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Re: Hard deployment

To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Hard deployment
From: John Szalay <john.szalay@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 21:33:34 -0500
At 05:27 PM 10/27/02 -0500,"Bob Jepson" wrote:
>List,
>    I sure don't know much, but that KISS idea about a few wraps of duct tape 
>around the shrouds in intervals seems a direction with merit....maybe a 
>tubular sheath where it's length could be varied and it's tear resistance
>uniform....

IIRC:  from another life, long, long ago..

 two methods used to slow or lessen the opening shock of
a parachute, are the use of a deployment bag & pilot chute.
and the use of sliding ring or a sliding sheath, placed near
the lip of the chute, which slides down the lines toward the 
harness or connecting pointas the air fills the chute
. this slows the opening of the 
canopy mouth, thus making the opening shock much less..

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