A pilot chute is a small auxiliary parachute used to deploy the main or reserve parachute. The pilot chute is connected to the deployment bag containing the parachute by a bridle. On modern skydiving rigs three types of pilot chutes can be found:
- Spring-loaded
- Pull-out
- Throw-out
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“The river knows the way to the sea;
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)