This site contains all British Skydiving Approved Tandem parachute equipment modifications that have been approved, recorded in the minutes and subsequently ratified at Riggers or Safety and Training Committee meetings. The modifications may be selected and viewed using three criteria; Type, Search, and Sort. Individual modifications have a brief description and may be expanded to show full details. Modifications may also have attached files including text, image and video as appropriate.
‘Type’ refers to a tandem system container and comprises all modifications for that equipment type that have appeared in the British Skydiving Riggers or Safety and Training Committee minutes since 1993. Each modification is as quoted in the applicable minute and sometimes, where necessary, there are references to other items to facilitate a fuller understanding of the modification The ‘Search’ and ‘Sort’ criteria are self-explanatory.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99
Any Tandem Main into any Tandem Container.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99 & STC 10 Feb 00 (Safety Information 1/00)
Any recognised Tandem Main canopy into any BPA accepted Tandem Container.
IMPORTANT: See full wording in Part 2 – Tandem – General section.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99
Any Tandem Main into any Tandem Container.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99 & STC 10 Feb 00 (Safety Information 1/00)
Any recognised Tandem Main canopy into any BPA accepted Tandem Container.
IMPORTANT: See full wording in Part 2 – Tandem – General section.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99
Any Tandem Main into any Tandem Container.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99 & STC 10 Feb 00 (Safety Information 1/00)
Any recognised Tandem Main canopy into any BPA accepted Tandem Container.
IMPORTANT: See full wording in Part 2 – Tandem – General section.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99
Any Tandem Main into any Tandem Container.
RIGGERS 2nd Dec 99 & STC 10 Feb 00 (Safety Information 1/00)
Any recognised Tandem Main canopy into any BPA accepted Tandem Container.
IMPORTANT: See full wording in Part 2 – Tandem – General section.
RIGGERS 28th Sep 00
To fit Paratec handle to Tandem Vector (only for Dave Ballard’s and APA’s Tandem Vector systems) (NOT CLEARED for general use).
4. TANDEM MODIFICATION REQUEST – DAVE BALLARD (NOT CLEARED for general use)
A letter had been received from Dave Ballard, which had been circulated with the Agenda requesting permission to fit a Paratec handle to his Tandem Vector equipment. He had also requested permission to fit the APA?s remaining Tandem Vector with the same modification.
Dave Chapman (Advanced Rigger) would be inspecting Mr Ballard’s modification.
The Chairman advised those present that a letter had been received that morning from Jeff Chandler, which was circulated to those present proposing that this modification be authorised on any Tandem Vector system.
The Committee agreed that before they could consider Jeff’s proposal it would need to go out as a main Agenda item for discussion at another meeting.
It was proposed by Dave Ballard and seconded by Kim Newton that Mr Ballard?s request be accepted.
Carried Unanimously
RIGGERS 7th Dec 00
To use a Vector 360 Tandem Reserve in a Paratec Tandem Next system. (Cleared for all).
This request was originally submitted to the Riggers Committee Meeting of the 28th September 2000. Due however, to application procedural errors, various options were given to Mr Wheatley to be actioned at a future meeting.
1. MINUTES AND MATTERS … (Cleared for All)
Page 2, Item 5 ― Tandem Modification. At the previous meeting the Committee had accepted a request from Richard Wheatley for permission to use a Vector 360 Tandem reserve in a Paratec Tandem Next container on proviso that the equipment was inspected by an independent Advanced Rigger.
The meeting was advised that a letter had been received by John Curtis confirming that he had inspected the equipment in question and in his opinion, he was satisfied that the two systems were compatible.
There being no further matters arising from the previous Minutes, it was proposed by Kim Newton and seconded by Pat Walters that the Minutes of the Riggers Committee Meeting of the 28th September 2000 be accepted as a true record.
Carried Unanimously
Summary
Last Update: From Riggers and Safety and Training Committee meetings 1st Feb 2018.
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Form-212 Approved Tandem Parachute Equipment Modifications
Detail
To ascertain which canopies are cleared for use with a specific container, reference must be made to the modifications for that container type. A type of ‘Canopies Only’ has been included for any individual canopies, main or reserve, which have been approved for Tandem use by STC/Riggers but have no formal Tandem container system associated with them. These have been included for information only as the canopies have not had any modification applied to them.
Officially, any British Skydiving Tandem Modification that is cleared for use at any particular Riggers or STC Committee meeting must be formally ratified at the following Riggers or STC Meeting. These meetings are normally eight weeks apart and ‘officially’, any such Tandem Modification item will not be formally cleared until that ratification.
Important
Some previously recorded clearances have been removed. For the full wording see the item ‘RIGGERS 15th Feb 01’ under type ‘General’.
No reference is made to any formal Safety Notice, Safety Information or Update, that has been issued by an individual manufacturer, unless they require the Riggers or STC to intervene. This is because a manufacturer’s update is not part of the British Skydiving modification programme. Safety Notices and Safety Information sheets may be issued by British Skydiving but these have their own recommendations and/or instructions.