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Keep paracord
Ewing style locking loop
Plan: Add a cylinder to the top of the bag for the stowed lines to slide into. The cylinder will have another mouth on top to close the lines. When packing the parachute, the cylinder can be rolled down.
Goals:
Make new locking loop
- Make a bight test article
- Make a rubber bands compatible lines container
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Line Stow Sewing Procedure
The loops are space 1/2" apart from each other
Materials: 1/2" polypropylene webbing, fabric, 1/2" electrical tape
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- Mark the fabric with a ballpoint pen
- Mark the webbing with the tape on the places where it will be sewed down
- Pin the webbing to the fabric on either one side of the tape (the pins should not be on the tape)
- Sew the webbing on. The stitches should be on the edges of the tape
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- Takes a while
- Add marks on the fabric on either side of the webbing. The sewn lines were not quite parallel.
Packing:
- Fold the lines into a loop and pull through the webbing loops with another piece of paracord. Repeat, weaving the lines back and forth across the fabric.
| Hermes I | Hermes II | ||
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