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I agree. Two weeks ago a dude here after changeover to throwout tucked two of his fingers into the pipe and so he was not able to get rid of the pilot chute. Finally he opened his reserve at 2000 ft. Fortunately the main stayed in the container otherwise the situation could be more dangerous... Robert

Could you describe the difference between early and current models of HOP? What kind of other tandem mains have you tried? Robert

Do you have any tension knots with flat packed canopy? Because I think pulling up the slider arranges the lines when flat packing. Propacking a tandem canopy you can see that the heavier steering lines are always located underneath. So after laying the canopy to ground I sort the front, rear and steering lines again from the risers to the canopy to avoid tension knots. What about this method? Robert

It may be a good question but you should turn off both units (Tandem Cypres and Vigil in Tandem mode) if the descent rate exceed the 78 mph. Robert WHY?? One of the manufacturers says it is ok to leave it on while decending. They even made an explicit advertising statement about this subject some years ago. I do not know why the other manufacturer says switch off in decent mode but they must have a good reason. WHY? Because otherwise your reserve will be opened at about 2000 ft according to both AAD's manual. Anyway there is a better idea from Vigil manual (http://www.vigil.aero/pdf/Eng.pdf): "When the user decides to ride down with the aircraft in lieu of jumping, the pilot must be advised of the status of your Vigil to limit his descent rate in function of the programmed mode 45mph (20m/sec) for Student and 78mph (35m/sec) for Pro and Tandem (this is especially important for Vigils programmed in Student mode)."

It may be a good question but you should turn off both units (Tandem Cypres and Vigil in Tandem mode) if the descent rate exceed the 78 mph. Robert

It seems to me getting out not so difficult for bigger ones Robert

I like #5 :)

So would you prefer the Sigma main vs. Icarus if it was lined w/ Vectran? Is the line type so important for you or the canopies are so closed to each other? Robert