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GS Trac- II

The GS Trac - II was a piggyback harness and container system built from the mid to late 1970's by Green Star Systems. The rig was 'super lightweight' with a streamlined wedge shape for fast and safe RW exits.

GS Trac-II Container Sizes:
3 sizes were available for the main container and the reserve container fit most 24 and 26 foot diameter canopies. The reserve had soft loops, not cones.

Colors:
3-color rig:

  1. Black with red trim (main and reserve flaps gold)
  2. Blue with white trim (main and reserve flaps black)
  3. Red with white trim (main and reserve flaps black)

2-color rig:

  1. Blue with black trim
  2. Black with gold trim
  3. Black with kelly green trim
  4. Red with black trim
  5. Solid black

Harness:
All systems had black harnesses made from Type VII webbing. The harness came in 3 sizes.

Release System:
Capewell releases were standard, but for an additional $10.00 one could get R-2 releases.

Main Deployment System:
A regular ripcord or soft pull main ripcord were standard. Pull-out was $20.00 extra.

The harness and container was TSO'd under TSO-C23b and Far 21 and FAR 37.

Weight:
8 pounds.

Cost:
Base price $229.00 (1977)

Safety Notices:
PEIA newsletter reported an incident from Dick Paoliello that the reserve rubber bands stuck to the brass grommets because of a chemical reaction. He suggested that nickel plated grommets be used instead of the brass grommets.


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