Charly Pin Lock Carabiner

The price for a single item, please order two for a pair.

Paragliding carabiner with force-fit and form-fit lock

Features:

• Suitable for harness bandwidths of 44 mm and riser widths of up to 25 mm
• Adapters for narrower risers are available
• Inner height 40 mm
• Drop-forged from Titanal, 80 g
• Breaking load 2.500 daN*
• Maximum allowable load for air sports 140 daN per carabiner
• * 1 daN (decanewton) = 10 N (newton) ≈ 1 kg

8 years replacement interval for PG mono use and 3 years replacement interval for HG and PG tandem use with unlimited flight hours.
Fatigue endurance is no issue for the Pin Lock with its force-fit and form-fit lock. In a dynamic fatigue test, the Pin Lock withstood 5.000.000 load cycles at 40-425 daN without damage.

Lightweight and safe: Pin Lock carabiners are drop-forged instead of bent which results in increased material strength. The material of bent carabiners, in contrast, is weakened by inner tensions in the bent areas. However, the Pin Lock weighs a mere 80 g, i.e. only approx. half the weight of a steel carabiner.

Separate strap chambers. Separate strap chambers prevent the carabiner from twisting.

Handling: The risers are attached to the Pin Lock in a similar way as to conventional carabiners. The Quickpin lock features an automatic locking mechanism. It is designed in such a way that two different hand movements are required to unlock the carabiner: Pushing the release button and pulling out the bolt in the opposite direction.

Releasing the risers after landing is easier with Pin Locks than with snap hook carabiners. To ensure the proper connection between risers and carabiners in extremely strong wind conditions, the glider has to be attached to the carabiners before putting on the harness. This applies to both conventional carabiners and Pin Lock carabiners.

When used according to the instruction manual, icing problems can be reliably prevented even in extreme winter conditions.

* 1 DaN (Dekanewton) = 10 Newton ≈ 1 kg
** The price is for one unit