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yes i agree on this one. eliminating the traditional deployment method maybe a new way to deploy a more reliable reserve parachute. Modern reserve should use the balistic system so it can get through the entanglement. However, if it is at all possible to combine the traditional reserve system with the balistic reserve system it might be better , but this may just to too much and unachiavable. So maybe going for the ballistic system would be the best solution. All we need is a system that does not rely on a successfull cut away to save the life of the jumper, cause we all know taht sometimes a successful cut away is not possible and this should not resulve in death....or should it?

hey sparky filling out my profile is not relevent to my original idea at all! it is the idea that matters not who says it. its not who says it but what he sayst that matters!

Do any of you have any ideas as to the above problem. What new design could we use that if a wrap is present or a succesfull cut away is impossible, what new system could be invented that would still open the reserve? I want some ideas!

Thanks for all the valid critiques. Anyhow although it is true that reserve and main entanglements are not the number one killer in this sport, they still do happen quite a number of times, and my idea was is to design a system that would prevent this from happening again. Rockets might have problmens with it, but perhaps it may be possible to still use them only as a last resort. If not rockeets, we could use as mentioned earlier, weights and a very strong lunch for the pilot chute. Or what about leaving the main and reserve system the way it is now, and adding on the front of the harness a very small round canopy (one that does not provide any nuisance to the jumpers). This small canopy would be the last resort and it could be in a deployment system that can be thrown clear of any mess , would have long lines and would go above and beyond any mess before it would even clear of the deployment bag. Or perhaps adding small rockets to this sytem such as the ones used in model rocketry might be an idea. It may sound naive but there has to be an idea first for any new invention to take place.

it is poorly formatted because i dont know how to formatt it. and that is not relevent to my original idea anyways, as to why i dont do it myself, it is because i dont have the money, or the time. I am ont so rich. So how should i format it for it to be better then what it is now?

There is a significant problem with today's skydiving equipment, mainly the reserve parachute system. If one reviews fatality articles, fatality databases, one will find way too many incidents leading to death in which the fatality was a result of unsuccessfull reserve parachute deployement due to reserve and main entanglement. In fact, today's skydiving equipment, and today's reserve parachute system requires the following in order for the jumper to have any chance of survivor: 1, successfull cutaway from a malfunctioned main; 2, a malfunctioned main that does not tangle with the body of the jumper; 3, stable or somewhat stable body position on reserve deployemnt. It seems that today's reserve parachute system does not allow for a REAL malfunction; today's reserve parachute system allows only for a "not so bad malfunction" one that can successfully be cut away. Upon reviewing the fatality databases, one will notice that many fatalites resulting in double malfunction are a result of a REAL BAD main malfunction which can not be cut away, perhaps due to lines being tangled in arms and legs, or canopy being wrapped around skydiver's body, or the 3 ring release system failure. The reserve parachute used today can not handle any type of the above mentioned scneerios, hence this system is nothing more then a second parachute attached to the rig. Individuals and skydiving equipment manufacturers should place huge emphasis on the development of a reserve parachute system that does not require a successfull cut away for it to deploy, since some malfunctions are such that a successfull clean cut away is not always possible. Skydivers do get tangled up in lines, deploying lines do get cut in reserve flaps, as well as in the harness. A tangled main canopy that is wrapped around the body of a jumper should not lead to death, the invention of a reserve parachute system that deploys and safely lowers the jumper to the ground even when entangelement is present and successfull cut away is impossible is warranted for invention. Today's sport parachute manufacturers and anyone with time and money at hand should seriously look into this issue. Perhaps, today's reserve system could be replaced with rocket deployed reserves, similar to ones used on light airplanes, or perhaps we could use some other method that allows for survival in the above mentioned events. The use of the catapult system is an advancement; however, i believe perhaps one of the best possible solutions would be is to use a rocket that would be used only as last resort when it is impossible to cut away. The rocket would shoot the reserve parac***[email][url]hute in a metal container througth any mess and then once it is clear of any mess( wouild require longer suspension lines at least twice the lenght) the chute wouild inflate. The rocket of course would have to be desinged with built in safety futures that would prevent accidental firing on the ground or in the airplane! The rocket could only be fired deliberately if activated by the jumper and accidental activation would be desinged to be impossible. Covering the switch to activate the system with safety covers is one idea, as well as using metal seals. So if the jumper is tangled in the mess, first he would try to cut away the traditional way and if he succeeded he would then just deploy the reserve the traditional way., but if he does not succeed with the clean cut away, then he would not deploy the reserve the traditional way, instead he would use the rocket deploy sytem. The systm could be designed to be able to deploy traditionally and also via rocket in a metal can, depending on the actiavation command by the jumper. The desing of such system is not at all difficult, if given the time and money and passion. If one implements such system, it would certainly be a significant improvement in today's skydiving equipment, may certainly save lives and would finally warrant the labelling of the second parachute to be called a RESERVE!