TM 10-1670-280-23&P 0025 00
UNIT MAINTENANCE
100-FOOT DIAMETER CARGO PARACHUTE
CUTTER BRACKET PANEL REINFORCEMENT
0025 00-1
THIS TASK COVERS:
Repair
Replace
Tools
Knife (Item 7, WP 0050 00)
Needle, Tacking (Item 13, WP 0050 00)
Sewing Machine, Light-Duty (Item 22, WP 0050 00)
Shears (Item 25, WP 0050 00)
Yardstick (Item 26, WP 0050 00)
Materials/Parts
Cloth, Nylon, Duck, Type III (Item 6/7, WP 0059 00)
Marking Aid (Item 21/22, WP 0059 00)
Thread, Cotton, Ticket No. 8/4 (Item 35, WP 0059 00)
Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 41/42, WP 0059 00)
Personnel Required
92R (10) Parachute Rigger
Equipment Condition
Unpacked, canopy laid out flat
on repair table.
References
WP 0014 00; WP 0024 00
REPAIR
Restitch broken or loose stitching according to original construction details and in accordance with WP 0014
00, SEWING PROCEDURES.
REPLACE
Replace a damaged cutter bracket panel reinforcement by fabricating as follows:
1. Remove the cutter bracket from original panel reinforcement by cutting the tacking securing the bracket to
the reinforcement. Retain the bracket for further use, if serviceable.
2. Remove the inside and the outside panel reinforcements from the canopy skirt by cutting the stitching
which secures the two pieces of reinforcement material to the canopy.
3. Cut two 13-inch wide triangular-shaped pieces of Type III, 7.25-ounce nylon duck cloth.
4. Make a ½-inch wide turnunder on each edge of one piece of cloth and trim the cloth piece to conform to
the details in the illustration below.
