asquaddie Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Guys I'm hoping someone can give me a simply logic explanation on this: Being a bad boy I've not had my reserve checked for 10 years so trying to be good I sent it off to Aerofix to be service. On opening the box I noticed that the two maillons are now attached to ONE maillon which goes inside the bag. I don't want to open the chute out, but can some explain why the two strops are then fixed to the one maillon. I have full faith in Aerofix, but a simple explanation would be very helpful for my mind?? Many thanks Tony (sorry for the large photo (can't reduce the size for some reason) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Jackson Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 You have a non-steerable reserve and so all the lines 'focus' into one. I believe it's standard and certainly the same as mine. Its why the routing of the bridle is so important... i.e. so you don't get caught in a snap deployment. They do say to replace after 10 years! That said, I bet plenty out there have many more years than this. There is a great write about reserves up on Flybubble: https://flybubble.com/blog/choose-the-right-reserve-parachute/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquaddie Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Yea, I can see it on a few photos. Just looks 'not-right', but as you say it is un-steerable. Routing on a parajet harness is straight forward so should be OK there. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Learned something new . Thank you cas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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