Parachute Id

[outdoorcode]

I have just got a parachute for a shelter, they are supposed to be 1 man chutes, but it seems a tad large (can barley lift it) it came with a label with the following description :

SC15 MK2 PARA ASSY - any idea what these are used for ? i.e chucking landrovers out the back of hercules or are army issue parachutes just very big & heavy?

Any info greatly recieved

Andrew

 

[Batfink]

IIRC, the Irvin SC15 parachute is a low altitude cargo chute - As such it's got to deal with a lot of pretty big forces and strains. To cope with this it's got bags of reinforcements which you wouldn't normally deal with on a single man job - like the normal lightweight ones.

 

[Pignut]

I have a chute for shelters etc it is not that heavy! I am sure mine is a one man job!

 

[andyn]

http://www.asglobal.com/pdfs/SC8-14-15-20.pdf Has some info about the SC15 in it. Like Batfink said, it sounds like a cargo chute.

 

[outdoorcode]

Just measured it and its 25ft

 

[outdoorcode]

someone borrwoed the company camera, so here's one from my mobile

 

[Batfink]

That's.... errrrrrr... big!

 

[jdlenton]

That picture makes me think that it might be the same as the big one Tony has, the one that was used over the fire at last years summer moot.

James

 

[Nemisis]

Now this has real potential anyone got a spare herc? lol
Dave.

 

[Longstrider]

Well that would help stop Eric getting his van stuck again We could arrange for the RAF to airlift his gear into the next meet !

 

[Nemisis]

He might need a stronger harness rather than the seatbelt lol
Dave.