TM 10-1670-293-23&P
0020 00
UNIT MAINTENANCE
T-10C/T-10D TROOP BACK PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY
POCKET BAND
0020 00-1
THIS TASK COVERS:
Repair
Replace
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools
Knife (Item 14, WP 0039 00)
Knife, Hot Metal (Item 15, WP 0039 00)
Sewing Machine, Light-Duty (Table 1, WP0012 00)
Shears (Item 29, WP 0039 00)
Materials/Parts
Tape, Nylon, Tubular, Type I (Item 38, WP 0053 00)
Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 47/44, WP 0053 00)
Personnel Required
92R(10) Parachute Rigger
Equipment Condition
Unpacked. Laid flat on repair table.
References
Group No. 01, MAC (WP 0042 00)
REPAIR
Stitch and restitch with nylon thread, size E, that is contrasting in color. Lock all straight stitching by back
stitching at least ½-inch. Restitch over the original stitch pattern.
REPLACE
When installed on a parachute canopy, a pocket band will be positioned on the outside of the lower lateral
band, with a band end attached on each side of a suspension line, thereby allowing a free length of material
to pass over the suspension line. A pocket band that is damaged will be replaced by fabricating using the
following procedures:
1. Place the canopy assembly on a repair table, or other repair surface, with the damaged pocket band
facing up.
2. Mark the lower lateral band, at each end of the damaged pocket band length.
3. Remove the affected pocket band from the canopy by cutting the stitching securing each of the band
ends to the lower lateral band. Remove stitching on anti-inversion net and place out of the way until the
pocket band is sewn.
4. Fabricate a new pocket band by cutting an 8¼-inch length of type I, tubular nylon tape; sear the ends.
5. Position the replacement pocket band length in the original pocket band location; align the material
ends with the marks made in step 2., above.
