Screwed with my Diablo 170?

[OnyxSkyDV 0]

Well, I may not be the best packer in the world, but I am far from a poor packer. Working on my riggers ticket, and in fact packed my own 1st save (I owed myself a bottle of my favorite, plus the drink of choice to my most excellent mentor), so I am not terrible inclined to think it was an out and out bollux of a packjob, though it's always a possibility.

As far as the lineset goes, I am far more inclined to look down that path, but is seems unlikely that the lines would be that far out of trim in just 150 jumps. Again, always a possibility, and seems the most likely explaination of the issue so far.

Onyx


On a similar note, we recently had a Diablo 170 in our loft to replace three broken lines after a brutally hard opening.
The owner is not a very good packer.
Hint!
Hint!
The new Aerodyne still sells line kits etc. for "orphaned" canopies (Wildfire, Diablo, etc.), but they are painfully slow on delivery.
Hint!

[OnyxSkyDV 0]

Was manufactured in 99, I bought it at least a year after it was made, though I understand the point you are making.

Skybands are just rubberbands, and I do not recall the manual stating specifically which rubberbands to use, so that is a moot point.

Constructive input is appreciated, if you are unable to do so, move on.


You are complaining about a canopy 6 (or more) years old tearing? When you bought the canopy, you must have seen the warning that said there is no warranty. Even if there was a warranty, it would have long expired because of time.

Try this: buy a brand new car, only drive it once a month to the corner store. When it is six years old, try and get the manufacturer to warranty a broken part. They will laugh you out of the dealership, and that is with something that was barely used, and did have a warranty, since expired.

Also, I am certain they never approved the canopy to be packed with skybands, so you were not packing properly according to the manual. Get over it.