HANDBURY ULTRALIGHT PARACHUTE

[africapete 0]

Somebody dropped off a Handbury ultralight parachute at the airfield I fly out of - the packing slip has only one entry stating that it was packed on 7/28/1983 by Jim Handbury. It says Make UC 28 HPC serial # 7/83. It has a carabiner attached to a steel cable and we were wondering if that would be attached to the airframe and how it would be deployed - presumably by feeding the material into the airstream ? In pristine condition - I seem to recall that Handbury made a sport rig too ?

[airtwardo 6]

Haven't seen one of those since....about 83!


IIRC ~ yes the 'biner clipped to the main T yoke thingie.

You tore the red handle down and threw the 'deployment' bag into the spin. there was a single tether that went up to the suspension lines. 22' canopy maybe?


And yes Jim had a sport rig also about that time...I got one new in the bag!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JerryBaumchen 1,048]

Hi Jim,

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I got one new in the bag!

Did your rig have the Dacron ripcord cable?

Jim & Gary were the first to use something other than standard s/s cable.

JerryBaumchen

[riggerrob 558]

Yes,
That emergency rig was designed to be worn by hang-glider or ultra-light pilots. They just tossed to deployment bag through a gap in the wires and hoped for it to inflate.
That concept eventually evolved into modern ballistic recovery systems.

[Krip 2]

africapete

Somebody dropped off a Handbury ultralight parachute at the airfield I fly out of - the packing slip has only one entry stating that it was packed on 7/28/1983 by Jim Handbury. It says Make UC 28 HPC serial # 7/83. It has a carabiner attached to a steel cable and we were wondering if that would be attached to the airframe and how it would be deployed - presumably by feeding the material into the airstream ? In pristine condition - I seem to recall that Handbury made a sport rig too ?

Nice looking rig, it looks like it was custom made to fit you.

Let us know how it works for you, with pics if your not to busy

Enjoy

One Jump Wonder

[PROGRESSIVE 0]

If I were doing CReW, I have something like this, with the exception of having a low pack volume PDA as a tertiary chute.

Pete

[frontfloater 0]

One of these just came up on Ebay : item 183008222745. I have no idea whether the price is reasonable, or wildly optimistic. Could it still be used, if it passes a rigger test? Would anyone WANT to use it, even if it did pass?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Parachute/183008222745?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D51594bc3a8f94a65892439d50a53764d%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D162810452608&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507

[IanHarrop 37]

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Parachute/183008222745?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160727114228%26meid%3D51594bc3a8f94a65892439d50a53764d%26pid%3D100290%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D162810452608&_trksid=p2060778.c100290.m3507

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[davissl 0]

I bought this one last weekend from a lady in Spring. She said it belonged to her late grandfather in California. I have a Weedhopper and want to start going aloft with some protection. I got interested in the Handbury Rig when I saw a video of Jim handbury cutting the cables on an MX so the wing would fail. I have searched for that video many times since and I do not remember how I found it last time. Can anyone direct me to that video?