andyhughes 0 #1 February 20, 2006 According to the manual, if an RSL guide ring is used with an skyhook, it is possible that reserve total may occur. After spending some time thinking about this, I am having trouble understanding exactly why this is the case. Why is it exactly that this would cause a total with a skyhook but not when a standard RSL is installed? It would seem that (from a few rough sketches), even if there was a mechanical lock trapping the RSL caused by the ripcord not detaching from the reserve pin (thus not allowing it to pass through the ring), the red lanyard would still release when the PC catches some air. This seems to be the case from both a manual reserve deployment and when the opening sequence begins with the main risers leaving the harness. What am i missing here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 February 20, 2006 Your answer, Sir...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andyhughes 0 #3 February 21, 2006 that makes sense. so when the RSL guide ring is used with the skyhook it is required to misroute the skyhook lanyard to get a reserve total. that wasn't clear from the manual - hence the confusion. thanks for the clarification. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites