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05-28-2010, 05:51 PM | #11 |
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It's a drag chute to slow them down when on their skis!
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05-28-2010, 05:54 PM | #12 |
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Though yes, even as a kid, Tunnel Rat's gear while awesome due to it's large size, made no sense at all to me except the demo-bag. |
05-28-2010, 06:37 PM | #13 |
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I thought it was like a fanny pack, to keep their lunchables in.
Actually, I always assumed this was how they were heading out, before getting dropped over the tundra in some vast arctic wasteland. Problem is, when you take it off the figure, they look malnourished. They definitely need a more functional combat harness. I think I'm gonna throw a BBI parachute on one of mine to see how cool it looks, and try some other rigs out. Might be a good LBC in the works.
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05-28-2010, 11:37 PM | #14 |
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It's in case when he's climbing up an inverse incline way high up, if he loses his grip, he won't die.
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05-29-2010, 12:01 AM | #15 |
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05-29-2010, 12:03 AM | #16 |
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With it being on the front, it would actually be more of a sail to make them go faster. ;)
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05-29-2010, 12:14 AM | #17 |
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As a former paratrooper and a parachute rigger, I know from experience that the material that the parachutes are made out of would be useless as a shelter in arctic conditions. Hell, it wouldn't even make a good blanket. The material is 1.1 ounce ripstop nylon and extremely thin. I have cut through pieces of canopy with a sewing needle.
And from experience, those damn harnesses, especially with the reserve still attached, are hell on the jewels and cause chaffing beyond belief. There's no way in hell I'd hump miles and miles a day still wearing that crap. It's bad enough walking to the bird that's parked a couple hundred yards from the hangar. The reserves do make okay pillows while packed though.
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05-29-2010, 12:37 AM | #18 |
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Didn't you watch the cartoon? All Cobras have their chutes on them all the time, just in case. Follow the link fir proof:
Adult Swim Video : Robot Chicken : Wall of Heros It's Hasbro that was too cheap to include chutes for the other Cobras, except the Snow Serpents. |
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