Ozone Angel SQ, Pilot'S Manual

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DEPLOYING YOUR ANGEL SQ
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Your parachute should be repacked every 6 months , preferably by a qualified professional to ensure best operation
and to give you peace of mind. When removing the parachute from the harness take the opportunity to complete
a practice deployment. Check that you can reach your handle easily and that the parachute can exit the harness
smoothly, free of any resistance, Certification requires an effort of less than 7kgs.
Before repacking the parachute should have a thorough visual check of the cloth, lines and bridles. Do not use a
parachute with any sign of visible damage. The parachute must be completely dry and free of dirt, dust or any other
contaminates.
Packing Procedure
Completely unfurl the parachute, ideally it should be hung overnight to release the folds and to air the material.
To ease the packing process it is best to work with an assistant and have the following pieces of equipment:
Weights such as sand bags; Line spacers; Carabiners; Spare elastic bands.
Lay the parachute on a packing table or on the ground. Make sure the surface is clean and dry.
If you are in the unfortunate situation of needing to throw your reserve, do so with conviction:
Look; Reach; Pull; Throw.
Look at the handle, grab it and pull out the retaining pins with sufficient force.
Pull out the deployment bag. You need to adapt the way you pull your parachute depending on the design of your
harness’s deployment system. e.g. under seat positioning often requires an action to the outside so that the parachute
extracts sideways from the pocket, pulling the handle upwards will not allow the parachute to release. Know your
equipment and adapt your technique accordingly.
Throw the parachute away from you as hard as you can into clear space, not towards your wing. It is important at this
stage to remember to LET GO of the handle. Aim to throw with the direction of airflow to aid a fast opening and against
the direction of rotation.
If after throwing the parachute does not deploy (possible in low energy emergencies e.g. parachutal stall), grab the
reserve bridle and give it a strong pull. This will help encourage the parachute to open faster.
As the parachute deploys, the next stage is to concentrate on disabling the paraglider. There are several ways to do
this – B line stall; rear riser stall; gathering the canopy by working up the A lines until you have the material in your hands
or using the brakes to stall the wing. The best technique depends entirely on the situation. The most important thing
to remember is to completely disable the wing so that it does not act against the parachute and cause a down-plane.
Whichever method you choose do so symmetrically, you do not want the paraglider to start rotating, this could cause
the paraglider to fly into and effectively disable the parachute.
Due to the position of the reserve bridle hang points on most harness, deploying the reserve parachute tends to
automatically put you in to the PLF position (legs down), if you are not, do everything you can to get yourself into this
position so you can absorb the landing impact with your legs.
Always use a PLF when landing under emergency situations or under a rescue parachute.
(Optional). Using a suitable line, route it through the packing loops found
2/3rds of the way up the panels.
Secure the packing line to something rigid, at the other end secure
the bridle to something rigid pulling tension through the parachute
cloth and lines. The ‘apex’ should now be pulled through the
centre of the parachute so that the Apex lines are tensioned
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PACKING