Unstable 8 #1 February 29, 2012 I wanted to post my accomplishment of finally finishing my chest rating! I've been working on it off an on now for about 2 years, but I finally got out to Mt Vernon MO to spend a Saturday with Bob Fiesty and take the practical test. I started working on this additional rating as practice sewing for a MR qualification as well as sewing/repair practice. Easy exam, it was supervised by a representative from the FAA FSDO office in Kansas City who was responsible for A&P & rigging exams in this part of the country. I've collected a number of chest reserves, all in beautiful condition: 1. 2 T-10R, 1 dated 1998 with the MIRPS installed. The second is from 1978 and in questionable condition. 2. Cazar Pop-top chest reserve identicle to it's Strong Enterprises Counterpart, almost Stitch-by-stitch. I rebuilt this as sewing practice with all new hardware, built new risers, and a new poptop compliments of Jumpshack. 3. United States Airforce C-12 Automatic Chest, complete with blast handle and working F-12 opener. 4. 1978 North American Aerodynamics Chest which I rebuilt with rotating cones (the Mil-spec MS22048-C1 grommets are hard to set without the obsolete die ~ I would love to find the die at some old army surplus joint) If anything, this has been fantastic repair practice and a fun collection.=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #2 February 29, 2012 Congrats! I recently packed a T-10 MIRPS - an interesting change from the older style chest mounts. (I had it easy -- being grandfathered in to pack anything according to the Canadian rules in place when I got my rating. There are more separate qualifications now.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #3 February 29, 2012 Hi Shaun, I see in the T10-R photo you have your tension board hooked to the cross connector. I am thinking that this is because the lines are directly attached to the snaps. Faced with this years ago, I built the adaptor shown in the attached photo. This allows you to put tension onto the lines directly using your tension board. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 8 #4 February 29, 2012 Thank! The lines are directly attached to the snaps, so none of my tensioning equipment hooked to the rig easily ~ smart connector ~ I may dig now in my box of hardware and see if I can find something to replicate that.=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
