The paper presents a new design concept of the harness/container assembly for sport parachutes. It can be used with
reserve parachutes and main parachutes of different volumes. So the assembly will be multifunctional. The container
is the subassembly that keeps the main and reserve parachute canopies in a folded condition, together with the
suspensions lines, the deployment device and the pilot chute in the reserve and main compartments. The harness, or
suspension system, ensures the link between the parachute jumper and the canopies and supports the weight of the
parachute jumper.
Currently, container parachute manufacturers produce containers whose compartments have a well-defined volume and
dedicated to a particular type of parachute with the same volume in folded state.
The new concept consists in the design and development of a harness/container assembly with variable volume compartments. Thus it is possible to have a multifunctional container usable with canopies of different volume in a folded
state.
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