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Here is a FIPa file from my Comp 3 flight at XPRS this weekend on a K540M. It seems to show that the main pyro channel did not fire because the Velocity < Vel1 = 400 ft/s criterion was false at AGL = AGL1 = 704 feet. No worries though, the backup altimeter fired fine at 500' just like any good insurance policy should. This is the configuration.
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I know there is no velocity measurement on descent. Isn't velocity considered effectively zero so that Velocity < Vel1 is true? The Apo channel fired fine. Then Velocity < Vel1 criterion toggled false during the descent at about 6,109', toggled back true at 6,070' and finally toggled back false at 6,020' remaining false for the rest of the descent. The accelerometer data looks normal through out the flight.
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I know there is no velocity measurement on descent. Isn't velocity considered effectively zero so that Velocity < Vel1 is true? The Apo channel fired fine. Then Velocity < Vel1 criterion toggled false during the descent at about 6,109', toggled back true at 6,070' and finally toggled back false at 6,020' remaining false for the rest of the descent. The accelerometer data looks normal through out the flight.
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