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andyhughes

RSL guide ring and the skyhook

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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?

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