1-11 Equipment Data - Continued
b.
Performance - Continued
(3)
T/C
Output power
2 walls minimum
Range
Up to 15 miles (24 km)
minimum, 35 mile, (4R.3
km) maximum
Section III. PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
1-12 Deployment System Overview. The following paragraphs give a general
overview of the deployment system.
a.
The deployment system is used to stage deployment of the main
parachute. It consists basically of a drogue parachute attached to a
deployment bag. The deployment sequence is controlled by three
pyrotechnic cutters (4 seconds, 6 seconds, and 12 seconds), each
activated by portions of the deploying parachute. In the case of the system
that is rigged for delayed opening drops, the first or master tie-cutter is
fired by the FF-2 automatic ripcord release, initiating the deployment
sequence.
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