And it has another benefit for those of us less emaciated :) *All-up Suspended Weight (AUW)*
160 kg (350 lb) And I presume they want the troops to be able to fight after the drop, perhaps the ride is slow enough to not break bones. Cheers Paul On 21 February 2012 10:07, DMcD <[email protected]> wrote: > >>If someone was high enough to bail out successfully (at least 3,000ft) > > http://www.airborne-sys.com/pages/view/8m-llp-llrp > > "The LLRP is a very safe low profile, chest-mounted reserve assembly. > It is used as a back-up system for troop parachutes and has been > cleared for drops from altitudes as low as 76m (250 ft). > > The LLRP has been designed to inflate quickly at low as well as high > speed eliminating the risks that the reserve canopy conflicts with the > canopy of the main parachute." > > I guess that if the plane was stable as opposed to being in an > uncontrollable spin, you could bail out at a much lower height than > 3,000' and survive, especially if you had the right gear. > > I bit too low for comfort perhaps, but there have been deployments of > HG backup parachutes which are designed to be very fast opening but at > lower airspeeds than sailplane 'chutes, where the chute popped at > tree-top height. > > All that being said, my parachute came with the warranty that it > "might fail under any or all conditions and should not be relied upon > in an emergency." so perhaps, as in sailing, where you only get into a > life raft if you can step up into it, your parachute is a last rest > :-) > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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