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## UNIT MAINTENANCE MC-4 RAM AIR FREE-FALL PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM MAIN PILOT CHUTE 

## THIS TASK COVERS: 

x Repair 

x Replace 

## INITIAL SETUP: 

## Tools 

Needle, Basting (Item 28, WP 0063 00) 

## Materials/Parts 

Pilot Chute, Main (Item 1, WP 0065 00) Thread, Nylon, Size A (Item 45, WP 0076 00) 

## REPAIR 

## Personnel Required 

92R (10) Parachute Rigger 

## Equipment Condition 

Lay out on packing table or other suitable area. 

Repair damaged pilot chute canopy material by hand darning holes no larger than ½ -inch in diameter and limited to four (4) darns per material for a total of eight (8). Hand darn IAW WP 0015 00. 

## REPLACE 

Replace main pilot chute as follows: 

1. Loosen bridle line girth hitch enough so that pilot chute can be passed through loop in end of bridle line. 

2. Remove bridle line from loop at bottom end of pilot chute. 

3. Pass bridle line through loop at bottom end of replacement pilot chute. 

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4. Pass pilot chute through loop at end of bridle line and pull tight forming a girth hitch. 

END OF WORK PACKAGE 

