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- From: eap@everest.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: NEED HELP ON NEW MAIN & R
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.213258.23003@cascade.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Center for Integrated Systems, Stanford University, California
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 21:32:58 GMT
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- >>Why worry about the reserve being too big. When you get to the point
- >>that this is the chute you are using then the fun part of the jump is
- >>over and this is the parachute that saves your life.
- >
- >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.
- >
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- It's amazing how much difference a 3" hole in the slider will make in
- opening rate. It's easy to make your canopy open FASTER (just ask any
- base jumper :^), but slowing it down can be a real hassle.
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