skydiverek 60 #1 June 22, 2009 If that is true, we have a winner!: http://www.flyaerodyne.com/fly/products/zpx.asp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skwrl 56 #2 June 22, 2009 One of the features they didn't list is the coolest (at least in the "gee whiz" sense) part about it: it can "heal" if punctured. My friend Justin took a small swath of it, pushed a pen through it, and then rubbed the fabric together. The result? The hole was gone. It has to to with the design/weave of the fabric. It's pretty cool stuff. If I hadn't just bought a canopy, I'd be looking into getting a Pilot made out of it.Skwrl Productions - Wingsuit Photography Northeast Bird School - Chief Logistics Guy and Video Dork Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millertime24 8 #3 June 22, 2009 I'm curious as to how much that raises the price of the canopy.Muff #5048 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 60 #4 June 22, 2009 QuoteI'm curious as to how much that raises the price of the canopy. The zpX option costs $200. It is an option. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #5 June 22, 2009 An almost similar ZP fabric was on display at the 2007 Reno PIA symposium. The manufacturer was GELVENOR TEXTILES from South Africa. The fabric was "healing" when punctured with a ball pen but the pattern was a little rectangle instead of now a hexagon. I would bet that the new fabric described in this thread is from the same manufacturer. We still haven't seen everything with parachute fabric, webbing and components... thanks for the topic.Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
verticalflier 0 #6 June 22, 2009 We did have ZPX fabric displayed at last PIA. It has a hexagonal rip-stop pattern. This optional fabric costs $200 MSRP, per canopy. In my opinion it is way worth it, as I have been flying ZPX Mamba for over 6 months now. I would not trade it back for a regular ZP one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muz 1 #7 June 22, 2009 What kind of size are the mesh elements? Anyone has pointers to some technical material about this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BKR 0 #8 June 23, 2009 QuoteAn almost similar ZP fabric was on display at the 2007 Reno PIA symposium. The manufacturer was GELVENOR TEXTILES from South Africa. The fabric was "healing" when punctured with a ball pen but the pattern was a little rectangle instead of now a hexagon. I would bet that the new fabric described in this thread is from the same manufacturer. We still haven't seen everything with parachute fabric, webbing and components... thanks for the topic. Yes it is GelvenorJérôme Bunker Basik Air Concept www.basik.fr http://www.facebook.com/pages/Le-Luc-France/BASIK-AIR-CONCEPT/172133350468 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matto765 0 #9 July 2, 2009 I wonder to what extent the fabric will heal itself. My reason being is that my RDS has been rubbing holes into my tail, and the ZPX material may be a nice thing to have if it can fix holes half an inch or under. It is a real pain to have to constantly be worrying about the line burns and holes from the RDS lanyard, but I guess thats part of having one. If the self healing properties of the ZPX material are that good, it could be a worthwhile investment. Do you have any information on this, Les? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #10 July 2, 2009 I didn't ask Brian when he was showing us the "pen through the canopy" trick, but I imagine that if you cut or melt the fibers, they won't close back up. Puncturing the canopy just pushes stuff off to the side kind of like when you're fingertrapping."If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #11 July 2, 2009 Sounds like a patch of cotton "felt" on that part of the tail would be a better solution. My triatholon has something similar at the top for the retract. CRW pilot chute system."The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erdnarob 1 #12 July 2, 2009 This new fabric obviously will not heal when there are broken fibers. If there is a hole with destroyed or worn out fibers forget the healing. OTOH it's interesting to see that people are designing new fabrics. We still have to see the final test on this,ie. the field test. Jérôme thanks for confirming the manufacturer.Learn from others mistakes, you will never live long enough to make them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #13 July 3, 2009 ZPX ready to ship! .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
