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06/18/12 01:03 PM

Skydiving question...

Why do tandem jumpers use a drag chute? If I recall my physics properly, they should fall at either the same rate (in a vacuum) or slower rate as a single jumper due to the added drag of the 2nd body so why use a drag chute? Maybe to help stabilize them?
TIA.

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