Discount Airfare

Tri-Pacer wrote:
reserve. The T7 reserve system now has an automatic deployment
capability and the jumper no longer must "help" the canopy to deploy after
pulling the rip cord.

Hi Dave:

When did you retire?? or you still active.

I've never heard of an assisted opening reserve.

I retired in 1975 so I guess that could make a difference. grin

Cheers:

Paul
N1431A
KPLU
CW-2 Retired



I retired in 1988 and then worked for the government for years after
that. The "assist" is a set of stiff plastic spines which act as
compressed springs. Ordinarily when a jumper deploys a reserve, he must
make sure that he carefully feeds the reserve canopy upward and outward,
so that he obtains a good canopy. I don't know if the military is still
working on this reserve system now; all HALO is done with commercial
type gear and the reserves have altimeters.

Cheers,

Dave