funkasauresrex

Pornet. That's definitely what I'm gonna call it for now. I spoke with Aerodyne; they told me it's gonna be a while before they can figure it out. And its been crappy here for a while so I still haven't jumped it so I can't measure the chord lengths. I suppose I could open it up, but it just seems like a waste of a good pack job.

Thanks for the input. The mfg label does not look that new, so I doubt they swapped it. Im not too worried about it, as I wanted a hornet, and if it turns out to be a Pilot, thats fine by me. It is tapered on the ends, but I will measure the chord lengths once I jump it. And everything I have read about Hornets says to roll the nose, which I didn't do, so I will see how it opens. If it hurts a lot, then it is a Hornet. And call Aerodyne again and see if they have figured it out.

I recently got a new (to me) canopy off the forums. The guy I bought it from said it was a Hornet but the mfg label says it is a pilot. But someone at my DZ, who used to jump hornets, thinks it is a Pilot (like the label says). It has a hornet logo sewn onto the bottom skin of the canopy. The mfg label is a PISA label and says Pilot 170. The dom is 2000. and it is made from the old galvenex material or whatever it is. I called Aerodyne since the took over PISA and asked them about it and they said they would look into it. All they could tell me at the time was that it could be a transitional canopy... That was last week, so I am giving them another couple of days before I call them back and see if they know anything more about it. I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about the transitional period of PISA into Aerodyne, or if anyone else has ever come across a similar situation with very misleading labels on a canopy. Or if they know a surefire way to tell if its a hornet or a pilot. Any info would be great. Thanks a lot.