On May 3, 4:54*am, Derek Mackie wrote:
On May 2, 1:41*pm, John Cochrane
wrote:
*lbs.http://www.highenergysports.com/hg_eparachutes.htm



As I remember from my mis-spent youth in hang gliders, though, these
parachutes are *not designed for a free-falling pilot. A broken hang
glider doesn't fall that fast.

Ballistic parachute to bring the glider down too?

Trading the discus A for a B or CS might be an easier solution!

John Cochrane

Also from my mis-spent youth - the chest mounted parachutes that we
used to use (I still have one somewhere) was hand-deployed. *That is,
you peel it off your chest, look for a hole in the tangled rigging and
throw it as hard as you can. *There is no pilot chute or D-handle,
which makes them light and compact, but, YOIKS! *A lot of guys went to
ballistics.

It would seem to me that a headrest pack might be your most reasonable
solution, but I would want to practice getting out to see what body
motion you need in order to not snag anything if you need to leave.

If it was me, I'd try getting on a treadmill for a while, maybe give
up pizza and beer. *Then when that failed, I'd start looking for a
jumbo-sized glider. *:-)

Derek

Derek,
Thanks alot for that. I think a headrest chute might be the way to go.
I'm only 71 kg (156 pounds, 11 stone), but at 183 cm it would be nice
to have a little more room.
Regards,
Paul