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Fitting the reserve system
Only an appropriately qualified person
should fit the reserve.
The steps to be followed are given below.
PLEASE NOTE
We recommend the use of flat reserve
containers to ensure the best weight
distribution and use of the space in the
backpack.
⚠
DANGER
If your harness should ever get wet (e.g.
because of a landing in water) the reserve
system must be dried out and repacked
before your next flight.
Fitting the bridle
There are three ways in which the reserve
chute can be connected with the harness.
Loops
In the first method, t
he harness’s connecting
bridle is put through the loop of the reserve
’s
bridle. The reserve itself is passed through
the large loop in
the harness’s bridle, and
this connects the two. The connection loop
must be pulled as tight as possible so as to
avoid friction between the two bridles during
the shock caused when the reserve opens.
To ensure that the connection loop between
the two remains tight, it is held in place using
the Velcro strip on the bridle.
Screw-lock links
The two lines are inserted into the screw-
lock links which are tightened by hand.
A neoprene sleeve is then placed over the
connection to hold it in place. This prevents
twisting and possible cross-loading.
This method can absorb a higher shock load
than the previous one and is therefore the
method recommended by Swing. The screw-
lock links and neoprene sleeve are available
from Swing.
Reserve with dual bridle
If a steerable reserve chute with dual bridle
or any other reserve with dual bridle is used,
the reserve is connected using the loops of
the harness bridle which are located near the
padded shoulder straps. In this case, the
harness bridle is not needed and should be
folded up, fastened using two rubber bands
and then stored away under the cover
behin
d the pilot’s neck.
For this attachment method, you need two
screw carabiners with a breaking strength of
at least 2400 daN. Make sure that the bridle
is long enough for the reserve to be
positioned in
the harness’s reserve
container.
There must be enough line length to ensure
that, on activating the reserve chute, the
reserve stays in the reserve container until it
is thrown.
Attaching the deployment handle
The Connect Reverse Evo is delivered with a
deployment handle for the reserve system.
This is identified as No. 6. No other handle
should be used.
⚠
WARNING
Use only the original deployment handle!
To fasten the black loop of the handle’s
bridle, pass it through
the reserve container’s
loop.
Feed the loop of the handle through the loop
of the container and then bring the handle
back through its own loop.
