Original Swift Lines

[JohnGraham 0]

Hi y'all!
As far as I understand, some of the lines (just 2?) on an original swift 5-cell reserve will come detatched after opening (correct me if I've got this wrong please!). Can anyone tell me some more about this? I was just wondering how this worked - do they come detatched from the riser or the canopy, how are they attatched in such a way, why is this so, etc.
Can't seem to find a copy of the manual on-line. Would appreciate any information anybody can give on this!

[outlawphx 1]

That would of freaked me out! I had a Swift 175 5-Cell reserve for 350 jumps, but luckily I never saw it...

[councilman24 37]

It's the break lines that are involved, not the suspension lines. The locking loop for the break lines is on an extension of the cascade half way up the lines. You pull that down, lock the breaks and stow the extra line that leads to the toggle. When release every thing stretches back out but there is a "tail" with the locking loop hanging behind. You had to be careful to route the locking loop though the appropriate grommet to the riser.

This is the jest of the system. Also the cascades on were not finger trapped. They were lines were layed on top of each other and stitched.

I'm old for my age.
Terry Urban
D-8631
FAA DPRE

[nitrochute 2]

if i remember correctly from my days at para flite, there are a total of 3 lines attached to the tail on each side.the outboard and inboard ones are only used during deployment. (brake lines).once the brakes are released, these "deadlines" as they were called ,are no longer used.they are finger trapped into the remaining one line ,so it is not as if they fly away.this arrangement came about because the swift reserve needed all that tail pulled down for deployment but would turn too quickly if the extra lines were used for steering as well.thus the deadlines are so long that you would have to reel in several feet of steering line to put tension on them once released.(i once saw the late "fang "fenimore actually do this once,pulling the finger trap junction thru the guide ring.when he released the toggle ,the junction jammed in the ring.too low to cut awy he rode it in pulling the opposite toggle to counter the spin.but it was just so much input the canopy was pretty much in a constant stall.he landed in trees and had so much momemntum he and the canopy just came rite on thru to the ground.(uninjured).
biggest problem as far as packing,is the dead lines must be able to blow back behind without wrapping around the 3rd steering line.i have seen several that were not properly set up when installed on a rig.