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Connecting the reserve to the harness
The reserve bridle and the harness connection must be connected to
each other by the means of a suitable quicklink of at least 2400 daN
safe load (fig. 1). These two lines must be stabilised at the maillon, for
example by using rubber O rings, to prevent the webbings slipping
round and cross-loading the maillon during a reserve deployment.
In collaboration with the PMA (Paraglider Manufacturer's Association)
and German climbing rope manufacturer Edelrid, ADVANCE carri-
ed out an exhaustive series of tests in 2017 to investigate the strength
of the direct loop-in-loop method of connecting these two webbing
items (fig. 2). This involved a series of material combinations of harness
V-lines and reserve bridles, such are as used in ADVANCE harnesses
with COMPANION reserves. Compared with a Maillon Rapide connec-
tion the strength of this arrangement was slightly reduced, but not to
an extent that would compromise its function.
For this reason loop in loop connection between ADVANCE products
and COMPANION reserves is approved, so long as basic safety mea-
sures are observed: namely, loops centred and the webbing connec-
tion pulled as tight as possible We cannot make a definitive statement
about the strength of such a connection of ADVANCE harnesses with
other reserve.
Caution: don't use sticky tape instead of O rings for locating
the loops on the maillon!
Info: when looping a COMPANION reserve to the LIGHTNESS
3 the V-line Neoprene protector must finally be pulled over the
connection.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
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