1 wing loading so don't have concerns with nasty spins. In my case, safer to use an RSL than not.

[@ryanseltzer5310]

Hey, why dont you jump with a go pro? I was looking for your "first jump" video and looked you up on youtube and looks like you don't jump with a go pro ? just curious ..

[@SkydiveVibes]

Ryan Seltzer I needed to reach my 200 jumps and my C license. That is the rules at my DZ. But now I have all the setup. Just need to install it. ;) and get briefed.

[@ryanseltzer5310]

oh nice! Ya thats the rule in Perris as well.. how many jumps are you at now?

[@SkydiveVibes]

Ryan Seltzer 210. ;)

[@ryanseltzer5310]

oh nice! very cool! Be sure to post your first recorded jump! i want to see!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Ryan Seltzer I'll even post how I mount my camera!! Stay tuned!

[@raven8823]

May I add a skyhook on a parachute that doesn't have? Who can do that? Thanks!

[@SkydiveVibes]

A Skyhook is the MARD system from UPT so if you have a Vector, I guess you can. Other brands have other MARD system called a different way. To be sure, you should ask a rigger. He would also be the one to be able to install it. ;)

[@tnipp1285]

great video

[@Argonaut320]

Skyhook RSL for me ;)

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks for sharing! Did you need it, yet?

[@Argonaut320]

Skydive Vibes no ! Not yet ;)

[@SkydiveVibes]

Patrizio Pochetti so why do you want to remove it?

[@Argonaut320]

????????? i do not want to !!

[@SkydiveVibes]

Oh my I am sorry. I answered to the wrong comment. Of course, you better not remove it. ;)

[@tinasheshepherd7601]

Where are you … we need more videos

[@kamranmoghaddam2626]

Great , thank you

[@zarrarali2699]

Nice Thanks

[@subacute]

What is flapping from your back, it looks like it shouldn’t be there.

[@SkydiveVibes]

In the intro? It's simply the elastic of my helmet. It was used and too streched out. I now have a new helmet. ;)

[@subacute]

Skydive Vibes Great video, thanks so much.

[@AdamTuttle]

Pretty sure it's the red one that's the Collins Lanyard. But good info! (Edit from the future: I was wrong! See the replies...)

[@SkydiveVibes]

According to my sources it's really the black lanyard. You can check the sources in the video description.

[@AdamTuttle]

Here's a source that would seem to agree with me: www.skydivemag.com/article/rsl-skyhook-or-faith (red collins lanyard is the part that goes around the cutaway cable for the left riser)... Not that this really affects your video at all, just pointing at one thing vs the other. I also found a Dropzone.com forum that claims the RSL portion is formerly known as the Stevens Lanyard, just as some extra trivia. :)

[@SkydiveVibes]

Adam Tuttle Hey hey thats funny because it's my source too. The part that goes around the yellow cable (left riser) is the black lanyard. The red line goes from the lanyard to the skyhook. ;)

[@AdamTuttle]

Ah crud, you're totally right! Looking at a still frame at 6:29 I think that the cutaway cable probably gets routed through the loop in the RSL (black lanyard) where the red (skyhook) and white (reserve pin) also attach. I guess the collins lanyard is not so much an attachment to the RSL but a different style of RSL. Thanks for your persistence and patience with me. I learned something new today!

[@SkydiveVibes]

That's the goal and I learn every day too! Blue Skies!

[@nobloubartete]

Nice educative content. But could you speak slowlier? Thks Blue sky

[@flybeep1661]

non

[@pschroeter1]

It was sort of cute when you said "about a FEET long."

[@SkydiveVibes]

Hahah I know!! My sister did make fun of me, but hey... that's the life of a french Canadian ;) I can't edit it so... well...

[@danubiovelloso122]

Excelente

[@bjornandersen50]

I F..... LOVE YOU

[@raven11356]

Reserve pin needs to be pushed down a little bit more'

[@sivonparansun]

Fuuuck dat.. i don't skydive yet but theoretically if u have a high speed malfuction, there is no way you can remove rsl without your reserve twisting. Skydivers thoughts? Its a few hundred feet to guarantee good position when you deploy reserve

[@flybeep1661]

As a skydiver myself I prefer to have it without rsl for the reasons you're saying. I only had one reserve and had no rsl on it. It was a hard downplane fast spin with back pointed to earth (on a small Springo for you skydivers wanting to know which canopy, Springo's are bitches of canopies imho). Pulled cutaway, had about two counts one....two.... which oriented me belly down and then pulled reserve. Even then I had twists but they were very minor, just two twist. Wouldn't have wanted an rsl on my rig on that occasion.

[@yomammafat8926]

@@flybeep1661 so if I understand correctly, a rsl makes it so when you cut away it automatically tries to deploy your reserve. Where’s if you have no rsl, you cut away and the you have time to decide whenever to pull your reserve?

[@mcgabrielmagaiver7768]

É nada mais que o antigo stive system

[@Колёк-ж4ж]

эх, жаль нет перевода на русский:(((

[@michaelwilliamsd.o.5006]

Love your content......but. “THAT BEING SAID “ is a horrible filler. Uh.... also.

[@SkydiveVibes]

I will try to improve that. Thanks for the feedback. ;)

[@d.nastyfishing6091]

Safety first ... that first step is a woopzy.. great video

[@SkydiveVibes]

Thanks mate!