TM slinks on SigmaII mains - anybody doing it? How's it working?

[betzilla 56]

I'm curious if anybody is using TM/reserve Slinks on SigmaII mains, and what the pros and cons are...

[baronn 111]

Have been for a while now. Found the slink and risers are getting beat up from the slider. I covered them with a piece of plastic tubing I got from Home Depot. Seems to be working great. make it about 3' long to be sure and keep the slider away from everything.

[riggerrob 643]

baronn

Have been for a while now. Found the slink and risers are getting beat up from the slider. I covered them with a piece of plastic tubing I got from Home Depot. Seems to be working great. make it about 3' long to be sure and keep the slider away from everything.

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That was a joke?
Right?

[riggerrob 643]

A few years back, Performance Designs told us to quit using Slinks on tandem mains because of wear problems.

[skydiverek 63]

That was with Dacron, same with Vectran?:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3329652#3329652

and

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3326440#3326440

[riggerrob 643]

skydiverek

That was with Dacron, same with Vectran?:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3329652#3329652

and

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3326440#3326440

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Dacron lines do create a lot of friction. Have you ever slid your hands up a set of Dacron lines too quickly?
Hah!
Hah!
You will only make that mistake once!

As for Vectran ???? less "felt" friction, but I wonder how much Vectran abrades slider grommets???

[Davemon 0]

Made a few sets of soft links out of a bit beefier line than the PD ones put them on my Vectran lined tandem canopies with a protector over them and have a few hundred jumps with no problems. Twice as strong as a french link as I broke a few in the tensile tester.