Date: 10.12.2004 Manual
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It is beyond the scope of this manual to teach you how to deploy, fly, land or maintain this
parachute. The U.S. Parachute Association publishes recommended procedures on
learning to jump and using skydiving equipment. We urge you to learn and follow these
procedures. We also recommend you obtain instruction from a competent USPA-rated
instructor before using this parachute for the first time
Other countries have similar organizations. If you are not in the USA, get instructions
from a competent instructor who is rated by your country's organization.
Jumping this parachute without first receiving thorough and personal instruction
increases the risk of serious injury or death.
Sport parachuting technology and procedures continue to develop rapidly. Although
reasonable care has been made in the preparation of this manual, PV cautions that it
may contain information that may be incorrect or behind current, state-of-the-art
parachute use.
For these reasons, we urge you to work closely with qualified experts (riggers and
instructors) to help you inspect, assemble, pack, use and maintain this parachute. We
also welcome your comments, positive and negative, about our products.
Since parachutes are manufactured and inspected by people, there is always a
possibility this parachute contains defects as a result of human error.Therefore, the
entire parachute system—main and reserve canopies, harness, container, and other
components—must be thoroughly inspected before its first use and before each
subsequent use.
Parachutes get weaker through time for a number of reasons. They receive wear during
packing, deployment and landing. Exposure to many agents, including sunlight, heat and
household chemicals, significantly weakens parachutes. The damage may or may not be
obvious.
To help minimize the risk of parachute failure and possible serious injury or death, the
entire parachute system should be thoroughly inspected at least every 120 days or 50
jumps, whichever comes first. It should be immediately inspected if at any time it is
exposed to a degrading element or unusually hard opening or any time damage may be
suspected.
Remember that some chemicals will continue to degrade the parachute long after initial
exposure. Regular and thorough inspections are necessary to insure the structural
integrity, reliability and flight characteristics of the system are maintained.
Always know the entire life history of every part of your parachute system. That way you
will know no part has been exposed to an element that may seriously weaken or damage
it.
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