What is it called?

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What is it really called...

R.D.S Removable Deployment System.. is the deployment system the pilot chute and POD? If so, I have had one of these without a removable slider.

R.S.S Removable Slider System ... The slider is removable and it just so happens that the POD and pilot chute are attached to the slider.

Saw some nightmare constructions for an R.S.S last weekend . But the guys using them did not seem to be bothered.

Dave

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R.D.S Removable Deployment System

Is the original meaning as far as I know. The slider later became part of the package. Remember they used to reel it all in from the slider.

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Ian

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What is it really called...

R.D.S Removable Deployment System.. is the deployment system the pilot chute and POD? If so, I have had one of these without a removable slider.

R.S.S Removable Slider System ... The slider is removable and it just so happens that the POD and pilot chute are attached to the slider.

Saw some nightmare constructions for an R.S.S last weekend . But the guys using them did not seem to be bothered.

You forgot Q.R.S. Quick Release System.

Ray
Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

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I once heard it referred to as the Turbo-Bo (after Ian Bobo perhaps?)

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I once heard it referred to as the Turbo-Bo (after Ian Bobo perhaps?)

You heard what referred to as that? An RDS?

And to the original poster: what is a POD?

A "deployment system" is your deployment bag, bridle, and pilot chute (plus whichever deployment handle you use; BOC or pud).

"Removable Deployment Systems" are any system that gets the deployment system off of your rig after deployment. They may be jumped alone, either as a "throw away" not attached to anything or, normally, attached my some means to the back of the slider. I have seen them attached by heavy dacron line and very-small vectan line. I have seen them attached by one lanyard to the center of the slider and, normally, by two that attach to the backsides of the slider. I have seen them affixed with an RSL shackle and I have seen them attached with a number four Rapide. RDS systems may be used in conjunction with removable sliders for less possibility of RDS lanyard fouling and to further clean-up the aerodynamics.

"Removable Sliders" are just that. They can be used alone to give the harness it's best-possible spread under canopy, to give you a better field of view under canopy, and to quicken "stowing". They may also be used in conjunction with RDS systems to help prevent fouling, to speed up the RDS removal/stowage time, and to ultimately clean up your rig for best-possible aerodynamics.

I remove my slider on every single jump, but do not hook up my "full" RDS system unless I am jumping in a meet (or practicing for one). My RDS vectran RDS lanyards stay rolled up in the inside mudflap on my container and it only takes me about five minutes to change from one mode to another since I use a Slink to attach my deployment system to my main.

Chuck

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And to the original poster: what is a POD?

mmmm, interesting, it appears the Germans use an English acronym that does not exist Sorry, what I really meant was the deployment bag.

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I remove my slider on every single jump, but do not hook up my "full" RDS system unless I am jumping in a meet (or practicing for one).

Redundant words, a bit like "Personal PIN" or "PIN number"

Dave

Fallschirmsport Marl

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LOL! You got me!

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Redundant words, a bit like "Personal PIN" or "PIN number"



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And to the original poster: what is a POD?

mmmm, interesting, it appears the Germans use an English acronym that does not exist Sorry, what I really meant was the deployment bag.

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Parachute Opener Devices (POD) were predecessors to modern deployment bags.
See Volume One of Poynter's Manual for drawings of PODs, sleeves, etc.
PODs came into fashion a few years after Para-Commanders (late 1960s). Usually made of cotton, the resembled short sleeves at first glance. The biggest difference was the #8 grommet in the top that allowed Para-Commander crown lines to hang out the top of the POD, where they were stowed in rubber bands. This provided a milli-second of top skin reefing, but far more importantly eliminated sleeve slump.
PODs also incorporated splits to make it easier to S-fold the canopy into the POD, lots of rubber bands for suspension line stows and often a line cover closed with snaps or Velcro.
PODs remained popular with the first generation of ram-airs, but we eventually figured out that we did not need #8 grommets and split bags, ergo, modern deployment bags are vastly simplified versions of PODs.

With that long-winded explanation, who would guess that I majored in history in university?

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