Backup Parachutes 2024, Part 3.
What placement of the tab on the seat even exists? Which of the locations is the most suitable? How many tabs to fly with? Can there be problems with the bookmark even outside the moment of needing to actually use it?
34 non-anonymous pilots took part in the survey 65% of pilots said that if they hadn't checked (or if they didn't check) the condition of the seat and tab during the pre-takeoff check, it could have turned out badly in the air59% of the pilots surveyed fly with one tab, 44% with twoAgreed - 24% of pilots would prefer to place the tab on the belly (the most frequently cited reason was good visibility of the handle) and 24% of pilots don't know. Karel Vrbenský detailed his pluses and minuses for the individual placement of bookmarks in different places of the sofa, or in the cabinet. The location of the tab on the stomach is clear, the location of the hip and back is not entirely clear, as each pilot names the location a little differently.I also put a table of numerical data, not just %, because some pilots put in multiple inputs (three current seats, 3 different numbers of backup parachutes) and they are prevented from the percentage calculation as one pilot, so the percentage calculation will never sit at 100%
1. How many different locations of tabs on the seats did you replace 2. Which location suits you best (if you haven't thrown yet, please write - I haven't thrown, so far only in the gym, for example) 3. How many tabs do you currently have on the seat? 4. Have you ever had a tab problem that wasn't related to the need to roll? E.g. it fell out on its own in the air, the handle caught on something somewhere, spontaneous opening, etc.Answers of the pilots
Jan Jares
2. I didn't throw the blade. I prefer two simple (circular or square) unsteerable. I threw at SIV, but only practice (not that I had to) + I threw in the gym for changing diapers,
3. ever since I've been flying a double line, I've always had two,
4. I didn't have any serious problems. Maybe sometimes a loose handle that I noticed before the flight or maybe after the flight, but it wasn't loose enough that the tab was fully unlocked to fall out. On the seat of the XR7, the zipper, where the straps for the shoulder strap of the tab are stored, would sometimes unzip on its own. Partial or possibly complete unzipping of this zipper, however, does not affect keeping the bookmark in the container, so there was no risk of it falling out on its own.
Jiří Hanč
2. so I only threw from the position under the butt, purely logically it would always be better to have in the counter
3. either once or never, but mostly that once
4. maybe a needle fell out once, but I always fixed it before take off
Jirka Kopecký
1. I replaced four seats, two of which are open with a tab under the back and two cocoon with a tab under the back. The last with tabs on both sides. I still flew with the tab between the carabiners on SIVká.
2. I threw only one tab and that was in the Genie race 5 seat, which has tabs under the back and the handle is located uncomfortably in the back. I'm comfortable with this location of the tab and have had no problem with it when throwing, I just would have preferred the handle to be more forward.
3. Two
4. I had no problem with the bookmark
Stand Klikar
1. 3 positions: from the side down to the left and right and then on the brise
2. lower right as right-handed
3. 2x
4. once I tested a larger seat than it would be suitable for me and in the rotation I couldn't pull the pad out of the socket, I reached the handle but it was already out. The seat had a rather bad solution, the compartment was too deep, it would be better if there were disintegrating flaps.
Once I also didn't want to unwrap a folder that hadn't been unwrapped for a long time, on a lake in a twist, after pulling the strap it already unwrapped
Vlastimil Kricnar jun.
1. under the ass on the right side, in carabiners on the stomach
2. under the ass on the right side
3. 1
4. Born
Miloš Diviš
1. 2 (if it is meant globally and not for each seat type)
2. I didn't throw, it suits the side - it doesn't interfere with the view and at the start. It doesn't complicate plugging into
seats, you don't have to reach around the strap for it.
3. 2 (due to weight 
)
4. Never
Hugo Hadas
1. 3, left, right and front on abdomen
2. He didn't throw, so I don't know
3. 2 bookmarks
4. In one seat, there were still problems with it, the handle kept falling out, but nothing happened, it never fell out in flight. In the case of the GR5, the zip has been opened once from the tab to the neck.
Ondra Pohořelský
1. I don't know
2. What's in the submarine, but I haven't thrown it there yet
3. Two
4. Yes, she was old. I solved it by buying it
Vlasta Kricnar
1. under the ass on the right side, in carabiners on the stomach2. under the ass on the right side
3. 1
4. no
Quido Hadas
1) I probably replaced all of them, left side, right side, behind the back, to the right of the riser, front2) On the right under the carabiner – in sight, but at the same time under the hand
3) Now I have two
4) Yes, she fell out of her own accord on one seat
Petr Kostrhun
1. on the side (on one side), on the back, under the butt, between the carabiners, in the counter (origo GIN), on both sides (Submarine)
2. I pitched twice with one infielder on my back (1995,1997) 
I like the handle on the front of the eyes the most
3. Two on the sides of the Submarine, or two under the back of the GR5
4. Just on the last flight, my bookmark fell out, it happened to be in the GR5 seat. I used to have the zipper unzipped on the counter tab around the carabiner strap.
Vlasta Klikar
1. Under the ass and in front on the stomach, and in prehistoric times we had it on the back.
2. I can't see, but you can see it on my stomach, I've never thrown.
3. One.
4. Sometimes the needle falls out or pulls out. On the parasem in the Beskydy (you ride on a pulley and throw), I had a short cord from the handle and it prevented the needles from being pulled out, so I was a corpse.
And in the 90s, I dug into the ground and . he was on her back, and maybe my back saved me, but I broke down enough against her
Kaja Kůta
1. From below under the seat board from the left and right sides. 2. I have never thrown, although I almost did a few times. In the gym many times.
3. I usually have two backups in the racing seat.
4. apart from the loose handle when handling at the start, I never had a problem.
Martin Paul
1. I always had the bookmark location the same.2. I didn't have a chance to compare different bookmark locations.
3. One bookmark.
4. He didn't have.
Jaroslav Janata
1. 22. I didn't throw
3. 1
4. Once I was packing myself, I poked a bad eye near the container, then the next time I repackaged it, he was very surprised. It wouldn't even open by accident.
Petr Kožíšek
1. 2 locations (under the butt left and right)2. I didn't throw
3. 2
4. yes, I lost the fuse from the container twice. I noticed in flight and everything went well
Lukáš Hadas
1) Always on the lower right under the butt 2) He didn't throw, I don't see
3) 1 tab in each seat
4) Yes, when I had a new seat for the first time and I hit a branch with the handle at the start.
Krystof Klimpar
1. I alternate regularly between different seats and positions, but mostly the drawer under my ass and on my stomach. But not with every seat I always remember to refresh the location of the handle.
2. both have their advantages and disadvantages. I threw practice on Siv and many times on dry land inside.
3. always only one, I don't want to drag the other one, if I was doing acro I would definitely take two.
4. no problem so far, the handle is maximally loose, but so far it has always been discovered before the start.
Monika Filipová
1. only one (+ on lavender other, if it counts)2. I didn't throw
3. one bookmark
4. a few times at the start I found the handle pulled out, once the ballast spilled into my tab and during drying we found out that one of the assigned cords was missing from the knot
Karel Vrbensky
1) 4
2) what I have now
3) 2
4) YES
Point 1 and 2 in more detail
1. under the ass, on the back, on the brise, – on the side
2) one on the brise, the other on the back
+ advantages, – disadvantages (vic +- more advantage/disadvantage)
Under the butt
+don't get in the way
+ extra space in the back space
—when landing on the back, it spins, moisture gets there, it can open
On the side
+ is in sight
— the seat is asymmetrical
On the brise
+is in sight
– a bit of a mess
on the back
-changes space in the storage space
-he can get away with it, he wants to train it
yes, I actually have one more position for 1:
in the closet:
+ does not interfere with the seat
+ plenty of storage space - necessary for a bivouac
+ I'm losing my nerve whether to throw it away or try to break it up somehow
+ doesn't get wet, doesn't sweat
+ you don't have to change diapers
+ and she will never open herself to you!
Sonia Perglerová
I tried 1. 2 only on lilacs
2. I threw both on the lavender, placed better on the brise, for the movement of the hand and its strength under the ass
3. one
4. I had to unzip the max but nothing fell out
Aleš Lundiak
1. Furt under the ass2. thrown on skis, on a sled, never in flight.
3. 1 bookmark
4. She never fell out on her own. I repackage the bookmark either myself or for a few years now the guys in Vižňov. I recommend ski jumping. Super grip
Honza Dolezal
2. He didn't throw, but the right under the ass suits best
3. 2 seats in the large competition and flight seats and 1 seat in the flight seat for pleasure
4. pulled out at the start while handling the seat (before the start, only during preparation)
Tomas Drnec
1. all (on the stomach, under the board to the left and right)2. I threw several times at SIV, not at all (if I were to fly with one, I would want it on her stomach, then you can easily pull left and right, although the force required for this is greater than under your ass and you will not find many such durable seats)
3. Two
4. Fortunately, no, but I generally don't roll over bookmarks at the start, before every season I try to tear them out of the container (seat)
Petr Polách
1. 3 – or two if I don't distinguish under the ass in the cocoon and in the kidneys in the old seat, but I see a noticeable difference and consider it two storage positions.2. under the butt like I have now in Advance lightness 3
3. 1 bookmark
4. no. Just once during the pre-flight, I solved the reverse zip opening at the bottom of the storage - by doing the pre-flight quite honestly and regularly, I quite possibly prevented a serious problem when it could come off during the flight.
Petr Ďorď
1. Two2. Fits under the seat. Only training on the water and in the gym
3. Once
4. I didn't have a problem. Perhaps just a once corroded metal locking pin
Tomas Mirejovsky
1. In the package on the stomach, in the seat under the butt, in the seat and on the side on the left and right (on the engine on the frame behind the head)
2. It suits me best in the seat on the side, I haven't thrown a sharpie yet, in practice twice on the SIV
3. Currently, I have two bookmarks in the seat on the left and right side
4. One time I had a package open on the ground while waiting for the start while I was sitting in a seat on the ground. That was my mistake. Otherwise, I've never had a problem.
Tomas Drobílek
1. 3 ways - under the butt, on the side and in front, on the brise.
2. I like the placement under the ass the most.
3. I now have one folder on the seat. I'm really considering the second one.
4. I had a problem with the lock twice, unfortunately, when my hand slipped and I caught the handle by mistake.
Radek Ešner
1. 3 locations – from the side, under the seat and in the counter2. under the seat - I didn't throw - only in the gym
3. 1x bookmark - round steerable (Easyfly)
4. no problem just. some seats are not fully adapted to the double straps of the adjustable tab..
hoffi
1. all of them
2. XC – Left + Right side (two attempts are two attempts 
) ACRO – Left + Right + BASE (three attempts are three attempts 
)
3. XC 2pcs, ACRO 3pcs
4. NO !!!
Jana Krátká
1. I had the tab on my stomach and then the handle on the side of the seat, the tab under my butt2. the handle on the side of the seat suits me. Instead of a counter, cool too.
3. I have one under the rear, the handle on the side of the seat.
4. Once I caught the handle by the root and pulled out the tab, but it was not a problem
Richard Bojda
1. 2 – on the back and in the front (only on the ultralight seat) 2. placement at the back suits - he threw a total of 3 times
3. Only 1
4. There was never any problem.
Viktor Valášek
1. two
2. I didn't throw hard, but I like my current position in the middle in front of the counter because I can still see her and I could choose which hand to throw.
3. Once
4. once I had a loose handle under the butt, but I noticed it at the start.
David Bzirsky
1. I had the bookmark on my back, under the board and on my stomach.
2. I am most comfortable classically in a container behind my back, because I consider the throw of the starter as an extreme option for rescue, which I only used once above the sea when I was practicing acrobatics.
3. I have one light kilo tab.
4. I never had a problem with the zipper, at most it came off the Velcro. But now in India it happened that the cocoon on my seat tore and I wanted to remove it from the seat and have it repaired. In the middle of disassembly, I changed my mind and put it back in there, thinking that I would simply seed it myself. After a few days of flying I wanted to reach for a handle and couldn't feel one. It was hidden under the cocoon from where I forgot to remove it during installation. I would probably be very surprised if I had to use it.
Anonymní pilot
1. Umístění na Mezi karabinami, integrovanou pod zadkem a integrovanou na zadech, případně kombinace na cca 7 různých sedačkách.2. Tady bych spíše uvažoval na jaké létání to je. V kokonech mi více sedí umístění mezi karabinami s popruhem do ramen (s tímhle nastavením jsem zatím ještě neházel), převážně z důvodu dosahu a velikosti kliky, zvláště při letech s velkými tlustými rukavicemi, se kterými ta klika nejde ani nahmatat. Na běžné lítáni/acro mi nejvíce sedi integrované umístění na pravé straně s obri, dobře dosažitelnou klikou (tam nejčastěji taham), jako druhé potom umístění kliky vlevo (tam taham když už nejde pravá nebo je pravá už venku).
3. Kokon 1- karabiny, H&F 1-karabiny, běžné lítáni 1-karabiny, acro 2 -pravá strana+záda(obe integrované), tandem 1- záda integrovaná
4. U tandemu mi vypadla jednou klika z chlopni- tam je dost problém v konstrukci úlozeni kliky přímo na sedacce, ktere za mě není dostatečné. Nevím zda se to stalo při startu nebo to bylo už před startem “načaté” a já to jen přehlídl. U acro sedačky mně občas vypadávají chlopně, tak to časteji kontroluji (většinou před každým letem).