Seriously! If you are new to going stowed on BASE, you may not have the best body position due to your focus being on something different. This can lead to a serious off heading.
Then when you actually pitch, you may encounter issues with your form, the PC packing and/or pitching with poor body position.
Everything you ever wanted to know about
Stowed Pilot Chute Deployment
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Hand Held Main Canopy Deployment
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Deployment
Hand held main canopy, or "WAD" jumps were made very early in the history of "modern" BASE jumping by some "pioneers".
Pilot Chute Openings
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Pilot Chute Opening Generally you can say a larger size pilot chute will provide more pulling power than a smaller one. However, that depends on how it's built.
PCA (Pilot Chute Assisted) Deployment
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PCA (Pilot Chute Assist) is generally someone "holding" your pilot chute in their hand as you launch. (This sounds easy but can be done wrong).
BASE Containers: 1 pin or 2?
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Containers
In early 1997 we built a one pin BASE rig. Totally different in appearance and function. The thinking at the time was that skydiving had gone from two (or more) pins to one pin so it must be better - less loops, grommets etc. What we found with this rig was in fact a number of undesirable traits that could all be addressed by introducing a second pin.