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just out of interest, how many of those of us who wear
chutes, use a deployment line attached to that odd looking ring usually found by your left shoulder? Be very careful about this. The parachutes we use in gliders are not designed for static line deployment; they're designed for the pull of a hand in a particular direction. If you rig a static line directly to the ripcord, you risk a very good chance of just ripping off the handle. On a parachute, the container is kept closed by little cones and rings. The ring goes through the cone, and in the case of a ripcord, there is a pin going through a hole in the cone to keep the cone in place. For static line, a piece of line is wrapped around the static line and then through the hole in the cone. When you jump out, the pull of the static line breaks the thin piece of line, releasing the pilot chute. Jim Vincent CFIG N483SZ |
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There are parachutes for static lines used in gliders (although less and
less) and manual ones. To this whole discussion : - it's almost impossible to retrofit a BRS to a glider - that means that BRS will only be installed in gliders with a "crashworthy" cockpit - the only thing I'm really afraid of in soaring are midairs. Having a midair in the Alps in the vivinity of a ridge, a BRS is basically the only option to survive. -- Bert Willing ASW20 "TW" "Jim Vincent" a écrit dans le message de ... just out of interest, how many of those of us who wear chutes, use a deployment line attached to that odd looking ring usually found by your left shoulder? Be very careful about this. The parachutes we use in gliders are not designed for static line deployment; they're designed for the pull of a hand in a particular direction. If you rig a static line directly to the ripcord, you risk a very good chance of just ripping off the handle. On a parachute, the container is kept closed by little cones and rings. The ring goes through the cone, and in the case of a ripcord, there is a pin going through a hole in the cone to keep the cone in place. For static line, a piece of line is wrapped around the static line and then through the hole in the cone. When you jump out, the pull of the static line breaks the thin piece of line, releasing the pilot chute. Jim Vincent CFIG N483SZ |
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:19:58 +0100, "Bert Willing"
wrote: There are parachutes for static lines used in gliders (although less and less) and manual ones. To this whole discussion : - it's almost impossible to retrofit a BRS to a glider - that means that BRS will only be installed in gliders with a "crashworthy" cockpit - the only thing I'm really afraid of in soaring are midairs. Having a midair in the Alps in the vivinity of a ridge, a BRS is basically the only option to survive. Right on the spot. I have to admit that I'd prefer the Soteira system (a rocket that pulls the pilot out of the glider). There's a cause why ejection seats are used and not parachutes to save a complete B-52... Bye Andreas |
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I dont think this is as great a problem as Jim made
out. All the chutes ive worn have the cable from the handle channelled through a flexible steel pipe which is secured to the shoulder strap through to the release pin inside the chute. The pipe ensures that the direction of pull is always the same, irrispective of the way you pull the handle. The force to pull out the pin is not too great, certainly considerably less than it would take to tear the steel hose off the shoulder strap, or break the swage that holds the handle onto the release wire. The static line just simply acts as your hand as you go over the side or get thrown clear. How many seconds would we waste in free fall before we got to pull the handle (let alone find it again!)? What happens if in a mid air collision, you have your arms injured such you can bearly just release the buckles and canopy? I think it would be great if those amongst us wrote up their glider bail-out experiences........... At 16:24 12 February 2004, Bert Willing wrote: There are parachutes for static lines used in gliders (although less and less) and manual ones. To this whole discussion : - it's almost impossible to retrofit a BRS to a glider - that means that BRS will only be installed in gliders with a 'crashworthy' cockpit - the only thing I'm really afraid of in soaring are midairs. Having a midair in the Alps in the vivinity of a ridge, a BRS is basically the only option to survive. -- Bert Willing ASW20 'TW' 'Jim Vincent' a écrit dans le message de ... just out of interest, how many of those of us who wear chutes, use a deployment line attached to that odd looking ring usually found by your left shoulder? Be very careful about this. The parachutes we use in gliders are not designed for static line deployment; they're designed for the pull of a hand in a particular direction. If you rig a static line directly to the ripcord, you risk a very good chance of just ripping off the handle. On a parachute, the container is kept closed by little cones and rings. The ring goes through the cone, and in the case of a ripcord, there is a pin going through a hole in the cone to keep the cone in place. For static line, a piece of line is wrapped around the static line and then through the hole in the cone. When you jump out, the pull of the static line breaks the thin piece of line, releasing the pilot chute. Jim Vincent CFIG N483SZ |
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