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date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:19:30 +0000,    group: uk.rec.skydiving        back       
BPA Canopy Handling manual technical error   
Hiya folks.

Having recently decided to get myself in gear and progress my mad skillz 
a bit, I picked up the BPA canopy handling manual, as read now by n00bs 
eager to get their CH1/CH2/FAA a/FAA b and probably lots of other people.

To my horror, I found it repeated the oft cited mistake that the 
principal lift is provided via the Bernoulli principle. My fear is that 
skydivers trusting in this could ultimately expect a lifting force 
significantly different to that they actually get, with the resulting 
safety hazard.

Before I start a crusade on this, I'd welcome people's thoughts on the 
matter. The CHM is available on the BPA website for those of you yet to 
peruse it.

Moschops
date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:19:30 +0000   author:   moschops

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