ScotchLead

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Gear

  • Main Canopy Size
    230
  • Main Canopy Other
    MC-4
  • Reserve Canopy Size
    218
  • Reserve Canopy Other
    MS-360
  • AAD
    Cypres 2

Jump Profile

  • Home DZ
    X35
  • License
    D
  • License Number
    118
  • Licensing Organization
    PCA
  • Number of Jumps
    1705
  • Years in Sport
    58
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Style and Accuracy

Ratings and Rigging

  • Rigging Back
    Master Rigger
  • Rigging Chest
    Master Rigger
  • Rigging Seat
    Master Rigger
  1. October 1959, I was a naval aviation cadet. I scronged up B4 back parachute and a chest parachute. I had some Navy riggers put D rings on the B4 And went looking for an airplane. I found a crop duster with a Cessna 170 and he took me up to 1500 feet. He didn't wanna fly any higher. When I could see the DZ I climbed out and pulled. No Mods, no Sleeve, no Brains. But Saint Michael came through. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  2. Don, If you can send it to me at the National Parachute Test Center I will scan it and send it back with a CD. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  3. The SF-10A packing instructions are found in the Army tech manual for the MC-6 TM 10-1670-327-23-p/ It can be downloaded from here; http://www.vssm.org/tor/tm-10-1670-327-23-p/ The latest T-10R tech manual is TM 10-1670-269-23&P It can be downloaded from here: http://www.vssm.org/tor/tm-10-1670-269-23p/ If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll send it to you copies. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  4. Did you find your Manual yet. We have a couple, I could you a Copy, via Snail Mail. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  5. The ones I have are from 2003, but I believe that they were originally introduced in the late 80s along with the MT1X. They have split stabilizers, 0-3cfm Nylon & 600lb flat braid Dacron. It looks like a modification of the MC-4. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  6. Who's got any info or specs on the DC-7 Canopy by ParaFlite? Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  7. You have just found the "right person", in fact its a group of Right Persons. We operate the National Parachute Test Center and are slowly coming out of the Closet after >20 years of operation at the same undisclosed location. We have and maintain the MT-1XX, MT-1XS, MC-4 & MC-5. The canopies are all the same Lissaman 7808 profile. The S canopy is a 260, 5 cell, while the X, 4 & 5 are 360, 7 cell canopies. Additionally, we have incorporated P/Ds MS-360, an elliptical 9 Cell, in the MC-4 system with outstanding results. I would be happy to quote parts and availability for any system or parts thereof. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300
  8. Maybe I can add a little something to the Rocket Jet Release subject. The name "Release" is appropriate for two reasons. First it is a name given to it by its manufacture and secondly it is designed her release one riser while being dragged in the water or on land. I first encountered them on the early Martin Baker Ejection Seats. In the early sixties I flew them in the F8 Crusader & the F4D Skyray. As Noted before in this Forum, the Rocket Jet Release was used to connect the pilot's Torso Harness to the Martin Baker risers. This is required because the Martin Baker parachute was packed within the Ejection Seat. The secondary purpose of the Rocket Jet Release was to allow a crew member who had ejected to release one riser if he was being dragged, primarily in the water or on land. There was no cotter pin on any of the Rocket Jets I ever saw They were replaced by the Koch fitting, a more robust and functional Connection/Release. Also, as mentioned in this Forum, they were on the reserve for the Pro Para Twin. In January 65 the Marine Corps Parachute Team received 10 of these new systems with Para-Commanders. They functioned as designed and if clean were easy to release. The team made well over 4000 jumps in its eight month existence with 10 or 12 malfunctions requiring a cutaway. Two of the team members used the reserve as a chest mount, the other eight of us wore them on the back. I do not recall having to repack the reserve to reposition it from chest to back. I do recall that there was a glove snap on the riser and fixed the position in length of the riser and I believe it was the same whether mounted on the chest or the back. I continued to use the Para Twin well into the seventies and never had an issue with the Rocket Jets when used as designed. They were not designed for a cutaway and speaking from experience, I would offer that you not use them for that purpose. I incorporated them in a very short set of risers to allow me to cutaway a chest mounted reserve which I was deploying into a malfunctioning 7-TU. The Rocket Jet Releases do not release simultaneously. And with one Rocket Jet loaded under full body weight it can cock into position that makes it very difficult to detach. I quickly replaced them with the Koch fittings even though they were bulkier. I still have some, along with most everything else from the dark ages, though I couldn't find a Para Twin in my Gear Locker. Scotch Lead National Parachute Test Center Life has it Highs & Lows Mine are 44,100 & 300