Pilot Chute retraction

[mraviation1 0]

Hey Y'll, Just wondering if someone could give some info on when exactly the pilot chute retracts in the opening sequence. The reason I ask is a friend of mine had a high speed and the chopped main was found undeployed, but out of the bag and the pilot chute was not cocked. does this rule out forgetting to cock that dang thing in packing. Thanks for any info

[PhreeZone 20]

As the PC takes the canopy to full line strech and the canopy is being extracted form the Dbag, the drag on the PC is causing the dbag to slide up the kill line and reducing the drag from the PC as it collapses.

If the canopy was out of the Dbag, and none of the loacking stows are broken, then the PC provided enough drag to do its job.

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[sammer 0]

It's kinda curious that the main would be out of the bag yet undeployed. It almost sounds to me like that would have to be perfect timing on the chop...like if he had waited a split second longer it wouldn't have been a high speed.

Is there anything else that could cause that?

[nightjumps 1]

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the chopped main was found undeployed, but out of the bag

I'm confused. Was the main, a) out of the main packing tray, but still in the D-bag or, b) the opening sequence had started and main canopy was coming out of hte D-bag?

[sundevil777 102]

Perhaps nothing more than an unspecified long snivel/slider up mal/whatever. Maybe too much being read into the use of "undeployed".

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[nightjumps 1]

If: Main canopy in D-bag and Pilot chute not cocked
Then: Pilot chute not cocked during packing.

If: Main canopy out of D-bag and P/C not cocked,
Then: pilot chute should be "uncocked" state and did its job.