19th Special Forces in the Utah National Guard was having some severe
injuries from hard landings. This went on for over ten years until an
experienced rigger asked "Why are you not jumping high altitude chutes?
These chutes are designed for low altitude and won't work as well in this
thin air ... someone could get hurt!" Duh!
Switched chutes and it solved the problem with the parachute related
injuries. The Field First Sergeant got some broken ribs when a barf bag was
tossed out from 1,000 feet and caught him in the side while he was bending
over, picking up his canopy.
Army humor.
Wes
on 10/22/02 11:38 AM, Albaugh, Neil at albaugh_neil@ti.com wrote:
> Michael;
>
> The old military parachutes had a notoriously fierce deployment. We always
> heard they opened with a jerk-- but we non- Airborne GIs always maintained
> that was the guy on the end of the shroud lines. :)
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Meierle [mailto:mike.meierle@alcatel.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 9:48 AM
> To: Bryan Savage
> Cc: List Land Speed
> Subject: Re: Parachute and areodynamic breaks
>
>
> Having experimented with Sport Skydiving in the past I must agree with the
> Sleeve being used. It slows the deployment of the Parachute and softens the
> impact of the opening. That I remember well, A hard opening could really
> hurt! A
> Skydiving Rig's hardware and sewing was rated at 3,000 pounds tensile
> strength.
> and that just to slow down 175 lbs (more now).
> I saw a 65 Cutlass at WOS that had the parachute anchor looped around the
> back
> bumper, I thought the driver was a bit too confident of the bumper's
> abilities
> to remain with the rest of the car if it ever deployed.
>
> --
> Michael Meierle
> http://www.alcatel.com/
> Irvine, Ca
> 949/450-9160 x8031
>
>
>
> Bryan Savage wrote:
>
>> List,
>>
>> {snip}
>> Sometimes the bag is a long tube called a sleeve.
>> According to Bob Stroud a bagged chute hits 30-50% softer than the same
>> chute without
>> a bag.
>>
>> I've ordered a book on the subject and will make a comment about it
>> later. (delivery time 3-4 weeks)
>> Bryan
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