Believe it or not. Opening too slow on Sabre 1 120 with pocket slider

[Triathlon135 0]

Would you believe it. Just jumped my new (31 jumps old) Sabre1 120 today loading at 1.2. It has a pocket slider. It took 9 seconds before the slider finally came down. Did three jumps on it, got slightly better each time but the slider still hesitated and snivelled. Last jump, only rolled the tail three times, hardly split the slider and didn't push the cells in. Still took 7 seconds for the slider to come down! Was opening each time at terminal. Any tips for packing with a pocket slider.

[sundevil777 102]

I would modify the pocket so that it catches a bit less air. Some strategic reduction of the width of the pocket by someone that knows how to use needle and thread should do the trick. Such modification should be easy to fine tune before making it more permanent.

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[Triathlon135 0]

Sure. The pocket is about 2 to 3 inches deep so could change the depth to 1 inch. Crazy to think a pocket slider can make so much difference to the opening of the canopy. Guess I'll need a rigger to do that. I'm a good sewer but hesitate to sew through ZP fabric!

[sundevil777 102]

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Sure. The pocket is about 2 to 3 inches deep so could change the depth to 1 inch. Crazy to think a pocket slider can make so much difference to the opening of the canopy. Guess I'll need a rigger to do that. I'm a good sewer but hesitate to sew through ZP fabric!

It would probably not take such a significant change as that. More like cut it down by 20% or so. That 20% in a dimension of the pocket might actually have a much larger % change in the force (drag).

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[diablopilot 2]

Sew a stitch line vertically on the pocket splitting it into two pockets. May produce the change you're looking for.

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[pchapman 279]

Yup, I believe it.

First pocket I built for a slider was on the Sabre 135 I had at the time.

Since there are no hard rules on pocket size, mouth size, etc, I had to guess when building it. First couple jumps on it, the slider took a long time to come down & I was at the stage of getting on the rear risers & giving them a bit of a yank to pop the slider down.

I fine tuned the openings by sewing up part of the mouth of the pocket. Problem solved.

(How it sews up best depends a bit on the design.)

There's still a bit of a snap in the opening as the slider comes down the lines, but the main thing is that it snivels a few seconds first to scrub off speed.

[Triathlon135 0]

Thanks everyone for your advice. Just need to decide if to reduce the pockets size with a vertical or horizontal line of stitching. Won't be doing any hop and pops with this canopy until then that's for sure...