Ariel from Flight Concepts

[sjtravjr 0]

My friend has a Ariel 150 from Flight Concepts and I'm thinking about buying it. I can't find any info on it though. I understand its an older canopy and ZP but that's it. Anybody know/heard anything about this canopy?

[muff528 3]

I've got 2-300 jumps on a 135. Basically a Sabre copy. Mine had a few hundred jumps on it when I got it. Quirky, unpredictable openings, but flew and landed OK. Might have been a little out of trim. Does that one have a Flight Concepts data panel? I thought they pre-dated Flight Concepts. I'm pretty sure mine is Glide-Path (without actually digging it out and looking at it).

[sjtravjr 0]

I know you said their opening are unpredictable but are they hard like Sabres or just weird and of heading? She said its Flight concepts. Is it a 7 or 9 cell?

[muff528 3]

I don't recall any chronic problems with off-heading openings. Mostly very snivelly openings with the more-than-occasional slammer. Seemed to be a little more difficult to get consistent openings than the 135 Sabre. (Actually, I never had any real problems with unusually hard openings on my Sabre.) But, again, mine may have had trim problems that might have exacerbated those kinds of problems. 9-cell.

[riggerrob 558]

I have enjoyed hundreds of jumps on an Ariel 150. Off-heading openings were rare.
The only times it opened hard were when I packed it sloppily ... and I suspect that most of those hard openings were caused by me allowing the slider to slip away from the slider stops as I rushed to stuff the canopy into the deployment bag.

For comparison, I also have hundreds of jumps on Sabre 1-135, 150 and 170, Sabre 2, Stiletto, Safire, Crossfire, Hornet, Pilot, etc..

[billeisele 122]

put 250+ on a 170, loved it, it was stolen last year

not the best platform available and there are others now that are better

if the price is right I'd jump it

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