Giant Leap Rocketry Soft Deployment SLIDER
> September 8, 2003
> Web posted at: 5:30 PM EDT
>
> (ROL Newswire ) -- Giant Leap Rocketry announces the release of the
> SLIDER, a soft-deployment device for your parachute. Chute deployment is
> the most violent phase of flight. Excess speed tears & shreds chutes.
> The SLIDER softens deployment by opening the chute more gradually &
> stops the chute from "popping" open. According to Ed at Giant Leap
> Rocketry, at the instant of deployment, it slides down the parachute
> shrouds, making the chute open a fraction of a second later -- enough to
> help prevent the sudden pop that leads to shredded parachutes.
>
> The SLIDER is made of ripstop and tubular nylon. It attaches to your
> existing parachute. The Slider-3 is meant for parachutes with an odd
> number shroud lines (example: SkyAngle), while the Slider-4 is meant for
> parachutes with an even number of lines (example: Giant Leap Spherachute
> Plus). The SLIDER can be easily moved from one chute to another. The
> Giant Leap website contains a mpeg video of a SLIDER equipped chute
> successfully deploying at 50 mph.
>
> To see the SLIDER from Giant Leap, go to the "WHAT'S NEW" section on
> their website at:formatting link
>
> Source: ROL Newswire Service
So is this merely a nylon variant of my steel slider ring I have been suggesting to all who will listen for almost 20 years?
What are the value added features in comparison?
Jerry