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Home: news: Gear: Service Bulletin - Icon Harness Container Cutaway Cable and Cable Housing
Service Bulletin - Icon Harness Container Cutaway Cable and Cable HousingPosted Sun Mar 13 2005By Aerodyne International ISSUE DATE: 11 th MARCH 2005 STATUS: MANDATORY - To be actioned before next jump by a qualified Rigger. IDENTIFICATION: ALL ICON HARNESS / CONTAINERS PART NUMBERS: C125 BACKGROUND: Ground testing of a ICON Harness Container revealed a Hard Cutaway. The Hard Cutaway was attributed to Dirty Cutaway Housings and Dirty Cutaway Cables. The incident is localized to and individual Drop Zone. The individual Drop Zone is in an excessively sandy (fine beach sand) and windy environment. SERVICE BULLETIN: CLEANING THE CUTAWAY CABLE AND CUTAWAY CABLE HOUSING. Fit the Container as per normal and completely remove the Cutaway Cable checking for any abnormality. With the Cutaway Cable removed pass a thin line up thru each Cutaway Housing. Now once the piece of line has passed thru the Cutaway Housing attach a suitably size (± 1” x 7” / 25mm x 175mm), piece of clean cotton cloth soaked in paraffin to the end of the piece of string and pull thru the Cutaway Housing. Perform this to both the left and right hand side Cutaway Housings. Clean the Cutaway Cable (Yellow Cable) with Paraffin. Ensure that the Cutaway Cable is completely clean and all the dark marks on the Cutaway Cable are removed. Refit the cutaway cable. Fit the container as per normal and perform 3 Cutaways completely removing the Cutaway Cable each time. Clean the Cutaway Cable with Paraffin between each test. Ensure Cutaway Cable is routed and fitted correctly. If any queries or questions please contact manufacturer AUTHORITY: AERODYNE SYSTEMS AEROSPACE (Pty) Ltd 29 Duiker Road Canelands 4340 South Africa Tel +27 32 533 0333 Fax +27 32 533 0262 e-mail d.hayhurst@aerodyne-int.com web www.aerodyne-int.com Service Bulletin SB 110305 Download Service Bulletin SB 110305 (PDF)
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