Various aspects of soft goods where manufactured by using on hand material and the sewing machines at Metropolis(6C-006B):
These items are:
- Drogue parachutes
- Parachute Liners( Booster main and Sustainer Main)
Lessons Learned:
- Metropolis offers sewing training slots on their website
- In the interests of saving time; never ever, under any circumstances use a double needle. The Sewing machines at Metropolis are cranky and can sense fear. Attempting to stitch with a double needle results in many wasted hours fixing the machine as your thread bundles up and breaks the machine. If, for added stitch strength purposes, a double stitch is desirable it is advised to instead do two rows of single stitches.
- Seam allowances and automatic bobbin winding are useful skills not taught in Metropolis sewing training.