What would...

[Sangi 0]

...happen if you had to cutaway while you had your chest strap loosened under main canopy?

Would you fall out of your harness during reserve deployment?

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[theonlyski 3]

...happen if you did a search for that exact situation?


You would find lots of different answers.

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[wolfriverjoe 1,346]

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...happen if you did a search for that exact situation?


You would find lots of different answers.

Most of them being that "You will die." Or "You're an idiot" for loosening it.

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[normiss 622]

Just don't loosen your chest strap until you have a good canopy???

[Arvoitus 1]

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Just don't loosen your chest strap until you have a good canopy???

You can create a malfunction after you've gotten your canopy flying.

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[koppel 3]

I should be okay as I use a belly band ;)

I like my canopy...


...it lets me down.

[normiss 622]

This is a whole other issue.
I'm good with loosening my chest strap.

[billvon 2,417]

>Would you fall out of your harness during reserve deployment?

Most likely not, provided it was not loosened to absurd lengths. But you may have a much harder time finding your reserve handle.

[JohnRich 4]

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...happen if you had to cutaway while you had your chest strap loosened under main canopy?
Would you fall out of your harness during reserve deployment?

Quickly cinch it back tight before cutting away.

If you think that would take too much time, then don't loosen it in the first place, to a degree that you wouldn't be comfortable jumping.

Or don't do maneuvers while it's loose that could cause the canopy to malfunction.

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Or don't do maneuvers while it's loose that could cause the canopy to malfunction.

Of course it's a valid point but
there's a number of hairy situations I can think of.
Good canopy, loosened chest strap, pretty low, out of the blue somebody hit your canopy.
Say you must cut away, shock, no time - what do you do?

What goes around, comes later.

[popsjumper 2]

Roll the dice?

Brian Germaine touts this loosening the chest strap business even for youngsters. He should be able to answer this question.

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this loosening the chest strap business

I love my slider while it's up - I hate it when it's down.
I love my chest strap while deploying - i hate it while flying.

and for the dices - I love them red&transparent, Vegas type, anti magnetic

What goes around, comes later.

[tjm 0]

When your chest strap is "loosened" it is still cinched in. When it is removed I would worry about this problem.

-tjm

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[liftedtitan 0]

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Roll the dice?

Brian Germaine touts this loosening the chest strap business even for youngsters. He should be able to answer this question.

Ive read him post on this issue before (Brian Germain). He says it is nearly impossible to fall out of your harness with a loosened chest strap during cutaway/reserve deployment.

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[popsjumper 2]

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Roll the dice?

Brian Germaine touts this loosening the chest strap business even for youngsters. He should be able to answer this question.

Ive read him post on this issue before (Brian Germain). He says it is nearly impossible to fall out of your harness with a loosened chest strap during cutaway/reserve deployment.

Maybe that was written before extremely loose became the fashion. BillV somewhat notes that in post #8.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
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[champu 1]

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Just don't loosen your chest strap until you have a good canopy???

This is an important note when considering the order you perform your housekeeping once you get under canopy. I would not, for example, recommend loosening your chest strap prior to pulling your slider down behind your head as you're at an elevated risk of introducing a control system malfunction as you do that.

Depending, as others have said, on just how long your chest strap is the greater danger is probably in locating and being able to pull your reserve handle as compared to falling out of your harness. Keep in mind that not only is your handle not going to be where you're used to it being but pulling it may also be funky. The main lift web that your reserve handle is attached to may have a lot more freedom of movement than you are expecting.