Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsh!hosmsb!msb From: msb@hosmsb.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: Bungee from aircraft Message-ID: <1991Feb1.211104.16241@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 1 Feb 91 21:11:04 GMT References: Sender: msb@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.s.balenger) Reply-To: msb@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories -- Holmdel, NJ Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca's message of 28 Jan 91 07:56:09 GMT >>>>> On 28 Jan 91 07:56:09 GMT, rob@ireta.cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Rob Prior) said: rob> Parachute opens, bungee stretches, then something gives... and I rob> bet the bungee and the 'chute are _both_ stronger than the human rob> body... So attach the bungee to the body with something that's weaker than the chute and weaker than the bungee and much weaker than the body. Putting such a weak link in a 'normal' bungee rig spells death, but for the mixed/mode jumper, it spells safety. I'm still not sure what it spells for the pilot as the bungee recoils after cutaway (or break away, if the safety weak link breaks first). I'm sure that the pilot wouldn't want something strong connecting an open parachute to the plane in which he hopes to land. One of my first drop zones still has the tail numbers from a C182 that spiraled in with a prematurely opened main stuck to it's tail. Amazingly enough, the main was still jumpable after some lines were replaced (at the factory after a thorough inspection). The pilot had his first and only parachute jump that day. He doesn't particularly like parachuting, but he loves parachutists and being a skydiver driver -- that's why he owned and ran the DZ. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael S. Balenger (908) 949-8789 AT&T Bell Labs FAX: (908) 949-7512 M_Balenger@att.com Room 1L-405 msb@hos1cad.att.com Crawfords Corner Road att!hos1cad!msb Holmdel, NJ 07733-1988