Cubic volume of canopy?

[DSE 3]

I'm ready to order a container for a new main, but the container mfg website only indicates cubic inch volume. The manufacturer of my main doesn't list cubic inches, only square feet.
What am I missing?

[caldwellbuilder 0]

Look in the back of a Para-Gear catalog. There
should be a chart with current canopy volume
measurements. Also ask your local riggers as
they can relate real world experience about
compatability issues.

Blue Skies

Will

[johnny1488 1]

You could probably talk to the manufacturer!

Or you could say what container you are looking to order and some info could be derived from that.

Johnny
--"This ain't no book club, we're all gonna die!"
Mike Rome

[DSE 3]

I'm ordering a Voodoo/Rigging Innovations, and have a 190 Silhouette with Micron lines.

[Froggy 0]

Quote

Look in the back of a Para-Gear catalog.

This table is also available online in PDF format at ParaGear website -- check it out

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[DSE 3]

Froggy, thanks for that, I couldn't find it online.
Odd, talking with a local Voodoo dealer, they say the Silhouette 190 will "just fit" the Voodoo V4, but the Paragear chart suggests this is not so.
I wish the Rigging Innovations folks were more accessible by phone. Bad enough you have to wait nearly 5 months to get the container.

[Spizzzarko 0]

I wish the Rigging Innovations folks were more accessible by phone. Bad enough you have to wait nearly 5 months to get the container.

Dude,

You should have no problems talking to Sandy at RI. I have found the paragear chart to be groosly inaccurate so your best bet is to call RI. I am surprised tohear that you are having problems getting ahold of them at RI. They do work 4 days a week there so you may be calling on a Monday or Friday and they may be closed. Good luck.

[DSE 3]

Yeah, in fairness, I've been calling from 3 timezones away, and just before, and all week after the Xmas holiday, so they probably were off for the boogie. That didn't dawn on me til just now.
I love my TalonFat Sucker, and they were great to work with when it needed to be modded.
Since we're on the subject, sorta, I've decided against cut-in laterals based both on how non-cut Voodoo's feel, and my Talon, which is cut-in. However, I'm interested if anyone has a different viewpoint. I liked the cut-in on other rigs, but on the RI rigs, it doesn't seem as comfy.

[riggerrob 558]

A Silhouette 190 is pushing it for any Voodo.
Originally, Sandy only wanted to build Voodoos for smaller canopies and it took forever to talk him into building Voodoos for canopies bigger than 150 square feet.

[riggerrob 558]

That is because the chart in the Para-Gear catalog is OLD!

[riggerrob 558]

Take R.I.'s advice on which canopy will fit into which size of container.
A large part of the problem is that canopy volume often varies 10 or 15 percent.
The only people who understand this are a handful of container manufacturers.
Often - when I worked at Rigging Innovations - Sandy would hand me a new canopy and ask me how it fit into a Talon XYZ. So I would pack the new canopy and report back: "It fits, but is a b$#@! to close!"
Meanwhile, Sandy would be busy stuffing the next new canopy into the PIA Volume Measuring cylinder.

In conclusion: volume numbers written by container manufacturers are written by riggers.
Volume numbers published by canopy manufacturers are written by marketing managers.

Does anyone know the difference between a marketing manager and a compulsive liar?

[Gene03 0]

"Does anyone know the difference between a marketing manager and a compulsive liar?"

One gets a paycheck?

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)