emergency chute

Still use the squre...as long as you are able to pull the handle you
will be O'K. In a case of square canopies there is a set of brake
lines...if you don't release them your forward speed is only about
1-1.5 MPH and descent speed is 12 feet per second as compare with
rounds of 17 feet per second. In addition, if you don't release the
brake lines the square canopy will turn into the wind by itself. So,
even as you are referring to not ideal circumstances your squre will
take you back to the ground with much higher degree of safety.

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Still use the squre...as long as you are able to pull the handle you
will be O'K. In a case of square canopies there is a set of brake
lines...if you don't release them your forward speed is only about
1-1.5 MPH and descent speed is 12 feet per second as compare with
rounds of 17 feet per second.

Can't you just get a bigger round canopy to come down slower?


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

How does a square know which way the wind is blowing?

I'll buy the rest of the argument for a square reserve (having a few
jumps, both static and freefall, under old military rounds), but I have
a hard time understanding how a free falling object can orient itself
with the wind - unless it is big enough (tall enough) to be affected by
wind shear.

Explanation, please?

66

66: not very many skydivers share this opinion (that squares turn into
the wind). I experimented with the theory a half dozen times when I was
jumping solo and not once did the canopy ever turn into the wind.

2NO

Interesting... is this an active myth in skydiving circles? That some
chutes turn naturally into the wind?

It's an active myth in non-skydiving circles.

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Interesting... is this an active myth in skydiving circles? That some
chutes turn naturally into the wind?