Flying High Manufacturing Inc.

The Sidewinder

The Sidewinder harness/container is a very comfortable system, designed to last you for years and thousands of jumps. Each Sidewinder is custom made for you and your canopies. Supplied with container are: main risers and toggles, ripcord and cutaway handles, main and reserve pilot chutes/bridles/deployment bags and owner's manual. We received an FAA TSO (C23c Cat B), in Dec 1992. This guarantees the performance standard and continued quality control you need in a harness/container system.

Standard Features are:

Standard or mini 3ring release system	Velcroless flap closing
1pin reserve	Molar free bag
Double-wide legstraps and padding	Custom colors and sizes
Step-in harness	Covered risers and housings
Choice of pilot chute deployment	Cypres / Astra setup

Optional Features are:

Reserve Static Line (RSL), FXC setup	B-12 snaps, quick ejectors
Articulating ring harness, stainless steel hardware	Collapsible main pilot chute, leather hackey
Monogramming	Contact us for your special requirements

Specifications:

Container Sizes

Two basic planforms

Standard size 13" across at shoulders, 15" across at bottom, with varying lengths and thicknesses to suit jumper and canopies.

Narrow size 12" across at shoulders, 12" across at bottom, with varying lengths and thicknesses to suit jumper and canopies.

Weight

6.5 lbs., depending on size and options

Harness webbing

Mil-W-4088h T-13R, rated at 7000lbs per side

Activation/deployment

Main	Throw-out BOC, legmount, bellyband, or pull-out
Reserve	Left hand stainless steel ripcord handle

Container fabric

Cordura or nylon duck

Colors

Wide variety of color combinations for container

The Sidewinder incorporates a "unibody" construction, where the harness is an integral part of the container. This helps spread out the load during deployment. The container is of modular construction, which helps in assembly and repair; the entire container can be broken down in 20 minutes for major flap replacement. The container is of double wall construction with laminated foam backed taffeta inside. This makes for extra comfort in the padding, eases out wrinkles from poor pack jobs, and hides stitch lines. Velcro has been eliminated on the closing flaps, with tuck tabs incorporated throughout. Flap stiffeners are either HDPE or Nylatron MDS, with stainless grommets on all flaps. The bottom internal reserve flap separates your reserve dbag from your Cypres or Astra. Double wide legstraps provide the structural soundness and rigidity to hold the padded legpads in place for extreme comfort under canopy.