Ed Mitton Snap Swivel Connection TIP

For the longest time I've been tying the parachute shroud lines to the small loop on a snap swivel. It's not the easiest way to attach them. You've got to tie the line ends onto the small loop with a separate string.

The large hook end is opened and is attached to a single overhand knot on the shock cord.


I saw this on Ed Mitton's blog - Blast From The Past.
This may be a better solution.

The elastic shock cord is fed through the small loop end of the swivel and tied off with a single overhand knot.
The parachute shroud lines are dropped into the open hook end.

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I might add this at the center point of the shroud line loops - 
1. Tie a small loop at the center of the shroud line ends.

2. Slip the in loops side by side in the open snap swivel "hook"
3. Close the hook.

With shroud lines set up like this you have tangle free shroud lines!
Leave the snap swivel on the shock cord and in the rocket.
With the loops set side by side, there shouldn't be any tangled lines. If the lines get crossed up, it can be cleared by opening the hook and taking out the lines.