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Old 11-14-2006 | 04:13 PM
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Strykaas.
No, not for my shutes. The first i had, was to big.. I stopped instantly [:-], and the chute at the time, had much fewer slots.
Later, i experimented with various sizes, and came up with the one I have now.
It has reinforcements glued and sewed to make each slot / line-attach stronger, or else they will be damaged after some time.
It must be four years ago i started with this I think..

A simple photo of a Norwegian chute, was the only thing i had to stick to. The rest is experiments.
But I haven`t used this model for over two years.. There is a thread here somewhere, of how I made my system and how to make my chute.

Terry Holston got one for his contribution on a tread here on RCU. The best story in this thread, got a chute for free.
But in the end, the decition of the best story was pure bingo.. Also a friend in Hong Kong uses his on the Skymaster F-15. He keeps his in a leather pouce between the nozzles!
Works great!

So a chute with system for the F-16 is available now? It looks good Gerald! [8D]

Gudmund