Sigma TANDEM VECTOR - Drogue and Ripcord Systems

SIGMA TANDEM SYSTEM OWNER’S MANUAL
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Section 2: Equipment • Chapter 1 - Description 11301 - 00.00.0000
DROGUE DEFINITIONS
Exterior – Top Down
1. Handle – The 1-5/8in ball, connected to the apex of the drogue envelope, used to deploy the drogue.
2. Envelope – The fabric and mesh portion of the drogue. Its top is called the apex, its bottom the base.
3. Bridle – The doubled, 1¾ ”, 4,000 lb. Kevlar section that leads from the envelope to the deployment bag
connection loop.
4. Safety Pin – A compound-curved pin connected to the bridle, designed to prevent accidental
main container openings.
5. Disk – A 5” aluminum disk, with a 1” flanged chimney.
5.5 Disk Cover – Designed to protect disk..
6. Disk Attachment Loop - A loop on the Kevlar drogue bridle to which the disk is attached with a stainless steel pin,
held in place with two flat head screws. A 3/32” hex drive is required to tighten or loosen screws. (inclosed)
7. Drogue Bridle Loop – The loop at the end of the Kevlar drogue bridle, to which the deployment bag is attached.
8. Bag Attachment Loop – A loop of tubular Nylon at the top of the main deployment bag where both the bridle and
kill line are attached by means of a #5 stainless rapid link.
Interior – Top Down
9. Kill Line Attachment Bridle – A 9” length of 1” Nylon tape that serves as an attachment point for the kill line, and
limits the degree of collapse if a kill line is accidentally made too short.
10. Kill Line – A length of 1,000 lb. Vectran/Spectra line, with a 1” loop at each end, that runs inside the Kevlar drogue
bridle from the kill line attachment bridle to the rapid link at the bag attachment loop.
11. Drogue Set Limiter Tapes –Two pieces of 1” Nylon tape that run from the drogue apex to the drogue skirt. This
saves wear and tear on the drogue bridle and kill line by limiting the distance they slide on each other during
drogue collapse.
12. Kill Line Guide Grommet – A “0” stainless steel grommet at the base of the drogue envelope which directs the kill
line into the Kevlar drogue bridle preventing wear. It also serves as an emergency stop for the kill line attachment
bridle if the kill line is accidentally made too short.
13. Disk Attachment Pin – A threaded stainless steel rod, used to attach the disk to the bridle, using 2, 3/32” hex drive
screws.