judedre 0 #1 March 19, 2002 After watchin a buddy land this weekend and and no sooner did hes feet touch the ground and the canopy touch the ground the 4 lines came off the metal link and it was bent completly straight after seeing this i asked the dz rigger why not have slinks on there just incase this ever happens the lines would go onto the slink my rigger said good question i dont know why , anyway id like to hear some feedback i jump a wings with a diablo 170 ,,,\time to put the women n children to bedand go huntin 4 dinner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 March 19, 2002 You don't have room in the lines to pack both. And even if you did why? Slinks make hard links kinda pointless....I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 March 19, 2002 Checking the condition of your connector links, whether metal or soft, should be a part of every pack job. If you have metal links a small dab of fingernail polish (pink is good ) on the barrel will let you know at a glance if the links are coming loose. I've never heard of a metal link failing if it was properly tightened (I could be wrong on that though); I think having both metal and soft would be kind of overkill.pull and flare,lisa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,116 #4 March 19, 2002 >.. .no sooner did hes feet touch the ground and the canopy touch the ground the> 4 lines came off the metal link . . Both slinks and metal links will fail if they are not put on correctly. The problem you describe can happen when the barrel loosens all the way and the lines load the link oddly. A slink that's not installed correctly (and I've seen them installed incorrectly) will fail just as readily.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
