Levik 0 #1 May 27, 2012 I'm having a hard time getting the needle with supertack thread through the tab on the Icarus slink. Does anyone have a nice method or tool to do this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #2 May 27, 2012 May I recommend a nine inch long upholstery needle? aka. "mattress needle" or "rib-stitching needle" I started using them twenty years ago and have never looked back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,461 #3 May 27, 2012 Hi Levik, One other option is to start your hole with a sharp awl; see attached photo. JerryBaumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deyan 36 #4 May 27, 2012 You don't have to go trough the center of the soft link tab. If you tack only the corner where the material is soft it's still good enough."My belief is that once the doctor whacks you on the butt, all guarantees are off" Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 May 27, 2012 Icarus do soft links now ? Any reference ?scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 May 29, 2012 QuoteIcarus do soft links now ? Any reference ? i got my safrie 2yrs ago with slinks..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 May 29, 2012 Slinks are a PD product. Other manufacturers have their own soft/semi-soft/textile links. Did the canopy come with PD Slinks or "Other" ? VB I believe that your Safire is a NZ Aerosport/Icarus canopy, right ? AFAIK CIMSA/Icarus canopies come on Rapide links. I am not saying I am right or trying to enter any pissing contest. I can't remember having installed a NZ canopy, and the Spanish canopies I have installed all had Rapide links.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #8 May 29, 2012 yup, nzaerosports. cant really tell if it was "sinks" or "rapide links" (i wouldnt know the difference), they were the textile-tab-thingies, coming from an exotic destination like honduras or the like..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levik 0 #9 May 29, 2012 The NZ Aerosport/Icarus canopies comes with soft links that are very muck like the PD slink, but without the label. Thanks for all the helpful input :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #10 May 29, 2012 Quoteyup, nzaerosports. cant really tell if it was "sinks" or "rapide links" (i wouldnt know the difference), they were the textile-tab-thingies, coming from an exotic destination like honduras or the like..The Slinks by PD are made out of Spectra and webbing (all textile) The Rapide links (aka Maillon Rapide, French Links) are the all-metal "solid" linksscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 May 29, 2012 nzaerosports canopy came 2yrs ago with "textile-tabs", very much like the "slinks" then..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIGGER 0 #12 June 3, 2012 Icarus New Zeland only. Icarus Spain still use #3.5 metal links. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
