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Sigma TANDEM VECTOR Owner's Manual

Sigma TANDEM VECTOR Owner's Manual (176 pages)

Tandem Parachute System

Brand: Sigma | Category: Accessories | Size: 3 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
Section 1 - the Sigma Tandem System

5
Chapter 1 - New Features

5
Chapter 2 Applicant & Course Information

12
Section 2: Equipment

18
- Chapter 1 Description
  19
  - Container
    20
  - Harness
    21
  - The Student Harness
    22
  - The Main Canopy
    24
  - Advantages of the Sigma Tandem
    25
  - Drogue Definition
    26
  - Exterior – Top down
    26
  - Interior – Top down
    26
  - The Drogue
    27
  - How to Check if Your Drogue Kill Line Is the Correct Length
    28
  - The Sigma Drogue Collapse Sequence
    28
  - Release Handle System View
    29
  - Ripcord Detail View
    29
  - Understanding the Main Recoil Ripcord System
    29
  - Understanding the Sigma Skyhook RSL Collins' Lanyard
    30
- Chapter 2 Operation
  32
  - Reserve Activation
    33
  - Deploying the Drogue
    34
  - Handles Familiarization
    34
  - Introduction to the Drogue
    34
  - Main Activation
    34
  - Vertical Suspended Harness Drills
    35
  - Student Harness Adjustment Guide
    36
  - Toggles Familiarization
    36
  - Harness Adjustment
    37
  - Reserve Container
    39
  - Skyhook Packing Instructions
    60
  - The Skyhook RSL System Four Parts
    60
  - Differences from the Original Skyhook
    61
  - Reasons for the Changes
    61
  - Lexan Cover Piece
    65
  - Main Container
    72
  - Line Dump
    73
  - Selecting Proper Stow Bands
    73
  - Inspecting Main Closing Loop
    74
  - Inspecting the Canopy
    74
  - Inspecting the Drogue Release Recoil Ripcord System
    74
  - Sequence Checklist - Main Canopy Assembly Inspection Guide
    75
  - Inspect the Drogue
    76
  - Toggle Attachment
    77
- Chapter 1 - Preparation
  105
Section 3: Instructor Techniques

105
- Preparation
  106
- Criteria for Jumping
  107
- Overview of the Jump
  108
- Terrain Assessment
  108
- Weather Assessment
  108
- Harness Adjustment Guide
  109
- Briefing the Student for the First Tandem Jump
  111
- Freefall Body Position Drill
  111
- Pre-Flight Gear Check
  112
- Student Equipment
  112
- Tandem Instructor Equipment
  112
- Chapter 2 In-Aircraft & Exits
  115
  - Exit Techniques
    116
  - In-Aircraft Gear Check
    116
  - Pre-Exit Gear Check, Drogue Handle Check
    116
  - Pre-Exit Preparation
    116
  - Diving Exit
    117
  - Exit Tips
    117
  - Exiting Different Aircraft
    117
Chapter 3 Freefall & Drogue-Fall

119
- Altitude and Time Recommendations
  120
- Arch
  121
- Stability Control
  121
- Anticipation
  122
- Deploy Drogue
  122
- Manipulation
  122
- Recommended Drogue Jump Scenario
  122
- Drogue Deployment
  123
- Drogue Fall Control Techniques
  123
- To Minimize Rocking
  123
- Arm Extensin (Optional)
  124
- Drogue Release
  124
- Canopy Control
  126
- Perform Canopy Check
  127
- Steering the Canopy
  127
- Stow and Check Handles and Harness
  127
- Upon Opening
  127
- Landing
  128
- Prepare for Landing
  128
- Running Landing
  129
- Sliding Landing
  129
- Stand up
  129
- Three Kinds of Tandem Landings
  129
- Chapter 1 - Reserve Procedures
  131
Chapter 4 - Canopy Control

131
- Malfunctions and Emergencies
  131
- Reserve Procedures
  132
- Emergency Response Sequence
  133
- Out-Of-Sequence Deployments
  133
- Partial Malfunctions
  133
- Total Malfunctions
  133
- Canopy Transfers
  134
- Reserve Canopy Procedures
  134
- Aircraft Emergencies & Student Refusal
  136
- Aircraft Emergencies
  137
- Student Refusal
  137
- Chapter 3 Freefall
  140
  - Accidental Deployments
    141
  - Freefall Control Problems
    141
  - High Pull, Low Pull
    141
  - Rapid Drogue Throw
    141
  - Drogue Deployment and Release Problems
    142
  - Pulling the Wrong Handle
    142
  - Unable to Extract Drogue from Pouch
    142
  - Entanglement with Drogue
    143
  - Entanglement with Drogue Bridle
    143
  - Non Collapsed Drogue
    143
  - Un-Inflated Drogue
    143
  - Drogue Does Not Release When First Handle Is Pulled
    144
  - Drogue in Tow
    144
  - Hard or Impossible Pull on One or both Drogue Release Handles
    144
- Chapter 4 - Canopy Control
  146
Section 5 - Student Techniques

150
- Chapter 1 Student Skills for First Jump
  151
  - Exit Practice
    152
  - Freefall Positions
    152
  - Student Accessories
    152
  - Student Harness
    152
  - Arm Extension
    153
  - Canopy Control Info
    153
  - Location of Steering Toggles
    153
  - Steering the Canopy - Flight Modes
    153
  - Flaring the Canopy: Practice Performed at 4000' - 1500'
    154
  - Landing Approach
    154
  - Student Task List (First Jump)
    154
- Chapter 2 Other Activities
  156
  - Participants Qualifications
    157
  - RW Tandem Briefing
    157
  - CRW Procedures
    158
  - If You Delay Drogue Deployment
    158
Section 6 - Appendix

160
- Replacing the Drogue Ripcord System (Main Container Is Open and Unpacked) (Install Time: 3-5Min)
  161
- Sigma Tandem "Pin Check"
  161
- Installing a New Sigma Drogue Kill Line
  162
- Tandem Water Landing Procedures
  163
- Tandem Fatality Reports
  165
- Test for Sigma Endorsement
  165
- Line Trim Chart for V384 Line Trim
  166
- Line Trim Charts
  166
  - Line Trim Chart for Sigma 370-395
    167
  - Line Trim Chart for VM 421
    168
  - Line Trim Chart for VM 500
    169
  - Line Trim Chart for VR 360
    170
  - Line Trim Chart for VR 421
    171
  - Line Trim Chart for VS 384-425
    172
  - Line Trim Chart for VT 360-421
    173
  - Line Trim Chart for VT 500
    174

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