NAS-804
National Aircraft Standards
Specifications Number 804;
this is the minimum performance
standards required by Technical
Standard Order, TSO-C23b, for parachute
assemblies manufactured under
this TSO.
NAS
National Aircraft Standards.
NEEDLE
A small, slender,
pointed piece of steel with a hole for
thread used for sewing. |
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NICOPRESS
A copper sleeve
used to join cables to form loops or
splices.
NYLON, RIPSTOP
A type of
weave designed to prevent tears from
spreading. Extra numbers of yarns
are closely woven into the cloth intermittently
across the width and across
the length. |
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NYLON, TUBULAR
Sleevelike
weave, seamless, and pressed
flat, similar in appearance to tape, but
stronger and hollow in the center.
NYLON
A synthetic material of
protein-like structure derived from
coal, air, and water, which is adapted
for fashioning into filaments of
extreme toughness, strength, and
elasticity, and used in the manufacture
of parachutes. |
