The weak link is there between chute and strop
so when the pilot pulls the bung there is something
relatively large to find attached to the rings.
The strop seems to come down slower than just the rings
gary
"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 17:39:28 +1300, "goneill"
wrote:

We are not talking a huge effect here

Agreed. I was watching launches at Auckland a few weeks ago and didn't
notice any gross bungee effects. All the launches I saw looked pretty
smooth.

One question: I saw that you were using a long plastic covered strop
between the drogue and glider, but could not see either a weak link or
a set of colour coded strops. Did I miss something?


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