Chute deployment be t' most violent phase o' flight. Excess speed tears & shreds chutes. Begad! T' SLIDER softens deployment by openin' t' chute gradually & stops t' chute from "popping" open. Well, blow me down! At t' instant o' deployment, it slides down t' shrouds, me bucko, makin' t' chute open a fraction o' a second later - -enough t' make all t' difference.