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From: alcmist@ssc-vax.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley)
Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive
Subject: Sentinel Mark 2000 grounded by SSE last month
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Date: Sun, 28-Oct-84 18:39:16 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 28 18:39:16 1984
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<I hope you choke on it>
My copy of Skydiving magazine reports that on Sep. 28 SSE Inc.,
which makes the popular Sentinel AAD, sent out a safety bulletin
recommending that all Sentinels be removed from service immediately.
They said the reason was that they'd received reports of 
"unwanted and unexplained" activations.

I don't know whether this is still in effect.

Please note that this affects *all* Mark 2000s, regardless of
when they were made.

I found the announcement rather puzzling.  Sentinels have been
blowing off on landing or at high altitude for years, and SSE
never seemed to think it was a problem.  Of course, if I got 
$17 for each replacement cartridge, I wouldn't think it was a 
problem either.

I'm of the opinion that the FXC is a better automatic release.
Has anyone had bad experiences with the FXC 12000?   --Fred Wamsley
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