TM 10-1670-272-23&P 0039 00
DIRECT SUPPORT MAINTENANCE
MC1-1B/MC1-1E TROOP BACK PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY
RADIAL TAPE
0039 00-1/(2 Blank)
THIS TASK COVERS:
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Replace
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools:
Needle, Tacking (Item 19, WP 0044 00)
Sewing Machine, Zig-Zag (Table 1, WP 0012 00)
Shears (Item 28, WP 0044 00)
Materials/Parts
Webbing, Nylon, Type I, 9/16-IN. (Item 67,
WP 0057 00)
Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 53/56, WP 0057 00)
Personnel Required
92R(10) Parachute Rigger
Equipment Condition
Parachute canopy laid out on table.
REPLACE
1. Place canopy in proper layout on repair table or repair surface; apply partial tension to suspension
lines.
2. Trace damaged radial tape from the canopy skirt, through the radial seam channel, to the canopy
apex.
3. Cut the stitching that holds the vent line and the radial tape to the upper lateral band and radial seam;
lay next to the end of the vent line.
4. Cut the stitching that holds the suspension line and radial tape to the lower lateral band and the radial
seam; lay it next to the end of the suspension line. Do not remove the damaged radial tape at this
time.
5. Tack the end of the new radial tape to the end of the damaged radial tape at the upper lateral band.
6. Grasp the end of the damaged radial tape, at the lower lateral band, and pull the old tape through the
radial seam channel until the new tape appears at the lower lateral band. Relieve the tension from the
suspension lines.
7. Cut the old tape from the new tape at the tacking. Hand tack the ends of the new radial tape in place,
at the upper and lower lateral bands, after taking appropriate measurement of the adjacent tape.
8. Cut the ends of the new tape at the outside edges of the upper and lower lateral bands. Reposition
the ends of the vent line and suspension line; sew in place according to the original construction.
END OF WORK PACKAGE
