HMA lines VS vectran lines - is it really that good???

[gilead1 0]

can any one tell the difference (in terms of endurance)
is the HMA really that good?

[tetra316 0]

I've always thought they were very similar in wear and tear and strength and strechiness factor. Just the HMA does not show the wear as vectran does and is smaller.

Besides these two factors is there really a difference..?

[diablopilot 2]

I've had great success with the wear of my HMA linesets, no less than 800 jumps on any of them. The canopies I jump are non cascaded however so that helps with the wear quite a bit. The do not attract the dirt like a Vectran set, there is no oily residue to pick it up.

Openings are great on my sport canopies, and I've had experience now with HMA lined tandem canopies. The exact same canopy changed from Vectran to HMA showed a marked improvement in openings, and landing flare.

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[tetra316 0]

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Openings are great on my sport canopies, and I've had experience now with HMA lined tandem canopies. The exact same canopy changed from Vectran to HMA showed a marked improvement in openings, and landing flare.

And it had nothing to do with line shrinkage or stretching or wear? You are comparing a brand new HMA lineset to a brand new Vectran line set right?

[diablopilot 2]

Nope, I also had the opportunity to compare new linest of each type to each other.

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[masterrigger1 2]

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I've always thought they were very similar in wear and tear and strength and strechiness factor.

Vectran and Technora both show wear. Vectran just has a better visual showing of it. If you look closely at the Technora, you can see the wear at certain points up and down the line.

Technora has a higher tensile strength when measured against Vectran of the same diameter.


Both lines will elongate to some degree, but it is very minute.

Cheers,
MEL

Skyworks Parachute Service, LLC
www.Skyworksparachuteservice.com

[masterrigger1 2]

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Openings are great on my sport canopies, and I've had experience now with HMA lined tandem canopies. The exact same canopy changed from Vectran to HMA showed a marked improvement in openings, and landing flare.

JP,
What tandem canopy are you jumping?

MEL

Skyworks Parachute Service, LLC
www.Skyworksparachuteservice.com

[diablopilot 2]

Right now it's Icarus 365's, but the ones I was talking about were the Precision 365's.

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[przemek 0]

And what about wearing? How many jumps you can do on a HMA lineset?