Vented PCs @ terminal on a skydive?

[andrewstewart 0]

To what extent would using a vented PC (of the correct size) contribute to on-heading openings on a skydive? - when deployed @ terminal with a standard skydiving sail slider.

Thanks in advance,

- Andrew

[TomAiello 26]

Very little, I believe. At terminal, with a skydiving system, I think there are going to be many variables that are far more important than a vented PC.
My personal belief is that F-111 PC's are better, in terms of oscillation and orbiting (hence effect on heading) than any ZP PC's, even vented ZP PC's.
That said, I believe that the French jumpers who originally developed vented PC's used them on their skydiving rigs for quite a while before taking them into the BASE environment. They probably have some data on their use in skydiving.

-- Tom Aiello

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