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If you go back and look at the previous posts you will find that is indeed the reason the unit was offset +450 feet.
Another possible selling point for the vigil is that it retains the programmed offset from jump to jump.
At Hollister, our CYPRESes must be switched off and on and reprogrammed on every single jump.
The downside of course is that the programmed offset must be unprogrammed before jumping at just about any other DZ.
To further clarify on this incident:
The student did not handle the two out situation very well. He cut away his main from a stable bi-plane at 200 feet and is quite lucky that no entanglement resulted.
schwede 0
Luckily the LZ is higher then the starting area, according to the Vigil handbook you can't set it to the opposite situation.. i.e if the LZ is lower then the starting point....
Schwede
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"Das Leben ist schön, nicht immer aber immer öfter"
Shark 0
QuoteLuckily the LZ is higher then the starting area, according to the Vigil handbook you can't set it to the opposite situation.. i.e if the LZ is lower then the starting point....
I don't see how that would be dangerous. So you open a little higher relative to your departure altitude. There are not that many DZs around with that type of landing situation.
BIGUN 1,061
QuoteKimber reported that the student pulled his main at approx 1,600 ft. Around 1490 ft, the Vigil released the reserve parachute creating a two-canopy out situation. The Vigil was programmed in student mode (1040 ft/45 MPH) but the activation altitude had been adjusted + 450 feet by DZ staff.
After reading the thread, would it be safe to say, "The Vigil was programmed in student mode and the activation altitude had been adjusted + 450 feet by DZ staff to offset for the higher landing DZ elevation. The Vigil fired at the requisite 1040 ft (AGL) /45 MPH as intended by the manufacturer?"
Secondly, I would like to know the status of the Vigil. There have been so many, use, don't use, partial recall, total recalls running around that I don't know what the status is.
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My freebag had been trailing me for a bit, I never noticed untill the reserve was fully open and started to push at my main. Never consciously saw the extra risers, either...
ciel bleu,
Saskia
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