Engineering
Materials & rigging
Connect material properties, UV and flex aging, and splice integrity to the loads your program must prove.
How we approach Materials & rigging
Materials and rigging are where parachute systems meet chemistry and fatigue: webbing creep, line shrinkage, coating wear, and hardware galling can shift performance without obvious visual cues. We structure specifications so suppliers know which tests gate each lot and how deviations are dispositioned.
Rigging methods - knots, splices, sewing patterns - are treated as part numbers with controlled instructions. Training and periodic audits keep field practice aligned with qualification.
When substitutions arise, we help teams re-baseline strength and elongation assumptions before approvals propagate to the fleet.
Related areas in this practice
Traceable strength from fiber to fleet
Lot control and rigging discipline prevent silent drift between what was tested and what ships.
- Material qualification matrices aligned to environmental exposure.
- Sewing and splice qualifications with destructive sampling rationale.
- Hardware torque, pinning, and inspection criteria operators can execute.
Talk with engineers who own the work
Request a technical pass on Materials & rigging: constraints, risks, and a practical next step with clear assumptions.