Doc.-No.: 01/EHTD400
Equipment Handbook
Date: 01.03.2003
TD400
Revision:
Rev. date:
Page: 15 of 40
FIREBIRD, Am Tower 16, 54634 Bitburg
16. Packing Instructions for the Quick Reserve 400
The modern, ram-air parachutes produced today are very reliable canopies. As long as
the parachute is packed with straight and untangled lines, it will usually open.
Nevertheless, we recommend the packing instructions illustrated on the following pages in
order to achieve consistently good, soft openings that are better for the fabric and the sky-
diver.
The parachute should be packed carefully and in the same manner after each jump or ac-
cording to the periodic re-pack cycle. Part of this careful procedure is to make sure that
the packing area is clean and not in direct sunlight. Ultraviolet light can cause irreversible
damage to the canopy fabric.
Reserve parachutes should only be packed in a closed area on carpet or a similar surfa-
ce.
Packing on concrete or asphalt should be avoided, since rough surfaces like these can da-
mage the fabric, lines and hardware.
! Important !
The Quick Reserve 400 tandem reserve parachute may only be packed by
qualified, expert personnel who have been specifically introduced to the
Quick Reserve 400 production series and trained by FIREBIRD.
Tandem pilots are
not
authorized
to pack a tandem reserve!
Since the reserve may only be repacked by
qualified personnel
with the appropriate spe-
cialized knowledge, we prefer not to explain the packing procedure with step-by-step indi-
vidual illustrations but instead to merely illustrate the most outstanding points of the pa-
cking method preferred by FIREBIRD.
