ARMY TM 10-1670-278-23&P
AIR FORCE T.O. 13C5-26-2
NAVY NAVAIR 13-1-27
2-42.
Deployment Bag Safety Cord.
This task covers:
a. Repair
b. Replace
Tools:
Personnel Required:
Knife, Item 1, Appendix B
43E(10) Parachute Rigger
Shears, Item 10, Appendix B
Sewing Machine, Zig-Zag, Item 13,
Equipment Condition:
Appendix B
Splicing Aid (See Appendix E)
Inspected, Paragraphs 2-9, 2-13
Yardstick, Item 20, Appendix B
Cleaned, Paragraph 2-12
Laid out on work table
Materials/Parts:
Reference:
Cord, Nylon, Type IV, Item 9, Appendix D
Marking Aid, Item 17118, Appendix D
Group No. 02, MAC, Section II,
Thread, Size FF, Item 29130, Appendix D
Appendix B
a. Repair.
Stitching. Stitch and restitch with size FF thread which matches the color of the original stitching, when possible.
Lock all straight stitching by backstitching at least 1/2-inch. Restitch by overstitching each end of the stitch formation by
112-inch. Restitch directly over the original stitching, following the original stitch pattern as closely as possible. Stitch
according to paragraph 2-18 and table 2-3.
b. Replacement. Replace a damaged safety cord by fabricating as follows:
(1) Remove original safety cord from bottom bag closing loops by cutting cord end loops.
(2) Cut a 21-inch length of type IV coreless nylon cord and taper-cut each end by 1/2-inch.
(3) Using marking aid, mark the cord length at points 3-, 5-, and 8-inches from tapered ends (figure 2-65).
(4) Insert a suitable splicing aid into cord casing at 8inch mark and work aid through cord to outside at 5-inch
mark.
(5) Pass 3-inches of marked cord end through one bottom bag closing loop and attach tapered end to splicing
aid.
(6) Pull splicing aid with attached cord end back into cord casing at 5-inch mark and work aid back through cord
casing until 3- and 5-inch marks are alined.
(7) Hold alined marks together and work splicing aid and tapered cord end to outside at 8-inch mark.
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