Skydiving Equipment... And How it Works
The Sport parachuitist's is made up of three of the main components: a main and a reserve parachute housed within a harness and container system. The container carries the two parachutes worn like a backpack with leg and chest straps cinched to hold the system close to the body.
Skydiving equipment has advanced their consideration over the last several years. Round parachutes are seldom seen these days and have been replaced by modern, rectangular "ram-air" canopies that have better direction control and offer softer landings. Reserve parachutes are typically worn on the back above the parachute, as opposed to the older front mount assembly, and parachute today are more durable with many made of zero-porosity nylon fabic.
Though main parachute is not 100% reliable. However, malfunctions are rarely a result of machanical failure. Main parachute malfunctions can usually be traced to an error on the part of the skydiver: packing, body position at the time of deployment, or poor pre-jump inspection. These errors make it necessary to carry a reserve as well as a main parachute. In addition The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requries the the reserve parachute be inspected and repacked every 120 days (whether it's used or not) by an FAA-certified parachute rigger. Main parachutes are jettisoned with the cutaway handle. A second handle activates the reserve parachute.
The sequence of a main parachute deployment relies ona series of interrelated parts. There are different systems availble thet vary slightly, including dear designed for student traning. For the purpose of explaning a parachute deployment ], the description below is based on a standard pilot chute thgrow-out system typically used by non-student skydivers.
