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In article <1993Jan21.110717.1@acad3.alaska.edu>, fsbgf@acad3.alaska.edu
(Brandon France) wrote:
> 
> I was looking through my January issue of Parachutist and noticed that
> in the picture of Zen CRW on pg 31 (I think) something looked odd about
> the way their chutes were deploying. It seemed to me that they didn't
> pack their main into a bag.  Is this right?  We don't have many CRW 
> people up here and I've never watched a CRW competition so I don't have
> anything to go on.  Is it common for CRW jumpers to pack this way?  Is it
> safe?  Is the parachute itself designed to be packed this way?
> 
> Brandon France

While I have not done CRW, it is my understanding that some CRW folk do not
use sliders and still others will not use a deployment bag.  This would be
for the same reason that BASE jumpers omit those items: opening speed. 
Since you are opening right out of the plane, the slider is not ness. at
slow air speeds.

Just remember NOT to back for a BASE or sub-term opening and then take it
to terminal velocity.  I understand that one of the local skydivers had
packed for a last jump at bridge day, but was unable to make the dive.  He
remembered the pack job after hitting terminal velocity on his next
skydive.  It seems that the 'chute blew apart on opening, not to mention
what it did to him on opening/explosion shock. 8-( 

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> I was looking through my January issue of Parachutist and noticed that
> in the picture of Zen CRW on pg 31 (I think) something looked odd about
> the way their chutes were deploying. It seemed to me that they didn't
> pack their main into a bag.  Is this right?  We don't have many CRW 

Yeah, I noticed that too. Looks odd doesn't it?  Anyway, I was on a
same plane with them on a practice dive there and saw their exit.  I
was terrified how close they open to each other!  They leave plane
with so little interval that four of them were off the plane within a
second or so.  Some hot CRW people.

	Hiroto

In article <wine-220193180237@sed3.nrl.navy.mil> wine@stress1.nrl.navy.mil (jim ) writes:

>While I have not done CRW, it is my understanding that some CRW folk do not
>use sliders and still others will not use a deployment bag.  This would be
>for the same reason that BASE jumpers omit those items: opening speed. 
>Since you are opening right out of the plane, the slider is not ness. at
>slow air speeds.

If they aren't using sliders or bags it may also have to do with performance
after opening. A slider 'pinches' the canopy, decreasing performance, and
creates a lot of wind resistance. A bag could be one more thing to worry
about during docks and transitions. 

Bob Church