Thanks gents, vielen Dank.
Elmo - the mechanical packer with the retaining pin is a nice development.
Bockscars packer looks like a serious piece of kit too
Stan - do you use the small boy to crawl inside the tube to push everything to the front or do you leave him in there and you give him a prod and he throws the pilot out into the breeze?
I may have to modify the retaining bolt / bush assembly as the delivered chute has some soft leather (for wear presumably) over the anchor loop and I think it might be a bit tight - future experiments will confirm.
Lemmings would be very grateful for pictures of Squeeze of Lemming but 2021 is not looking hopeful for a variety of reasons, sigh.
Anyhoo - off to the garage to get high again - mmmm styrene fumes.