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3.2.49 Flap, locking pin protector. A flap that covers the locking pins and cones to prevent the pack from being opened by any means other than pulling the ripcord.
3.2.50 Flaring. Method of splitting, taping, and stitching the end of webbing to widen it and prevent it from slipping through an adapter.
3.2.51 Glide surfaces, upper and lower. The spanwise panels that form the top and bottom glide surfaces of gliding type parachutes.
3.2.52 Gore. The portion of a canopy between two adjacent suspension lines or radial seams on a round type parachute.
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3.2.53 Grommet. A metal eyelet and washer used as reinforcement around a hole in
3.2.54 Handle, ripcord. A loop/handle, generally of metal or rigid material, that provides a grip for pulling manual actuated ripcord cables on ripcord actuated parachutes.
3.2.55 Hardware. All metal fittings used on parachutes, parachute systems, and suspended loads.
3.2.56 Harness. An arrangement of webbings and hardware designed to conform to the shape of the load in order to secure it properly and to distribute the stress from the opening shock and the weight of the load.
3.2.57 Hem. Fabric folded back upon itself and sewn in this position to form both the peripheral edge and the vent of the canopy.
3.2.58 Hem rigged canopy. A canopy whose suspension lines are attached to the skirt hem and do not pass over the drag-producing surface, generally in reference to round type parachutes.
3.2.59 Hesitator, skirt. A device that restricts the skirt of the canopy, thus preventing inflation until completion of snatch force, at which time the hesitator line breaks and allows inflation of the canopy.
3.2.60 Hook, pack opening, elastic. A small formed steel-wire device attached to each end of a pack-opening elastic that hooks into eyes sewn on the pack.
3.2.61 Housing, ripcord. A flexible metal tube in which the ripcord cable is placed.
3.2.62 Junction. The physical attachment of groups of suspension lines or control lines to each other.
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