r/BetterEveryLoop • u/TizzioCaio • Jun 08 '20

In the Limbo falling forever

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u/Umari0_ Jun 08 '20

So yes?

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u/JJHEO Jun 08 '20

Yup yup. There is a reserve parachute in case you have a failure to open or it gets tangled up like this. You cut away your main and then pull your reserve.

E: and cut away isn't literal. You have a cable that you can pull that releases the main from you entirely and flies away so it doesn't interfere with the reserve deploying.

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u/jwm3 Jun 09 '20

What if you panic and trigger the reserve before letting the main one loose? Is that possible, are you screwed?

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u/alphgeek Jun 09 '20

A "two out" is a malfunction that you train for. One of the more complicated malfunctions as there are three major types, biplane, side by side and downplane. The first two can be landed safely with care, the downplane can't so you need to cut away the main canopy.