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  1. PB&J are out.

    Nutella and Marshmallow Fluff, grilled on the bread, like a grilled cheese, are in. The delicious chocolate nutella and white fluff get all warm and gooey. It's like a giant campfire 'smores on bread. Once you've gone grilled nutella & fluff, you'll never go back to PB&J again.

  3. yoink

    I might have misunderstood the point of your initial post. I thought you were saying the 6-8 seconds recommendation was too long.



    Oh no, not at all. I was just pointing out that "long" is a matter of perspective, depending upon what type of jump you're making. :)

  4. yoink

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    Heck, 6 to 8 seconds IS a long time compared to regular jumping. If a belly jumper deployed at 2,500 feet and had a pilot chute in tow, he sure as heck can't afford to wait 6 to 8 seconds before taking some action. In whuffo terms, 8 seconds may not seem like much. But in skydiving malfunction terms, and in comparison to solo skydiving opening altitudes, 8 seconds really is a "long" time.



    The two aren't comparable. You're talking about drogue inflation after exit at full altitude, vs main initiation while you're in the basement.

    If I'm doing a solo hop and pop at 13k, I'd certainly allow for more time to evaluate and respond to a PC in tow, than if I got one at the bottom end of a jump.

    Right, so relatively speaking, the high pull has "lots" of time to deal with a problem, compared to a hard deck pull.

  5. cpoxon

    SuperMouse, I'm guessing you are not tandem rated.

    From the Sigma manual (but pretty standard across most tandem systems),

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    C. Un-inflated drogue

    PROBLEM: Drogue has been deployed and is partially or completely uninflated.
    REACTION: If the drogue does not inflate within six to eight seconds, pull either one of the drogue release handles to initiate main canopy deployment.



    Heck, 6 to 8 seconds IS a long time compared to regular jumping. If a belly jumper deployed at 2,500 feet and had a pilot chute in tow, he sure as heck can't afford to wait 6 to 8 seconds before taking some action. In whuffo terms, 8 seconds may not seem like much. But in skydiving malfunction terms, and in comparison to solo skydiving opening altitudes, 8 seconds really is a "long" time.