Support – Container Sizing Guide – Quick Tips

August 10, 20170

These are the criteria for canopy compatibility.

Canopies not listed on our chart can be packed if they meet these criteria.

Reserve Container:

  • Your riser cover tuck tabs should not be pulling out (too much bulk up top)
  • Your reserve pin cover tongue should be fully inserted and laying flat, not bent (too large of a reserve or too long of a loop)
  • Your reserve pilot chute should not wobble when you press on it (not fully compressed)
  • The force required to move the ripcord pin should be less than 22 lbs

* FAA-AC-105-2E:  Do not install a canopy of lesser or greater pack volume than the intended design criteria for the specific size of container, since it could adversely affect the proper functioning of the entire parachute assembly.

Main Container:

  • Your main grommets should not be visible when your pin cover is closed (main closing loop too long)
    • G4.1 / G4.2 / G4.3 : The main closing loop standard setting is 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the washer to the end.  It may be adjusted, but should not be longer than 2 inches (5 cm) from the washer to the end.
    • G3 / W / RTS : The main closing loop standard setting is 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the washer to the end.  It may be adjusted, but should not be longer than 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) from the washer to the end.
  • The sides of the rig should not have large dents (main bag not fully rotated into pack tray)
  • Every Mirage container size has a custom fitted main bag.  If you use a different bag, your main will probably not fill the container correctly.
  • The closing loop should not go slack and the pin should not move when the main container is firmly pressed, squeezed or kneeled on (loop is too long or main is too small)
  • The rig should not look pregnant (main is too large)

 

Your Mirage should look good!

Choose your container for the canopies you will be packing into it now, not the ones you might be packing into it later.

If you get a rig that is too short, the canopies will just bulge out the front and the rig will look pregnant.

An overstuffed rig looks bad.