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Hard Charger
 
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http://www.parachutes.de/Englisch/lowlevel.shtml
What do you think of this German chute ?
I am including an interesting US site as well.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/5265/T-21.htm
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Hard Charger
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Those germans got some balls! 60 meters aint no joke!!!
The new T-21 looks very interesting,no more M-1950!!,,great links and info Tomahawk!!!
The First thing I'll discuss are the five points of performance
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Keep the Peace and Be of Good Behavior
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I dont know what that T-21 is, but it is not the chute under developement to replace the T10C. The ATPS is the new chute, the reserve IS in the front, but when it deploys it goes directly overhead, instead of up and out at a 45degree angle.
Personally, I dont like the new canopy with the ATPS. It is supposed to cut descent rate in half, which I value little on a combat jump (I would just want to get down as fast as I could). It is supposed to open in 6 seconds instead of 4, and a slip is supposed to take 15 seconds to respond. If you try to turn left or right, you have to hold the slip for 15 seconds before you actually turn. From the video showing the test jumps, by the time that thing inflates, you have about 30seconds before you make contact with the ground. The new canopies are bigger and are larger at the top than at the bottom though, so the chute engineers say this will nearly eliminate entangelments in the air.
I still dont like it, and neither does the rest of my 82nd Abn Assoc post.
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Regular Joe
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| 60 meter = 196.8503937 feet why the hell bother with a reserve
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