UNIT MAINTENANCE 24-FOOT DIAMETER TROOP CHEST RESERVE (T-10R) PARACHUTE AND THE MIRPS SHAKEOUT AND AIRING

TM 10-1670-269-23&P 0008 00 0008 00-1 UNIT MAINTENANCE 24-FOOT DIAMETER TROOP CHEST RESERVE (T-10R) PARACHUTE AND THE MIRPS SHAKEOUT AND AIRING THIS TASK COVERS: Shakeout Airing INITIAL SETUP: Tools Brush, Scrub, Household (Item 3, WP 0044 00) Equipment Condition Parachute suspended. Personnel Required Two, 92R (10) Parachute Rigger SHAKEOUT The shakeout will be accomplished by a two-or three-person team either indoors within a shakeout room or outdoors at a shakeout tower. Each parachute will be suspended by the canopy vent and all debris removed by shaking the canopy thoroughly or by brushing with a dry, soft-bristled brush as detailed below: 1. With assistance from the no. 2 person, no. 1 person will connect the snap on a pulley rope to canopy apex lines. 2. Through use of the pulley rope, no. 2 person will raise the canopy to a suitable height, which will enable the no. 1 person to perform shakeout on each of the canopy gores. Until the gore shaking process is completed, the no. 2 person will maintain a steady pull on the pulley rope to hold the suspended canopy at working height needed by the no. 1 person. No. 1 Person Snap No. 2 Person Bridle Line