MC-4 Parts

[kenneth21441 0]

Anyone have an ideal of where to get some parts for the MC4. I recently came across a used MC4 that is missing the main and reserve ripcord, cut away handle/ cables, main and reserve deployment bag.

Thanks,

Ken.

Kenneth Potter
FAA Senior Parachute Rigger
Tactical Delivery Instructor (Jeddah, KSA)
FFL Gunsmith

[Anvilbrother 0]

If you are not wanting a ripcord system I would convert it to BOC. If you do I have a Main ripcord and Main spring PC

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[xlh883 0]

I have gotten most of my parts on Ebay, but the handles are the most difficult to find. I got lucky and was able to bu ya black MT-1X harness from Ebay a while back and got 2 uncut canopies through Ebay also.

Check your DZ to. I bought a complete MC-4 system a couple months ago for $250. The guy was tired of it.

I haven't been able to jump either system yet, so don't ask.

The MC-4 needs a repack and the MT-1X needs to be put together. Will do it when life settles down soon.

If you PM me, I will send you someone's name and emaill address in Florida. I got my canopies from him.

David

[highspeeddirt 0]

Have you tried para flite?

[ripcord4 0]

Para-Flite will not sell their military items to skydivers. They are having fits as it is with so many MC-4's on the civilian market. Canopies and harnesses are fairly easy and cheap to come by, but the bags and handles are scarce and expensive. Many MT-1XX and MC-4 rigs are on e-bay at times but most are incomplete.

[Anvilbrother 0]

I would love for them to sell them to us I would buy one today! I have owned 2 and loved them for their ability to handle alot of weight and speed for big guys.

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[ripcord4 0]

Yep, I have 2 and they are fun to jump - but heavy.It would be good if Para-Flite would sell parts, but no joy there!

[Anvilbrother 0]

47 lbs with fxc 12000 and a boc mod

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[ripcord4 0]

My MC-4 with ripcords and no AAD is 49#. Hmmm....

[Anvilbrother 0]

No telling. I did not have a spring PC for main anymore, or a main R/C that might count for some weight, but I did have a brick 12000 that would offset that lol.

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[ripcord4 0]

Probably just the usual manufacturing tolerance.

[Broke 0]

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Anyone have an ideal of where to get some parts for the MC4. I recently came across a used MC4 that is missing the main and reserve ripcord, cut away handle/ cables, main and reserve deployment bag.

Thanks,

Ken.

Someone you might want to get in touch with is Sally Hathaway at Paragon Rigging in Z-Hills. IIRC when I was going through AFF and on to my A she did work on a military rig for a jumper there.

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[ripcord4 0]

It was probably mine - she packs my MC-4 reserves for me.

[TowerTopper 0]

Para-Gear in Skokie, IL deals with the MC-4 and parts also. I don't know if they limit who they will sell to or to what extent of spare parts they carry, I do know that they have the handles. http://www.Para-Gear.com

[xlh883 0]

I tried them awhile back about a D-bag and they said they would not sell to me. Unless it is in their catalog, they won't sell it.

David

[ripcord4 0]

Same here - no go with Para Gear. These items are very hard to find in original GI mil-spec. Pilot chutes can be swapped ( Grabber, 44 Magnum, etc) but everything else should be GI. Intact, complete rigs are getting scarcer all the time. Ripcords are listed in P/G's catalog but they won't sell them to civilians.

[chemokine 0]

I sent an inquiry to paragear about getting the main and reserve of my mc4 relined. I take it based on what is being posted here, they wont reline it for a civie? In that case, are civilian riggers able to reline or where can I go for that?

This rig is in fantastic shape. A friend sold it to me. It just needs relining, a reserve packjob, and its basically good to go.


~Tim

[JerryBaumchen 1,451]

Hi chemokine,

Try contacting Paragon Rigging at Z'hills for a reline.

Jerry

[ripcord4 0]

I would say any properly rated rigger could reline your MC-4 canopies. The hard part is finding the line sets. Why would your reserve need relining? Chances are, it has never been used.

[chemokine 0]

The lines were demil'd - cut off and removed. They do that when rigs are released from military quartermaster or lofts. I have a few Mc-1s (airborne static line 35 foot parabolic combat rigs) that once were de-mil'ed as well, and a rigger ends up having to remedy that.

And to concur, the reserve, like main, is in mint condition.

~Tim

[chemokine 0]

Thanks Jerry, will do!

~Tim

[Broke 0]

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It was probably mine - she packs my MC-4 reserves for me.

I Don't believe so since the person jumping the rig had about 50 jumps. Why can't I remember his name?
He kept saying, "Hello my American friends." With a mid eastern accent.

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[Davemon 0]

Try North American Aerodynamics they make MC-4 and may sell parts. 336-599-9266 ask for Kathy Martin

[highspeeddirt 0]

try warren eichhorn at parachute equipment corp .he may be able to help.(www.paraequip.com)

[piperl4 0]

Looking for Olive Drab MC-4 container, I have plenty of canopies but not against another set either. Handles a plus. PM with price and condition or pics.
Thanks