United Parachute Technologies Vector 3 - Skyhook RSL

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SKYHOOK RSL 
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AtraditionalRSLdoesonething.Itpullsthereserveripcordpinautomaticallyafterabreakaway.TheSkyhookRSLdoes
this,andthengoestwostepsfurther.
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A. ItautomaticallyreleasestheLeft(non‐RSL)riser,iftheright(RSL)riserreleasesprematurelyforanyreason
(CollinsLanyard).(Youwould
notwantyourreservecontaineropenedwithoneriserstillattached,would
you?)
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B. Itthenusesyourdepartingmaincanopyasasuperpilotchutetogetyourreservetolinestretchfasterthan
everbefore.Breakaway,tocanopy‐out‐of‐bagandlinestretchis½ofa
second,dependingonthesizeofyour
reservecanopy.Thisisuptothreetimesfasterthanapilotchutecandoitalone.
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Ifyouhaveamaintotalmalfunction,oryou’reAADfires,theSkyhookLanyardautomaticallyreleases,andtherefore
doesnothingtohindernormalreservedeployment.
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TheSkyhookRSLSystemhasfourparts:
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1. TheRSLLanyard(5/8”blackwebbing)
withasnapshacklethatconnectstoyour
rightmainriser
atoneend,andthe
yellowCollinsLanyardloopattheother.
2. TheWhiteUniversalLanyardisattached
totheRSLloopwiththereserveripcord
pinattheother.
3. TheRedSkyhookLanyardisalsoattached
totheRSLloop,withtheSkyhook
attachmentloopatits
freeend.
4. TheSkyhookitself,whichissewntothe
reservepilotchutebridle.(BecausetheRSLLanyard,Collin’sLanyard,andSkyhookLanyardareallpartofone
integratedsystem,pullingtheyellowtabontheRSLsnapshackleinactivatesallthree).
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