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skydiverek 55
QuoteMaybe they are just looking to modify the system so that maybe next time, it wont be fatal. IIRC, there were a couple lines that caught on the skyhook, maybe they are looking at ways to prevent lines from snagging it?
See the attached picture and Bill Booth's comments below:
"This picture confused all of us who looked at it in context with all the other pictures.
First, it is difficult, if not impossible to wrap anything around the Skyhook while it is under tension, either from the reserve pilot chute, or the red Skyhook lanyard...and the Skyhook is in tension from one of these sources from the time it is pulled from the #2 reserve flap, until the canopy is out of the bag.
Secondly, there are no burn marks on either the freebag bridle or the lines involved. There isn't even any significant "scrunching" of the freebag bridle. This indicates that this "entanglement" was never under significant tension, as it would have been at tandem terminal (170 mph).
Thirdly, there was no twisting (or barber polling) of the reserve lines, either with themselves, or with the reserve bridle. There should have been literally dozens.
These, and several other facts, led us to the conclusion that this "entanglement" happened after impact, not thousands of feet in the air."
riggerrob 558
Is Mirage DRX a pin type MARD?
JerryBaumchen 1,048
Hi rob,
The 'stuff' that I have seen about it: yes
JerryBaumchen
The 'stuff' that I have seen about it: yes
JerryBaumchen
Damn multitasking.
- Dan G
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