Squeak 17 #1 March 19, 2003 Well as some of you already know, I got my Hornet yesterday My question is in relation to the slider, I'm currently jumping an Eletra 170 and the slider on it is about 1/3 smaller than the slider on the hornet. Man it looks big, are all Hornet slider BIGYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poczynek 0 #2 March 19, 2003 Hi Squeak, I have had several Hornets - they substantially increased the slider size a couple of years ago to address Hornet opening issues - tended to smack ya. CheersQuotephat, dumb & happy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skygod7777 0 #3 March 19, 2003 ya, the hornets sliders are quite large, don't worry about it it will open...................hopefully later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites fudd 0 #4 March 19, 2003 My hornet slider is huge too, and it opens great There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites totalwreck 0 #5 March 19, 2003 Yep, the slider on my Hornet (new last year) looked huge to me too when I first saw it. But I do think the large size has cleared up issues of hard openings that had been reported on Hornets. My 170 opens up nice and soft. Have fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites coho21 0 #6 March 20, 2003 Does anyone know if you can still order a new slider? If so, from where?J YSD#0009 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites XtremeSteve 0 #7 March 21, 2003 QuoteDoes anyone know if you can still order a new slider? If so, from where? Call Ralph Hatley!!! Western Parachute Sales...this guy has everything!!! He is shipping me my Hornet 190 as we speak!!! http://www.callralph.hatley.com/ Blue Skies! Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites racer42 0 #8 March 22, 2003 Thats the first thing I noticed about my new Hornet. They are honking big. A little difficult to reach for us less evolved in the arm dept. But other than that I really like my Hornet.L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scoby 0 #9 March 22, 2003 My Hornet slider was defintely larger than I expected. It's a little unweildy to collapse, but openings are nice and soft, so I'm not complaining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Jessica 0 #10 March 22, 2003 The huge slider on my Hornet does make for soft openings, but I can't reach it to collapse it, and it's so big it inverts and gets in my way sometimes. I'm not sure what to do. Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #11 March 22, 2003 How do you pack? Leave the nose open, and make sure the slider is quartered and exposed. If you loosen the chest strap, it will make it easier to reach the slider (and install slinks if you don't already have them) ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhreeZone 14 #12 March 23, 2003 If it catches wind while in flight there is'nt much packing can do to help that. Plus lossening your chest strap should not be reccommended to pilots that don't need it to be done for other reasons. Pulling the slider behind the head can assist in these issues, but that should really be a first try solution either.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Scoby 0 #13 March 23, 2003 You can't reach the tabs to collapse it or you can't reach it at all? If it's the first case, you can pull it down over the links and then collapse it. If it's the second, I don't really know. Does that always happen? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveMonkey 0 #14 March 23, 2003 It was late last night, and I read it as "Doesn't give me soft openings" ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #15 March 23, 2003 i had a similar problem,i couldnt reach my slider.I too a pair of shorter risers,and the problem is now gone.Be aware what kind of risers you put on your rig,have a word whit your local rigger first. I use Atom(frence i think)risers at my Javerlin,it works great but beaware that Atom risers need pull force to cut away a main(the treering is hide). But im sure Javerlin or some one else would have apair of shorter risers. To the Slider issue: I also had a BIG slider at my xfire,it gave me 300m openings too soft to me,so we(me and my rigger)made the slider shorter(not an hole in it),now it opens normaly(150-200m).I do belive the same could bedone to Hornet,if they against normal,opens too soft Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
skygod7777 0 #3 March 19, 2003 ya, the hornets sliders are quite large, don't worry about it it will open...................hopefully later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fudd 0 #4 March 19, 2003 My hornet slider is huge too, and it opens great There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totalwreck 0 #5 March 19, 2003 Yep, the slider on my Hornet (new last year) looked huge to me too when I first saw it. But I do think the large size has cleared up issues of hard openings that had been reported on Hornets. My 170 opens up nice and soft. Have fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coho21 0 #6 March 20, 2003 Does anyone know if you can still order a new slider? If so, from where?J YSD#0009 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XtremeSteve 0 #7 March 21, 2003 QuoteDoes anyone know if you can still order a new slider? If so, from where? Call Ralph Hatley!!! Western Parachute Sales...this guy has everything!!! He is shipping me my Hornet 190 as we speak!!! http://www.callralph.hatley.com/ Blue Skies! Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racer42 0 #8 March 22, 2003 Thats the first thing I noticed about my new Hornet. They are honking big. A little difficult to reach for us less evolved in the arm dept. But other than that I really like my Hornet.L.A.S.T. #24 Co-Founder Biscuit Brothers Freefly Team Electric Toaster #3 Co-Founder Team Non Sequitor Co-Founder Team Happy Sock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #9 March 22, 2003 My Hornet slider was defintely larger than I expected. It's a little unweildy to collapse, but openings are nice and soft, so I'm not complaining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #10 March 22, 2003 The huge slider on my Hornet does make for soft openings, but I can't reach it to collapse it, and it's so big it inverts and gets in my way sometimes. I'm not sure what to do. Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #11 March 22, 2003 How do you pack? Leave the nose open, and make sure the slider is quartered and exposed. If you loosen the chest strap, it will make it easier to reach the slider (and install slinks if you don't already have them) ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 14 #12 March 23, 2003 If it catches wind while in flight there is'nt much packing can do to help that. Plus lossening your chest strap should not be reccommended to pilots that don't need it to be done for other reasons. Pulling the slider behind the head can assist in these issues, but that should really be a first try solution either.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #13 March 23, 2003 You can't reach the tabs to collapse it or you can't reach it at all? If it's the first case, you can pull it down over the links and then collapse it. If it's the second, I don't really know. Does that always happen? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #14 March 23, 2003 It was late last night, and I read it as "Doesn't give me soft openings" ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #15 March 23, 2003 i had a similar problem,i couldnt reach my slider.I too a pair of shorter risers,and the problem is now gone.Be aware what kind of risers you put on your rig,have a word whit your local rigger first. I use Atom(frence i think)risers at my Javerlin,it works great but beaware that Atom risers need pull force to cut away a main(the treering is hide). But im sure Javerlin or some one else would have apair of shorter risers. To the Slider issue: I also had a BIG slider at my xfire,it gave me 300m openings too soft to me,so we(me and my rigger)made the slider shorter(not an hole in it),now it opens normaly(150-200m).I do belive the same could bedone to Hornet,if they against normal,opens too soft Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
