TM 10-1670-327-23&P
UNIT MAINTENANCE
MC-6 PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM
NSN 1670-01-527-7537
SHAKEOUT AND AIRING
SERVICE
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools
Personnel Required
Brush, Scrub, Household (Item 7, WP 0097 00)
Two, 92R (10) Parachute Riggers
Materials/Parts
Equipment Condition
None required
Parachute Suspended
SERVICE
Shakeout. A two-person team, either indoors within a shakeout room or outdoors at a shakeout tower,
will accomplish the shakeout. Each parachute will be suspended by the canopy vent and all debris will be
removed by shaking the canopy thoroughly or by brushing with a dry, soft-bristled brush, as detailed
below:
1. With assistance from the No. 2 person, the No. 1 person will connect the snap (figure 1, item 1) on a
pulley rope to the canopy bridle loop (figure 1, item 2).
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Figure 1. Connecting Snap On Pulley Rope to Canopy Bridle Loop.
2. Through use of the pulley rope, the No. 2 person will raise the canopy to a suitable height; this will
enable the No. 1 person to perform shakeout on each of the canopy gores. Until the gore shaking
process is completed, the No. 2 person will maintain a steady pull on the pulley rope to hold the
suspended canopy at the working height needed by the No. 1 person.
3. The No. 1 person will grasp any two-consecutive suspension lines (figure 2, item 1), one in each
hand, and vigorously shake the first gore (figure 2, item 2).
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