United Parachute Technologies Vector 3 - Pre-Jump Equipment Check

VECTOR3MANUAL
MAN‐004REV7.2837/20/2017
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HOW TO USE THE VECTOR 3
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ThischapterprovidesspecificproceduresforusingtheVector3.Itisnotatrainingsyllabus.Itistheresponsibilityof
theownertopossessthespecificknowledgerequiredtomakeasafeskydive,includinghowtousetheirequipment 
properly.Thiskindofknowledgecanonlybegainedby
personalprofessionalinstruction.
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SUGGESTED TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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ItisessentialthatanyonejumpingaVector3forthefirsttimepracticenormalandemergencyproceduresonthe
ground.Practicingnormalandemergencyproceduresshouldbeperformedusingtrainingaidsthatsimulatethe
equipmenttobeusedintheair.Ifrequired,UnitedParachuteTechnologiescanprovidea
Vector3trainingharness.It
isequippedwithsimulatedcutawayhandles,reservehandlesandmaindeploymenthandlesthatarelocatedinthe
samepositionsastheVector3.Ifyoudecidetobuildyourownpracticeharnessmakesurethemain,reserveand
cutawayhandlesarelocatedinthesamepositions
astheVector3rig.
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PRE-JUMP EQUIPMENT CHECK
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Theequipmentcheckshouldfollowalogicalorder.Forexample:toptobottom,fronttoback.
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STARTINGATTHEFRONT:
 Makesurethe3‐Ringsystemisassembledcorrectlyandfreeofanydirtorotherforeignmatter.
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 Checkthepositionofthecutawayhandleandreserveripcord
handle.Donotremovethemfromtheirpockets
unlessyoususpectaproblem,asthisputsunnecessarywearonthehookandloopfastener.Ensurethatthe
cheststrapisnotthreadedthroughthereserveripcordhandle.
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 Ifyoustepintoyourharness,checkthelegstrapstomake
surethattheyarethreadedcorrectly.Shouldyou
prefertoleavethemunthreadedpriortoputtingonyourgear,makesuretheyarenotwrappedaroundthe
mainliftwebbutratherhangstraightdown.
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 Openthereservecontainerpinprotectorflapbygraspingthesidesoftheflap,
andpullingstraightup.Donot
graspthebottomedgeoftheflap.Thiswillcausetheendoftheflaptocurlup,becomingpermanently
deformedandmoreeasilysnagged.Checkthepin;itshouldbestraightandseatedwellintotheclosingloop.
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 Slidethereserveripcord
cablebackandforthinitshousingtobesureitmoves
freely.
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 Liftthemaincontainerpin‐protectorflapandcheckthecurvedclosingpin.It
mustbeatleasthalfwaythroughtheclosingloop.Makesurethattheyellow
hookandloopfastenerpatchesonthebridle
cordandcontainerflapare
mated.
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NOTE
Whenaskinganother
jumper for a pin
check,makesurethey
also follow proper
procedures.