Loading The Parachute Silk - Innoflight GALAXY 950 Operating Manual

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Loading the parachute silk

Extreme care must be taken to install the parachute silk into the DRS-10 tube. The
parachute is prepacked from the factory and must only be packed by the manufacturer to
ensure correct deployment. The silk is held inside a cardboard sleeve, this sleeve is used to
assist the silk in sliding out of the carbon tube in the event of an in-flight activation. The
cardboard sleeve MUST be installed, without this sleeve the silk WILL NOT deploy.
The silk will always be stored inside the sleeve using a rubber band to hold the package
together. To install the silk into the DRS-10 carefully hold the package together and remove
the rubber band. Slide the silk and cardboard into the DRS-10 tube with the folded edge of
the cardboard going in first. Push the assembly into the tube until it is all the way in. The
join where the cardboard meets itself should be positioned along the carbon rail mount of
the DRS-10 as this has the most surface area without lightening holes to allow the sleeve to
deploy without any chance of being caught.
Once the silk is in plate it is essential that the Velcro strap is pressed in place securely across
the back of the parachute silk. This will hold any excess shock chord as well as stop the
parachute from sliding out during flight. If the Velcro strap is not secured in place correctly
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