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i once saw a 65 pound pull.it was the result of one rigger who decided to shorten up the loop on a vector to tidy up an existing pack job. this guy is still in business on the east coast selling gear.BE VERY AFRAID
cvfd1399 0
I was thinking about this the other day. I was using a student dolphin rig for the first time while I make some downsizing jumps. I tried to pull the reserve handle out of it's holder and it was a bitch for me. Mind you I am 6'3 260. The way it is sandwiched in between the 2 pieces of MLW and had velcro in between that made it hard as hell to get out.
riggerrob 643
Hint, grab the handle, twist it out of the pocket to clear the Velcro, then start pulling on the cable.
sundevil777 102
Pull force should be possible to evaluate by attempting to move the pin by pulling on the cable right at the pin. Of course you should be very careful to limit the movement, but I think it should be possible to know if the force is so high that further investigation/measurment is needed.
People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am
skydiverek 63
QuoteThe way it is sandwiched in between the 2 pieces of MLW and had velcro in between that made it hard as hell to get out.
Sandy Reid was talking about an incident where the jumper could not cutaway during the hard spinning malfunction. He was trying to peel and pull, but the problem was that the hign load on the MLW put tension on the two layers of MLW that "hard sandwitched" the cutaway handle. So, the problem was not velcro, but the two layers of MLW squizing the handle. That's why Voodoo is designed to prevent that (handle not between two layers of MLW, but instead in the seperate "compartment" on top of MLW).
cvfd1399 0
That is what I was getting at. Even on the ground it was hard to twist, pull, pry the handle out. It might have been that noone had taken it out in a while, and the velcro had taken on a "set".
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