TM 10-1670-287-23&P
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UNIT MAINTENANCE
MC-4 RAM AIR FREE-FALL PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM
MAIN PILOT CHUTE
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THIS TASK COVERS:
Repair
Replace
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools
Needle, Basting (Item 28, WP 0063 00)
Materials/Parts
Pilot Chute, Main (Item 1, WP 0065 00)
Thread, Nylon, Size A (Item 45, WP 0076 00)
Personnel Required
92R (10) Parachute Rigger
Equipment Condition
Lay out on packing table or other
suitable area.
REPAIR
Repair damaged pilot chute canopy material by hand darning holes no larger than ½-inch in diameter and
limited to four (4) darns per material for a total of eight (8). Hand darn IAW WP 0015 00.
REPLACE
Replace main pilot chute as follows:
1. Loosen bridle line girth hitch enough so that pilot chute can be passed through loop in end of bridle
line.
2. Remove bridle line from loop at bottom end of pilot chute.
3. Pass bridle line through loop at bottom end of replacement pilot chute.
4. Pass pilot chute through loop at end of bridle line and pull tight forming a girth hitch.
END OF WORK PACKAGE
Pilot Chute
Bridle Line Loop
Bridle Line
Pilot Chute Loop
Girth Hitch
