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Emergency rescue spare parachute - Walkerjet paramotor attachment: OK, call me chicken but I am mounting emergency rescue spare parachute..... It is not because all of the sudden I fear for my life more then before but I simply decided that since I own one I may as well use it. I figured it will not do me any good being on the ground if god forbid something serious happens while I fly. In the beginning of my PPG career I did not want to deal with the extra weight and bulk. Also since I went from performance/competition glider to standard category glider I was quite sure that flying without emergency rescue spare parachute will be OK as collapses of standard category gliders are rather rare. Even though a collapse of performance/competition glider is regular occurrence I have never had to toss may spare. I was close once though. It was in French Alps near Annecy in 1992 but that may be a separate story one day. Also we, the motor heads, do not have to deal with a lot of traffic as opposed to non motorized paragliding where you may have as many as 30 pilots ridge soaring in relatively small area. Another reason that I was not using the spare was the fact that the way things were set up my emergency rescue spare parachute was mounted on my lap. So every time one would have to disconnect one side of the spare get in the harness, buckle up, re-attach the spare plus there was not any space for my GPS and other instruments. So after I decided that I will be using spare from now on I though there must be better way and place to attach it. It did not take me long to figure out that the best place would be one of the comfort bars.
The prop on my Simon RR rotates counterclockwise putting more pressure on right comfort bar therefore I mounted the spare shoot on the left side to off set some of the engine torque. I have used 5 mm nylon cord to hold the spare in place.
To learn how to tie these knots click here.
The main load straps from the spare are attached to links on the Walkerjet Paramotor harness shoulder straps. This is very clean and simple connection and besides the fact that I am looking at some additional weight there will not be anything else different. I will be able to get in and out of the seat without fiddling with the spare and the way the main load straps are routed I will not even know they are there.
I have used some electrical tape to tape straps in areas 1 and 2 on picture above and in area 3. The straps must be routed by the shortest way so straps must follow the RED dots on the picture below not the yellow ones. Since the emergency rescue spare parachute is mounted on the side one of the main load strap is shorter then the other - stuff it back to your outer container. Use only one wrap of electrical tape. If the emergency rescue spare is deployed the weight can rip the tape apart. So now if the need arises I would be able to deploy secondary parachute and get a "second chance" which certainly gives me piece of mind.... IMPORTANT: Always make sure that the release needle is in place and deployment handle is properly secured by Velcro.
If your rescue accidentally deploys less then 100 ft high you are in BIG trouble.... See short video...
Good luck and let's hope that this is piece of gear that will never be used. Take care Andre See more improvements here |
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