Ordnance Factory Board

PARASAIL

Parasailing is an adventurous aero sport. Parasailor along with the Parasail parachute is pulled mechanically by the jeep. The Canopy gets inflated and on further pulling starts ascending in the air like glider upto certain height. At a predetermined height Parachutist is disconnected from the rope and starts descending with the help of Parachute.

SALIENT FEATURES:

MAIN COMPONENTS

Canopy	01
Harness	01
Yoke Assy	01
Release Assy	01
Rope Assy	01
Bag Carrying Nylon	01

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

Design of Canopy	Extended skirt type
Dia of Canopy	7100 mm
No. Of gores / panel	24 / 4
No. Of Rigging Lines	24

BASIC MATERIAL

Fabric Nylon Low Porosity in three colours 52 g conforming to specn. No. ADRDE/Specn/1983/14

Yarn	Nylon 6 or Nylon 66, 30 denier
Thread per cm Warp/Weft	68 ± 5%
Weave	Rip Stop
Mass(Max) gm/m²	52 gm
Air Porosity	600 to 780 cm³/cm²/sec
Breaking Strength	45 Kg

Contact :

Marketing & Export Division
Ordnance Factory Board
Ayudh Bhawan
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
10A, S. K. Bose Road, Kolkata – 700 001, India.

Tel: 0091-33-2248 9027 / 2248 2103 / 2248 5077-80
Fax : 0091-33-2248 1748/2210 8235
Mail : ofbtrade@dataone.in
www.ofb.gov.in