As the lead flight engineer I was tasked with learning to pack the parachute for the Bramor. For this week me and systems integrator, Ian Wiley practiced packing the parachute. The packing guide consisted over 35 steps. We first started out by hand deploying the parachute, after that we made room on a desk so we could have room to fold it. Step by step, me and Ian followed the procedure taking notes of what would be good to have in an instructional video. We were able to pack it twice during the time of our lab. The first time packing was much more difficult than the second, due to us never packing this parachute before. The most difficult part we agree would be the most important part. The weaving of the cords at the end. If the cords are tangled then the parachute could have a chance of not being deployed, causing the Bramor to potentially take a very hard landing. This is the step me and Ian are working on the hardest due to the difficulty of it.
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Bramor Parachute packed
(the most important aspect is the cords being woven correctly so it deploys) |
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| Bramor Parachute during packing (1st attempt) |
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| During this phase of the packing, we separated the 8 gores into a neat pile. |
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