lowpullin1 0 #1 November 8, 2004 Ok, if you look at the forum about a week ago i posted a question about purchasing a large slider. well the reason is i am thinking about purchasing a heatwave 120 but the guy i am buying from says it opens really hard. That kindof puzzles me because i have never heard of one opening hard, at least not a 120, i know some of the 135 had trouble with the wrong slider, but not the 120. i had a 135 but a couple of weeks ago i lost it after a cutaway, but it never open really hard, sometimes a little stiff, but nothing i would consider hard. so i guess my question is, if anyone out there has experience with heatwaves opening really hard? and what could possible cause it to open hard, i am thinking pack job, but that is just a thought. thanks. "It's hard to fly with the eagles when you are surrounded by turkeys." My Website Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #2 November 8, 2004 what's up i've had a few heatwaves (a 150, 135, 120, 100) and didn't have any problems when them until they started going out of trim. my dad has had 2 190's that went out of trim and where opening pretty hard. we put a pocket on the slider and that helped, but it only prolonged the problem. they best thing to do if you get the canopy is send it back to aerodyne and have them put a new line set on it. you may even ask for a vectran line set, vectran doesn't go out of trim. it won't last as long as spectra either though. but if you think about it, if you want the canopy to fly right, you'll have to replace the spectra when it start going out of trim, so i guess it's really a toss up. hope that helps. later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #3 November 8, 2004 I know of Heatwaves that have permanently maimed on opening - within 100 jumps of new - so I don't think it was a trim issue. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
