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- From: egyed@LNS62.TN.CORNELL.EDU (zoltan egyed)
- Subject: Re: NEED HELP ON NEW MAIN & R
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:05:18 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.010308.20436@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>, bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church) writes:
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- >If it opens in time. All other things the same, the larger the parachute
- >the slower the opening. An amazing number of people find this out the hard
- >way by buying a main that's larger than they need. It's a recipe for snivels.
-
- A larger than usual main does not necessarily mean snively openings.
- I weight about 205-210 lbs with gear, and use a Falcon 265.
- (I like nice, soft landings, even in Colorado in the summer,
- on a windless day. :-) )
- Measured the opening time on video, and it's fast. After releasing the
- pilot chute, ~1.2 sec later the slider is starting to be pushed down.
- Never had any snivel.
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- Once, as a student, I jumped a Hercules 340.
- I had to pump out the end cell closures. And it was like a big truck.
-
- Zoltan
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