Reserve Question

[Ncrowe 0]

I recently bought an used but suposed to be brand new reserve. When I got it I took it out of the bag to check it out, just looking for any major defects. I noticed alot of little black specks that seem to be almost inside the material? Of course my whole rig will be inspected by a rigger upon assembly but I was just curious if this was common

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[linestretch 0]

is it a raven? Sometimes the label on the end cells will flake off. No biggy.

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[Ncrowe 0]

Aerodyne Smart, its lil bitty tiny specks. I cant scratch it off and the canopy was built this year?

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[ChileRelleno 0]

Your already on the right track with the rigger inspection, be sure to call attention to the specks and geta straightforward factual answer, no guesses. If the canopy was demo'd or jumped previously then sold as new I'd either re-negotiate price or send it back.

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[Ncrowe 0]

Yeah I'm going to go ahead and send them to a rigger now instead of waiting for my container to get built just to make sure everything is copasetic.

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[ChileRelleno 0]

Smart move.

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[EAerodyne 0]

Hi Nate,

if these specks you are referring to are down each cell on the top skin & usually in between the double row of stitches. Then the chances are that they are what is known as match marks. Small marks made with a marker (which has no effect on the material) so that the seamstress can match up the marks to make sure your reserve is sewn together as designed.

Some manufacturers use other methods, you might find holes as match marks, on some canopies, or some other method of marking the 2 parts so that they match when sewn.

To clarify one other item in this thread. If you bought your reserve from a distributor/dealer as new then it should be new and not used or previously demo'd. You might want to confirm that with them. However I very much doubt that is the case. The fact that you say in your post you took it out of the bag, lends me to believe that it was new, and that what you are looking at, are the match marks.

Hope this helps you, however if this isn't the case, then please return it to us for us to inspect it for you. Especially if you and your rigger feel unsure of what exactly these marks are after reviewing this reply.

[Ncrowe 0]

Match marks, you described what I saw exactly so theres no reason for me to worry.. wheew. I bought the canopy second hand so that was the reason for my concern. I appreciate your reply, the canopy is on its way to my rigger but its no big deal since it had to go there eventually anyhow. Thanks again!!!

nathan

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[riggerrob 643]

Hee! Hee!
Match marks!
Various manufacturers use various types of match marks, felt marker, black dots, tiny hot-knifed holes.
The funniest was when Performance Designs trained their laser cutter to do match marks and label each rib - like an old school computer punch card. Normally those tiny patterns are hidden in seams, but sometimes you can still see them if if you crawl all the way up inside a canopy to inspect the rear of the ribs. I remember a rigger getting angry the first time he saw all those dozens of tiny hoes. He circled every single one of them with black felt marker and mailed the canopy back to PD.
He was severely embarrassed to learn about this new production method.
Hah! Hah!