Are there plastic snaps on new Velocities?

[Chris-Ottawa 0]

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also could someone give explanations on the use and the reason for these snaps

There are plasic snaps on the bottom skin of the canopy and also on the four corners of the slider. During packing, with the slider all the way up and quartered, the snaps line-up and snapping it into place just helps to hold it in position.

As to why, and why only on the Velos, I have no 'official' info, and haven't even 'heard' anyting, but I have a guess. My guess is two-fold, for starters, in case you didn't know, Velos have fairly large sliders in comparison to the size of the canopy, and that's because they would hammer open with a smaller slider. So in order to prevent them from hammering open (even occasionally), they snap the slider in palce.

My other guess is that it has something to do with the nature of an 'uncontrolled' opening on a highly loaded, high performance canopy. A high WL and HP canopy will 'magnify' any problems during the opening, and a spinner/mal on a little Velo can be a big deal, so the snaps are other layer of 'protection' from that.

Back to confirmed, PD approved news (at least as of last year) you can have snaps added to a Velo that was built without them. I was offered snaps during a reline this time last year, I declined, but the offer was there.

Thanks for this info. My Katana has these and I figured they were to do exactly that, but I though it was more for storage than to hold the slider up. Seems to me that if one doesn't come off as quick, it could contribute to the canopy not opening evenly or contributing to an off heading/mal.

Either way, I've never used them because I was too afraid I'd give myself a snivel to the earth. Good to know, but still not gonna use 'em cause the canopy opens great!

"When once you have tasted flight..."

[DaVinciflies 0]

When was your Katana manufactured, and what size is it?

Mine (120) was built July 2011 and does not have them.

[Halfpastniner 0]

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When was your Katana manufactured, and what size is it?

Mine (120) was built July 2011 and does not have them.

Mine was built last month and also does not have them

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[Chris-Ottawa 0]

It's one of the original Katana's, serial # 64 I think. It was owned by John Kleug (East Coast Freefly), so I'm not sure if it was requested by him to be installed, or if it was installed as new. For all I know, it could be one of the original test canopies.

If you really want the date and stuff ,I can get it, but I'm way to lazy to unpack it.

"When once you have tasted flight..."

[DaVinciflies 0]

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If you really want the date and stuff ,I can get it, but I'm way to lazy to unpack it.

No, no! I was just interested if it was a really new thing they had just introduced.

It seems not.

[rolsky 0]

Does anyone know what kind of snaps are used by PD? We would like to put then onto removable slider but we don't know where to buy them from.

[skow 6]

I actually seem to have the same kind of snaps in my blanket cover bought from Ikea :)

I guess you can visit some materials store and ask.

[gb1 2]

Is anyone working on an alternative to the slider? Seems like a company like PD would have the right people to come up with the next step. Sliders work OK, but have their issues like tearing up lines! You would have to get real lucky to move the sport forward by replacing the slider. If we didn't re-invent the wheel, we would have wooden wheels on our cars or better yet Flintstone wheels.