Fabric Stability

[hamsandwich]

I was sorting through some old things while organizing my life after our South American adventure and ran across a CD with some data that Soko (Master Rigger from old California City DZ) put together.

Soko tested all colors of ZP with regard to their stability and color fading after prolonged exposure to sunlight.

4 colors failed the 40lb test in less than half the time of the others. I can't guarantee that this information is valid for F111 but the colors to stay away from are:

Watermellon
Tangerine
Neon Pink
Magenta

The rest of the colors seemed to fair very well for strength stability. Red, Silver, and Yellow appeared to show the most resistance for fading (which is nice when trying to match a color when doing a patch).


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[Tree]

Watermellon
Tangerine
Neon Pink
Magenta

No wonder there were so many accidents in the 80's. It was the fabric in the canopies failing.

[Para_Frog]

Tell Boutwell...he still swears his 46 is blackberry. Yeah, the magenta one.