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Dr. Michael Sutter DC
I am looking at my skyangle parachute and tac-9 and they have this small 1/8inch ultralight ripstop all i have found is some heavier stuff 1.9oz normal ripstop, do you guys know where to get the light stuff?
Doug Gerrard
Top Flight Recovery http://www.topflightrecoveryllc.homestead.com/ has the 1.1 oz very thin rip stop nylon. I’ve used them before when I need a big chute in a small space.
Doug
MikeS
I finally found some pretty good light stuff at Joanne Fabrics In
Fort Collins. Had to ask for it. They had 3 or 4 colors. I’m not
sure of the weight. I was much, much lighter than what I had
been using.Dr. Michael Sutter DC
id love to goto joanne fabrics again, but the estrogen fat women who work there wont help a man #1 and #2 could careless what the hell i want cause they are in a bubble thinking that only women know how to sew or something
Bruce R. Schaefer
Joann’s Fabrics! 🙂 That’s where I got the ripstop for chutes I’ve made. Had to take my wife with me; there was no way I was going into a fabric store without female support and backup. 8)
MikeS
I took the wife and one of her friends.
It dazzled them and made them weak.
Bruce R. Schaefer
Ha! Well, when I asked my wife if she would make a few chutes for me, she knew how few that wouldn’t be, and she said no, but she’d teach me how to use her machines. One, a heavy-duty programmable, sewing machine, and the other, a surger that puts those nice edges on. It really was a good feeling knowing how to use a sewing machine. I’ve got a bunch of them, 54-72″, and I’ll go back to them sometime next year. I lost the first one I made at Oktoberfest ’05, so I’m still in mourning. The nylon harness broke at the booster (only use Kevlar now), so my chute and the light payload section hit a thermal and headed off to Cheyenne. 🙄
denverdoc
There are also some great on-line suppliers that are a bit cheaper, but I use both Joanns and Hancocks locally as color availability is sometimes poor–and yes a guy can walk in there w/o female backup, look the clerk in the eye, and say…rip stop nylon, baby–where is it. Then, once you explain its the stuff with the grid woven into it to stop it from ripping, they usually know where it is. Then its like buying FG or CF–usu comes in about 60″wide–just specify the length. And have at it. If one is interested–you need nothing fancy–we got a Brother on line for about 100 bucks and its done very well. Last chute was 12 feet and it worked fine just using parachute cord from the army-navy surplus. Altogether maybe 30 or 40 in materials.
John SGeof Givens
id love to goto joanne fabrics again, but the estrogen fat women who work there wont help a man #1 and #2 could careless what the hell i want cause they are in a bubble thinking that only women know how to sew or something
…the same way many women feel when they seek help from certain mechanics, doctors, lawyers, electricians, plumbers, etc. I’m as uncomfortable as the next guy in Joanne Fabrics, but remember this perspective, smile, and buy the fabric. 🙂 BTW, they also sell good upholstery thread for sewing the chutes.
denverdoc
Geof,
Excellent points. Actually once you start explaining what you’re doing, they can be pretty helpful, (besides which I’ve encountered some semi-babes). ANDas uncomfortable as Joann’s is, buying slinky little black cocktail dresses from the area thrift shops is much worse 🙄
But hey good silk can be had for a buck or less a yard if you’re willing to be possible mistaken for a transvestite.
John
Dr. Michael Sutter DC
Doug Gerrard
MikeS
Bruce R. Schaefer
denverdoc
Geof Givens
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