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Originally Posted by aap1966 View Post
Jump master traveling at terminal velocity, say 120 mph.
Descent rate of jumper with deployed chute? Say, 24 feet per second. (~18 mph)
Speed differential? ~100 mph
UNLESS the jump master deployed his chute at exactly the same instant, he ain't holding on to the jumper.
When I read the title, I meant I figured the jumpmaster would have wrapped his arms through the guy's straps and created a tandem after the fact and ridding it down together. That's what I was expecting.
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