Vectran Line Breakage

[masterrigger1 2]

Ok.
People that are jumping Vectran lines.

How many jumps are you getting out of them and have you had any lines to break?

If so, Was it the suspension lines or the contol lines?


MEL

Skyworks Parachute Service, LLC
www.Skyworksparachuteservice.com

[Hans 0]

Mel I have put over 500 jumps on the lineset you and Dave built for me last year. I have replaced the brake lines 3 times but have yet to have a line break.

The Farm

[mattjw916 2]

My previous Vectran-lined canopy had well over 700 jumps on the suspension lines and went through a couple sets of control lines before I had the entire thing relined. The current lineset has about 200 jumps or so on it but the canopy has been retired to storage at the moment. There were no broken lines at any time AFAIK.

NSCR-2376, SCR-15080

[masterrigger1 2]

Bump!!!

Also if you had a line to break .. please state the particulars please.

Thanks,
MEL

Skyworks Parachute Service, LLC
www.Skyworksparachuteservice.com

[riggerrob 643]

We had a SET 400 go through 3 Vectran line kits (from the factory) and more than a thousand jumps with no breakage.
The primary reason we replaced lines was because they got grey and ugly pretty quickly and they clashed with the owner's sense of fashion.
Hee!
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Mind you, none of our Spectra-lined SET 400s have broken liens and it has been so long since a Dacron-lined Strong 425 broke a line that I have forgotten.

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Mel I have put over 500 jumps on the lineset you and Dave built for me last year. I have replaced the brake lines 3 times but have yet to have a line break.

hans, your lineset is 200kg HMA, not vectran. cascaded I might add, thay are lasting you a long long time..

mel, you need to call me back dude, I got somthing for ya!