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From: kas@hp-pcd.UUCP (kas)
Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive
Subject: Re: Re: First Jump on New Gear
Message-ID: <41800006@hpcvlo.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 12:33:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 12:33:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR
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Nf-From: hpcvlo!kas    Apr  5 09:33:00 1985


>There have been religious wars fought over pilot-chute placement.  Belly-bands 
>are easy to see, but also easy to run under the main lift web.  

     ...or twist, or forget to buckle, etc...
     
     A friend of mine geared up one day and started walking out to the plane
     with his belly-band dragging along behind him.  Must've had a bad night.
     Fortunately, when I did an equipment-check on him I discovered this rather
     glaring ommission.  (Kind of reaffirms the notion that ALL of us should
     check and be checked on EVERY load--we tend to get lax about these things
     from time to time.)

     This same person had another problem with his belly-band mounted throw-out
     one day.  Seems that when he pulled out his throw-out, it and/or the 
     bridle line came around his arm, causing a "total" until he managed to 
     shake it off.  It's difficult to describe in words how it happened, but
     if you think about it and go through the motions you'll get the picture.
     It has to do with the fact that your arm is not stretched to full length
     while the throw-out is being extricated from its pocket, and air currents
     can whip it around your arm.  I don't think this can happen with a leg-
     mounted throw-out because your arm is nearly straight and in a different
     position relative to the wind blast during pull-out.

     By the way, thanks for all the other info and suggestions as well. 


				Ken Scofield    C-9355
				Hewlett-Packard PCD
				Corvallis, OR

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