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Old 29th Mar 2005, 12:52
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John Farley

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The way I think of it the amount of energy stored in your pink body as you go over the side is related to your TAS not IAS. That being so whatever force the chute applies to slow you down would have to be applied longer. Toss in the porosity and high altitude effects which make the chute snatch harder as it opens and you have a double whammy of a bigger initial load that also stays applied longer. So a hard time would be had by all.

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