Reserve Chutes
When Your Main Canopy Malfunctions
You pull the ripcord, but you don't feel the tug of the canopy opening. Uh-oh. You look up and see a rip bigger than the ass crack of a bantha. What now? Your instincts kick in and you cut away from your canopy. You fall for a second and then deploy your reserve canopy. You feel the tug of the canopy opening, you look up and see the canopy open just the way it should be. Your ass has been saved by your reserve chute once again. |
For single person Ram-Air parachute stats click here For tandem Ram-Air parachute stats click here For single person dome parachute stats click here Capsule: The reserve parachute is identical to the main parachute. This is the standard backup parachute. It is usually carried in the same pack as the main canopy, although below it. Every parachute, when packed, is packed with two canopies. The reserve is packed and inserted into the 'backpack' first, so it sits on the bottom. Then the main canopy is packed and inserted into the 'backpack' so it sits on top of the reserve. So when you pull the ripcord, the main canopy (sitting on top) opens. Pulling the reserve's ripcord while the main canopy is still packed inside the 'backpack' will result in nothing happening.. Until you open the main canopy. At which point (up to the GM's discretion) both canopies could open, and tangle themselves up, making you fall uncontrollably. Or just the main canopy could deploy. Its up to the GM and his mood at the moment. The reserves are identical to the main chute, with the only changes being that they are packed tighter and the reserve's ripcord is below the left shoulder instead of the right. Reserves need to be re-packed by a qualified rigger at least every 50 jumps.
Deployment of Reserve:
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