static line in English

noun
1
a length of cord used instead of a ripcord for opening a parachute, attached at one end to the aircraft and temporarily snapped to the parachute at the other.
‘We insert by ram-air parachute from a static line at height and move across the sky to the drop zone, where we get ready to receive the battalion,’ he said.

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1. And then you hook up, and you hook up your static line.

2. Beginning skydivers seeking training have the following options: Static line Instructor-assisted deployment Accelerated free fall Tandem skydiving At a sport skydiver's deployment altitude, the individual manually deploys a small pilot-chute which acts as a drogue, catching air and pulling out the main parachute or the main canopy.

3. 2 days ago · MattyBlast: mescalito: BizarreMan: Is 14 floors high enough for the Chute to do it's work even if it properly deploys? Rigged for static line deployment with a modern vented BASE canopy this is 100% doable, Either that or you have the pilot Chute in your hand (instead of stowed) so that you let it go right when you jump.

4. She Ascended the staircases and padded along the shadowy corridors, making her way back to her bedchambers.: King Gyanendra, who Ascended the throne June 4, declared his wife, Princess Komal, the queen of Nepal the same day.: While the others sneaked in a last route or two, Anne Ascended a static line, collecting her camera and jumaring toward the sky.: She didn't look up until he had Ascended