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- From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: CRW Question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.031522.25867@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 03:15:22 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.110717.1@acad3.alaska.edu> <wine-220193180237@sed3.nrl.navy.mil>
- Organization: Ohio University School of Art. Athens
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- In article <wine-220193180237@sed3.nrl.navy.mil> wine@stress1.nrl.navy.mil (jim ) writes:
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- >While I have not done CRW, it is my understanding that some CRW folk do not
- >use sliders and still others will not use a deployment bag. This would be
- >for the same reason that BASE jumpers omit those items: opening speed.
- >Since you are opening right out of the plane, the slider is not ness. at
- >slow air speeds.
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- If they aren't using sliders or bags it may also have to do with performance
- after opening. A slider 'pinches' the canopy, decreasing performance, and
- creates a lot of wind resistance. A bag could be one more thing to worry
- about during docks and transitions.
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- Bob Church
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