the cords are grouped into 4 (front L&R: rear L&R) and when the chute is stuffed into the bag after the flight, having the knots keeps them all in order, and stops them getting intertwined. When setting up, it is just an easy process of unfolding the slip knots.
I picked up a used powered parachute yesterday and the pull rope broke when I was testing the compression on it. I watched this video and very easily replaced the rope in about 15 minutes. Very helpful.
Thanks for posting this video. Brings back many memories as I worked as a geologist on the area back in 1981. Worked with a great crew and the people of Baralaba were tops.
John Conte at Aerochute Industries supplied it when I purchased my machine. It's a Lynx headset system that is able to handle VHF and UHF radios at the same time (useful if wanting to coordinate with a ground station whilst flying)....I've had mine for 3 years and have been very happy with it. Good quality sound when talking to the passenger with it on. Radio is a Vertex Standard...which just plugs into the Lynx gear nicely.
There is a course??? (of course a course: there is always someone willing to charge to tell others how to do things). I just got a radio training book from the folks at Aerochute, read it, and then sat the exam with a flying instructor (who, when satisfied you know what you are on about, just sends it onto RA-Aus to be added to your list of endorsements). Then it's just a matter of practice...I make my kids do the "calls" when we leave the driveway even!!
Thanks for the reply. No need to move, in a couple of years it'll be tropical in Melbourne anyway :) I'm thinking about doing my radio course but a tad expensive, I don't fly from controlled airstrips and a course seems hard to find. Would be handy though and anything to make safer and I'm keen.
re. the absence of gloves...don't tell my flight instructor (he was always very big on gloves and I usually do wear them just in case I need to pull chute lines manually - rather than keeping off the cool). re jealous...perhaps you should move :) re. radio. YES they are a requirement when flying from Caboolture....and necessary; from the video you can see the intersecting runways? well at ground level you can't see the approaches to the other runways, so you rely on radio calls to keep safe.
Thanks for the great flight. And a dawn flight with no gloves makes me jealous. Just wondering was that a radio I saw? Do you need one to fly at Caboolture?
no..i had a habit of lugging my aerochute along the ground by the foot rest over uneven ground...and i managed to twist the frame: it's only just bolts so easily fixed. It should run striaght and true along the ground. I put this clip up to show some folks my problem, who then advised me how to fix it. I now remove my solo weight before moving my craft and the problem hasn't happened again. You live and learn ;)
