jimjumper 25 #1 May 21, 2017 I know this pretty old school but does anybody still make bungee pilot chutes? Was told mine is not repairable but wanted to see if anybody sells them new before I go thru the effort of fixing it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 558 #2 May 21, 2017 Hunger collapsible pilot-chutes were briefly popular during the 1990s when jumpers started exceeding wing-loadings of 1 pound per square foot. Heavier wing-loadings eventually rendered bungees obsolete. Bungee are still okay provided you: stay within that narrow wing-loading range, avoid hop-and-pops and calibrate them every few hundred jumps. Back during the 1990s, I sewed bungee cords into hundreds of pilot-chutes and even jumped one for a decade or so, but by the time I routinely jumped canopies loaded at 1.5 pounds per square foot, my old bungee pilot-chute word out and I replaced it with a kill-line pilot-chute. If the pilot-chute fabric has become too porous, just buy a replacement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
