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Warning! |
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Before buying a reserve, ask the following questions... |
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1. Is the reserve certified? |
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2. Which organization certified the reserve? |
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3. What is the physical address of the manufacturer? |
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If you can't get all these answers, do not purchase the reserve. The Apco reserves are listed here. There are several other excellent reserve manufacturers including Gin, Supair, and Icaro. |
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Apco Mayday Reserves Call to order! |
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Mounts in minutes to any paramotor or paraglider harness |
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Apco Aviation started manufacturing the Mayday in 1984, and since then put over 20000 units into service in the Paragliding and Hang Gliding markets. The Mayday has hundreds of life saving deployments to its name, from beginners to world champions.
The Mayday is availabe in several sizes, all available with a short or long bridle, for paragliding, powered paragliding or hang gliding. Apco also manufactures a wide range of accessories for the Maydays. This includes front and side mounted external containers for paragliding as well as external containers for powered paragliding and hang gliding, split bridles, long bridle extensions, UV-sleeves and much more.
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Over the years the basic design and construction tecniques have remained the same - there is nothing to improve on a winning design and best seller. All of the Mayday parachutes are "Flat Circular Pulled Down Apex" in design.
The Mayday has superior construction and materials. The canopy cloth is F111 "zero porosity" ripstop nylon. The skirt and apex skirt is reinforced with 1'mil spec nylon tape, neatly wrapped and stiched with a precision four-needle machine. The line attachments have V-Tab reinforcements, sewn in place with a computerized machine, ensuring consistantly high quality and strength. |
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max
load
kg |
max
load
lbs |
area
m2
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kg |
weight
lbs |
sink
rate
m/s |
certified |
without
external
container |
with
external
container |
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| P/P 16 |
106 |
233 |
23 |
1.890 |
4.16 |
6.3 |
DHV |
$514 |
$650 |
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| P/P 16 Light |
100 |
220 |
23 |
1.490 |
3.28 |
6.15 |
EN |
$634 |
$763 |
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| P/P 16 Super Light |
100 |
220 |
23 |
1.220 |
2.68 |
6.15 |
EN |
$960 |
$1084 |
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| P/P 18 |
120 |
264 |
30 |
2.220 |
4.88 |
5.4 |
SHV |
$568 |
$704 |
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| P/P 18 Super Light |
115 |
253 |
30 |
1.597 |
3.51 |
5.1 |
EN |
$1103 |
$1239 |
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| P/P 20 |
160 |
352 |
37 |
2.690 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
AFNOR |
$644 |
$780 |
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| P/P 20 Super Light |
130 |
286 |
37 |
2.080 |
4.58 |
4.48 |
EN |
$1221 |
$1357 |
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| Tandem |
200 |
440 |
47 |
3.250 |
7.15 |
5.4 |
AFNOR |
$770 |
$902 |
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| Tandem P/P 28 UL |
340 |
748 |
64 |
4.000 |
8.8 |
6.3 |
EN |
$1123 |
$1253 |
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| Horizontal Configuration |
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The new APCO external bag is specially designed for paramotors, to be installed on the top of the frame vertically or horizontally. It will fit any brand of reserve parachute on the market that is manufactured in standard weight cloth. Note that light weight reserves require that manufacturer's specifically designed container and bridal. The Apco container is made of neoprene and includes a double handle. Diaper (inner bag) not included. The Apco External Container comes in two configurations, vertical and horizontal. See photo to the left. |
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| Y Bridal |
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The APCO Y Bridal is webbing that attaches the reserve to the harness with dual attachment points. Many paraglider harnesses have built in bridals, but very few paramotor harnesses include them. If your harness does not have a bridal, you will need one.
The Bridle is made from 6000 pound Nylon Webbing (UV Resistant). The attachment loop is covered with a Teflon sheath to protect it from dangerous friction which may occur during deployment. Finally, the bridle has a line sheath attached to protect the lines where they link to it. |
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| Apco MayDay GMD Steerable Reserve |
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Gores |
16 |
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Area (m2) |
37 |
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Lines |
25 |
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Weight (kg) |
2.9 |
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Load (kg) |
60-130 |
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Sink Rate (m/s) |
2.8 m/s (90kg) |
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Forward Speed |
15 k/h (90kg) |
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Glide Ratio |
~ 1.5 to 1 |
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CEN Certification |
Yes, up to 130kg |
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The Guided Mayday GMD is the latest addition to our world famous range of Mayday emergency parachutes.
G-MD is specially designed to cover a market segment which requires an advanced solution in more difficult cases of flight emergency. The sophisticated, Rogallo type, steerable gliding emergency parachute is now available, after being fully certified by CEN to the new EN norm and approved for up to 130kg.
It is designed for maximum control in emergencies the G-MD mainly targets pilots specialising in high risk applications - ACRO, industry professionals and competition, but is equally appealing to the general pilot market.
GMD deployment sequence designed to function with or without cut-off system for the main wing. It is also attractive to weekend pilots thanks to the simplicity of use, combined with advantages offered by steerable gliding rescue system.
External container is sold separately. Mounts in minutes to any powered paraglider. Paramotors need an extranal container. Y Bridal included.
| MayDay GMD |
$1048 |
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| External Container |
$85 |
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| Y Bridal |
included |
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| About reserves |
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Why do I need a reserve?
Reserves are intended as a backup in the event that your wing sustains an unrecoverable malfunction. These incidents are extremely rare and the most occur during aerobatics or very thermic conditions.
What are the chances I will need a reserve?
Most pilots will never see their reserve except once a year when they do their annual practice deployment, followed by a repack. So why have one? Reserves have saved lives. Think of a reserve as cheap insurance you’ll probably never need. It's all about peace of mind.
What is a reserve?
A Reserve is light weight parachute system that serves as back up for paragliding and powered paragliding. Typically about 6 pounds, these reserves are optimized to open very quickly at low speeds. |
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Video Clips
The video clips below show how reserves work. These clips are not meant to scare you into purchasing a reserve. All of the pilots in these clips were doing aerobatics which significantly increases risk of needing a reserve.
Videos: clip 1 | clip 2
How does a reserve work?
Designing a parachute that opens quickly at low speeds is not trivial. But low speeds and quick deployment is exactly what you need if you have a malfunction at 70 feet. After years of research, it turns out that the best solution is a hand deployed specially designed chute with a long bridal. You actually throw it!
How many pilots fly with a Reserve?
Approximately half of the PPG pilots fly with a reserve. In contrast almost all PG pilots fly with a reserve do to the dynamic air these pilots fly in. However, more and more PPG pilots are starting to fly with reserves. |
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