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As for the hook up; both shoulder connections minimum are the preferred by any instructor but if the situation dictates it one shoulder connections will work
one of those shoulder clips will hold a 200 lb person on it during opening shock? wow.
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Quoteone of those shoulder clips will hold a 200 lb person on it during opening shock? wow.
I am not sure about the other manufacturers but in the Strong tandem course we were taught the top hooks are rated for 5000 lbs each and the lower (lateral) were rated for 2500 lbs each. One of those will easily tow a car. Maintaining a desirable body position would be "interesting" but you are now out of the aircraft emergency. If these numbers are not correct I am sure you tandem guys will correct me.
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This vidiot says go out the baggage door!
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Stunts says below 1500 only if catastrophic... and for the one upper it is taught upper left so can hold passenger with right arm then pull reserve with left
QuoteThe real issue is not what anyone prefers. We'd all like to be first out . . .
The problem is that Tandem, AFF, and up-jumpers all have some possibility of opening high.
What Rob and I were saying is that we'd rather be *last* out while doing tandems. I'd much rather be working as a TI while looking down for a prematurely opened AFF than working as an AFF-I while looking down for a prematurely opened tandem. Additionally, getting home from a long spot is a task better suited for a TI than an AFF-I.
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Dave
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The problem is that Tandem, AFF, and up-jumpers all have some possibility of opening high.
Its separation (time in the door) that counts.
I really think we should rip out the green lights in cabin class A/C and toss them out the door. Then we should issue "Spotting" certifications and no load goes up without some one so rated.
In too many places it's total anarchy with every monkey on-board screaming go . . .
Gee, when we jumped rounds from big airplanes that almost never happened. To have it happen now with all of us wearing double square rigs is just ridiculous.
NickD BASE 194
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