rendezvous 0 #1 March 19, 2004 Just curious to know, what is the typical wing loading used for base ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 25 #2 March 19, 2004 "Textbook" wingloading is .75. Shotgun Ray's Rule seems slightly better. Take your naked weight, add 100, and that's your "standard" canopy size. Add a size for bad landing areas, subtract a size for high winds. A search for "wing loading" on this forum yields many threads, including: Wing Loading Wingloading for Dummies, which is really just a reference to this BLiNC thread wingloading?? and a couple more. Try searching around and reading the other threads on the subject. There's probably more information than you need already on this forum.-- Tom Aiello [email protected] SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RayLosli 11 #3 March 19, 2004 Dude that sounds about right.. 100 sq. feet over your body weight. Just think the opposite of Skydive / speed is not your friend in BASE as a rule. Your jumping in tight City or Wooded areas your usually coming steep and aggressive. If your Big Wall tracking or wingsuiting it, with big open landing, that's a different story. Plus on opening if there is something kind of funky or bad happening, the slower it going to fly forward and much slower to drop precious altitude. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
