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From: brent@phoenix.UUCP (Brent P. Callahan)
Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive
Subject: Re: Missing Pilot Chute! - (nf)
Message-ID: <1003@phoenix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Feb-85 09:07:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  1 09:07:33 1985
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As I heard it, the openings were VERY scary at terminal.
The use of a direct deployed canopy never caught on for
that reason I guess.

The reliability of pilot chute deployment is due to the
tensioning & acceleration applied to the canopy & lines
by the pilot chute.  The surfaces of the canopy are
exposed to the airflow much the same way every time.

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