Hang Gliding
- Articles - Deployment,
a check list
by Betty Pfeiffer
The following are Bag considerations that should be checked:
| Deployment Bag | Okay if … | Not Okay |
| Handle | Sewn securely to the deployment bag | Sewn without reinforcement |
| Has Safety pins attached | No safety pins attached | |
| Safety Pins | Curved with smooth ends | Have burrs on the end of the pin |
| Are made from solid wire or die cut with smooth edges | Are made from clevis pins or cable | |
| Line stowage | Lines are enclosed in the deployment bag or a separate line pocket on the deployment bag. | Lines are stowed on the outside of the deployment bag with rubber bands |
| Bag | Easily releases drom the harness | It gets caught up in the harness container |
| Parachute Container Items | ||
| Grommets | Grommets for safety lock bungees allow bungees to release easily. | Grommets are too small for bungee to release safety pin easily. |
| Safety pins release easily when handle is pulled | The safety pins do not release easily. | |
| Attachment To Harness | Sewn securely to the harness. | The parachute container is sloppy and the top Velcro bucjkles when the pilot tries to deploy the parachute. |
| Opening/Closing flap | Has 1" Velcro loop and pile closing the container. | Has too much Velcro for the pilot to deploy easily. |
| Has safety lock system. | Does not have a safety lock system. | |
| Pin/Flap arrangement secures container | ||
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