Stuart Fields wrote:
As a past sky diver driver, I used to dump them at 7200 out of a Cessna 182,
and touch down the same time they did. The process I used was to first
close the cowl flaps, close the throttle to 15" of mp.and roll into a steep
bank. I didn't spin but I did have a tight spiral and typically saw the VSI
go to numbers like 8,000fpm.

You had a VSI in a 182 that read up to 8000?