TM 10-1670-327-23&P
UNIT MAINTENANCE
MC-6 PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM
NSN 1670-01-527-7537
RESERVE CANOPY GORE SECTIONS
REPAIR
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools
Personnel Required
Knife (Item 26, WP 0097 00)
92R (10) Parachute Rigger
Needle, Basting (Item 31, WP 0097 00)
Sewing Machine, Light-Duty (Item 56, WP 0097
Shears (Item 61, WP 0097 00)
Stitch Removal Tool (Item 62, WP 0097 00)
Materials/Parts
Equipment Condition
Brush, Stenciling (Item 6, WP 0109 00)
Unpacked
Cloth, Nylon Ripstop, Type I (Item 11, WP 0109
Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 51, WP 0109 00)
Stencil Board, Oiled (Item 40, WP 0109 00)
REPAIR
WARNING
The reserve canopy must not be darned or repaired through
the use of parachute mending cloth. Failure to adher to this
requirement could result in failure of the parachute and
serious injury or death to the parachutist.
Restitching. Restitch canopy gore sections using a light duty sewing machine and size E nylon thread
that contrasts the color of the original stitching and material when possible. Restitch directly over the
original stitch pattern as closely as possible with 7 to 11 stitches per inch. Lock each row of stitching 2
inches at each end.
NOTE
Parachute mending cloth IS NOT AUTHORIZED on the reserve parachute.
1. Repair gore sections 1, 2 and 3 IAW patching procedures detailed in WP 0017 00, and stencilling
procedures detailed in WP 0019 00 and the following guidelines:
a.
4-sided patches only with square corners.
b.
No patch larger than 8-inch by 8-inch is authorized. Any damage that requires a patch larger
than 8-inch by 8-inch will require the entire reserve canopy to be replaced.
c.
Sections 1 through 3 (1.1oz material), maximum of 3 patches per section providing the area
does not exceed 50% of the section, any damage in excess of 50% will require a section
replacement.
d.
A repair to section 1 that requires patching against the lower lateral band will require that the
patch extend over the whole width of the lower lateral band and all rows of stitching in the lower
lateral band must be re-stitched across patch material.
0063 00-1
