Fluid Wings HK | HKT

[sswain 0]

Just wanted to give the HK & HKT a separate thread...

I've been jumping the AW79 hybrid and have a brand new HKT75 full FT-30 ready to jump.

Would love to hear the opinions of the current pilots.

[rjklein4470 23]

somebody post something quick.

[Pobrause 6]

Jealousy incoming

How much bigger/smaller does the FT30 pack compared to ZP/sail?

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[lazdog23 7]

1 size bigger than the same size sail if all FT30

[28337 2]

Pobrause

Jealousy incoming

How much bigger/smaller does the FT30 pack compared to ZP/sail?

my AW84 has ft30 TS and ribs and it packs almost same as my VC96. Full-ft30 will pack 3 sizes up I beleive.

[Pobrause 6]

Wait a sec... FT30 packs BIGGER than sail??

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[28337 2]

Pobrause

Wait a sec... FT30 packs BIGGER than sail??

bigger than zp. can't say anything about sail.

[Pobrause 6]

lazdog23

1 size bigger than the same size sail if all FT30

This can‘t be true...

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[freefly68 0]

i will get my FT30 top skin AW79 by the end of November. Then I'm able to say how it pack in relation to a VK84.

provehito in altum

[sswain 0]

I have the AW79 Hybrid... I find it packs more like a VK90/96 vs. VK84.

I've been using a v306 u-stow with the AW79 and it fits perfect. That said, I used the same dbag for VC96, VK96 and VK84... the VK84 was soft!

I did demo the AW96 and it was a real b*tch to pack it in the v306! was doable, but the ugly!

[danielcroft 2]

Larry's all FT-30 HKT 73 packs fine in my smaller rig (Infinity I-12sn), probably a size bigger than my 75 Valkyrie Hybrid so maybe 2 sizes? Nowhere even close to as tight as my Peregrine 67. I didn't feel like it was super different to Larry's HKT 79 (Fluid's standard HKT hybrid is ZP with sail ribs if I remember correctly?).

More to the point (IMO) is that FT-30 is nowhere near as difficult to pack as sail.

[daffes 4]

I have put those 3 canopies on my rig:

1) Airwolf 75 with FT 30 on the Top Skin and Ribs (Hybrid type 1)
2) Helix 84 Hybrid (Ribs, Mini ribs and xbraces) (similar amount of sail as a hybrid VK)
3) VK 84 non-Hybrid

"3" packs about a size smaller than "1" and "2".
"1" and "2" pack about the same size.

[28337 2]

daffes

I have put those 3 canopies on my rig:

1) Airwolf 75 with FT 30 on the Top Skin and Ribs (Hybrid type 1)
2) Helix 84 Hybrid (Ribs, Mini ribs and xbraces) (similar amount of sail as a hybrid VK)
3) VK 84 non-Hybrid

"3" packs about a size smaller than "1" and "2".
"1" and "2" pack about the same size.

this is what I was talking about - hybrid AW pack 2 sizes bigger than full-zp VE/VC/VK. full-ft30 AW pack 3 sizes up.

my AW84 (ft30 TS and ribs) packs same size as my VC96