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- From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: NEED HELP ON NEW MAIN & R
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.010308.20436@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:03:08 GMT
- References: <135.45.uupcb@compdyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>
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- In article <135.45.uupcb@compdyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca> robert.wilkins@compdyn.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Robert Wilkins) writes:
- >Why worry about the reserve being too big. When you get to the point
- >that this is the chute you are using then the fun part of the jump is
- >over and this is the parachute that saves your life.
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- If it opens in time. All other things the same, the larger the parachute
- the slower the opening. An amazing number of people find this out the hard
- way by buying a main that's larger than they need. It's a recipe for snivels.
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