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CYPRES II panel. In skydiving, an automatic activation device (AAD) is a dead man's switch consisting of an electronic-pyrotechnic or mechanical device that automatically activates the opening sequence of the main or reserve parachute container when the AAD is falling below a preset altitude and above a preset descent speed.
The device allows the rapid release of the skydiver's main parachute in the event of a malfunction. As of 2020, all sport skydiving equipment and some military systems employ the design. [3] He also invented the pull-out and throw-out pilot chute. [4] A pilot chute is a small parachute used to extract and deploy a main parachute.
Firebird USA LLC (formerly Firebird Skydiving GmbH and Firebird Sky Sports AG) is an American parachute manufacturer based in Eloy, Arizona. [1] The company also has locations in Germany, Sri Lanka, and the Czech Republic, and was formerly based in Füssen and Bitburg , Germany. [ 1 ]
A main assisted reserve deployment (MARD) system is a skydiving safety device for parachute systems. While there are many variations, the operation and intended outcome for each is the same: open the reserve parachute container and extract the reserve parachute's deployment bag (and parachute) using the jettisoned main canopy.
A skydiver lands in the field at the Parachute Center skydiving facility at the Lodi Airport on Sept. 7, 2023. Lauren Horwood, a public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in ...
The main parachute for Nena Mason, 62, malfunctioned, according to a San Joaquin County death investigation. Mason was skydiving with her husband, who said Mason was unable to deploy her backup ...
Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For human skydiving, there is often a phase of free fall (the skydiving segment), where the parachute has not ...
A Colorado man died while skydiving after his parachutes failed to deploy Saturday, authorities said. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...