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Knee Test:
A. Place your knees on the back of the parachute container (inside the harness
where your body would normally lie)
B. Hold the harness where the sides of your body would normally fit.
C. Pull the sides of the harness towards you while you push against the
parachute with your knees in a manner that simulates your body weight.
D. If you hear Velcro opening sounds, reattach the Velcro and sit on your
parachute container. Try to squeeze the air out of your parachute by rocking
back and forth.
4. Check your bridle routing to make sure it can release when required.
5. Make sure the bridle is attached to the carabiner on the opposite side of the gate
Before Every Flight:
Preflight your parachute:
Check your safety pins
Be sure your handle loop is accessible.
Look at your bridle routing making sure “extra bridle” has not slipped out of your
parachute container.
Be sure the bridle is on the carabiner opposite the gate.
Double check your parachute container Velcro. Be sure it is closed appropriately.
Repeat the Knee Test
IN-FLIGHT SAFETY
You can help to reduce the time it takes to deploy your parachute by looking for your
parachute handle and reaching for the handle during each flight. Under no circumstances
should you ever practice full in-flight deployments. Even if everything was done perfectly,
sometimes parachutes do not work. You can reduce your altitude loss for full inflation by
throwing the parachute
DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURE: Memorize these steps!
If you need to deploy your parachute do not waste time...deploy fast.
1.
Look
for the deployment bag handle.
2.
Reach and grasp
the handle securely.
3.
Look
for clear air
. Avoid throwing your parachute into cables or broken glider parts.
4. Peel the handle down and away from you. You should now be holding the deployment bag
containing your parachute.
5.
Throw
the deployment bag towards the clear air. Throw the bag hard, as if your life
depended on it, because it very well could. Your bridle should come to full extension
followed by your lines and canopy.
6.
Yank
vigorously on the bridle. This will help to spread the suspension lines and open the
wind channel if your canopy has not yet inflated.
7. If necessary pull your parachute back in with yanking movements and repeat steps #5 &
#6.
