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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by polack on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:57PM (#29731712)
> - emergency parachute: small, usually just one handle which you can see and very hard to snag on anything, meant to be opened in under 3s after jumping, definitely not for terminal velocity kind of speeds

Are you sure about that? Then you would have to bring some planes to stall speed first in order be able to bail out. Sounds like a huge flaw…

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Re:FAA investigating controversial crash video by ashtonkem on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:56PM (#29732618)
Softie parachutes indicates that the effectively risk free bail out conditions are 1000ft AGL and 100MPH, with a lower speed requiring more altitude. They don't specify a max speed, but it's worth pointing out that 100MPH is pretty slow comparatively.
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