Re: parachutes
Posted: 2015/09/12 15:24:02 UTC
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=33404
Rapid parachute deployment
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=12536
standard operating procedures
This Javier Yunquera bullshit happened over seven weeks ago and there are motherfuckers who knew EXACTLY what happened and why within the first hour and they're sitting on that information for ass covering purposes with zero regard for the people who fly these things.
And we, as PILOTS, need to be able to look at our suspension systems during preflight and verify that they're not gonna disintegrate at one and a half Gs. Fuck the parachute. There are a few situations in which I might find myself needing a parachute and that's not one of them. Preflight your suspension and find some REAL issues to worry about. We have no shortage of those. Suggestion... The motherfuckers who knew EXACTLY what happened and why within the first hour and have been sitting on that information for over seven weeks for ass covering purposes with zero regard for the people who fly these things.
Rapid parachute deployment
You'll be fine. Just don't make any references to T** at K*** S******.pec1985 - 2015/09/12 10:17:46 UTC
Bay Area
Might be out of topic, if so I'll open a new thread...
'Cause that's what the harness is designed to be suspended and loaded from.Why is the chute attached to the carabiner?
The harness itself where?Why is it not attached to the harness itself?
Not if you've got a pilot with half a brain or better.Out of all the things that could go wrong, a broken harness strap is one of them.
Makes the idea of a backup loop even more moronic than it would if you just considered the glider...There are two straps (main and back up) coming out of the glider that attach to the biner and one that goes from the biner to the harness (A shape on mine).
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=12536
standard operating procedures
...don't it?Tad Eareckson - 2009/06/19 03:31:10 UTC
How come hang glider pilots back up the webbing above the carabiner but not below and used curved pins for their barrel releases?
If the harness strap breaks below a couple hundred feet it doesn't matter what the fuck the chute's attached to.If the harness strap breaks and the chute is attached to the biner, you're done.
Don't guess. They're both zero for all intents and purposes.(Also if the biner breaks, but there's less chance of that happening, I guess).
I think that when you've gotten into most of the situations in which a parachute is your only hope for survival your odds of survival ain't all that great anyway. Most situations in which a parachute is your only hope for survival occur when the glider has broken and broken gliders are really good at eating parachutes before they can start functioning as parachutes.I think that the closer your body is to the chute, the safer you are.
Yeah, that means someone's done a totally shitty job of keeping critical equipment out of the sun when it's not in use and I'm not much concerned with what happens to assholes like that.Now, if the bridle breaks on deployment, that's another issue all together.
This Javier Yunquera bullshit happened over seven weeks ago and there are motherfuckers who knew EXACTLY what happened and why within the first hour and they're sitting on that information for ass covering purposes with zero regard for the people who fly these things.
And we, as PILOTS, need to be able to look at our suspension systems during preflight and verify that they're not gonna disintegrate at one and a half Gs. Fuck the parachute. There are a few situations in which I might find myself needing a parachute and that's not one of them. Preflight your suspension and find some REAL issues to worry about. We have no shortage of those. Suggestion... The motherfuckers who knew EXACTLY what happened and why within the first hour and have been sitting on that information for over seven weeks for ass covering purposes with zero regard for the people who fly these things.