First off, I suspect the problem I'm having isn't an issue with large chutes. But...
I have a 15" Top Flight standard gauge nylon chute. Taking it out of the package for the first time, it is resistant to unfolding. I mean, I can stretch it out, but it basically cures back up on the fold lines. I've tried stretching and putting under weights. (Being a bachelor, I don't own a clothes iron...)
If I fold it very loosely in a manner like I normally would and do a "swing test" (grab the shroud lines, give a quick snap and then rapidly twirl around), it doesn't open. Stays in a wad. Basically looking like the way it was originally packed. Attaching about 8 oz. of weight and tossing off my deck for a 25' fall, it stays in a wad. And that's not even folding it.
The thin mil Top Flight chutes give me no problem, nor do ones from Apogee and Aerotech. Just this thick 15" Top Flight.
Ideas?
Hans.
I have a 15" Top Flight standard gauge nylon chute. Taking it out of the package for the first time, it is resistant to unfolding. I mean, I can stretch it out, but it basically cures back up on the fold lines. I've tried stretching and putting under weights. (Being a bachelor, I don't own a clothes iron...)
If I fold it very loosely in a manner like I normally would and do a "swing test" (grab the shroud lines, give a quick snap and then rapidly twirl around), it doesn't open. Stays in a wad. Basically looking like the way it was originally packed. Attaching about 8 oz. of weight and tossing off my deck for a 25' fall, it stays in a wad. And that's not even folding it.
The thin mil Top Flight chutes give me no problem, nor do ones from Apogee and Aerotech. Just this thick 15" Top Flight.
Ideas?
Hans.