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before/after each flight! Refer to the users manual of the container manufacturer and the connected
harness system.
Make sure your external container is securely and correctly connected to the harness
assembly. If not, you risk an opening malfunction!
The certified reserve compartment volume of the external container (see manufacturer’s manual),
must comply
to the certified packing volume of the reserve! The reserve’s certified packing volume
is shown on the certification label of every SQR reserve.
Measurement of opening speed and the shock test parameters required during certi-
fication were carried out using the original SQR inner container as delivered from the
factory. A deployment in a different container could lead to different results!
Take care to choose the correct inner container attachment loop, in case you use the SQR inner
container. There is a choice of two loops for attaching the reserve handle (see Fig 3). Which to use
depends on the length of line from the handle and the shape and position of your harness reserve
compartment.
The reserve handle to inner container connecting line, should never be under ten
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sion, until the reserve is released from the external container. This line must have
enough free length, to allow the reserve handle to first activate the release system
(e.g. pull out the release pins), before pulling the inner container! Understanding is
everything! A compatibility test is mandatory!
If the packed Companion reserve has to be taken from the SQR inner container, sometimes a partial
or full repack of the reserve is required, so that it matches the shape/size of the container to be
used.
