aj4218 0 #1 October 2, 2007 As far as I remember, this canopy was never given a name or put into production (I wonder why? ). Can you name the designer though? Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #2 October 3, 2007 Is it a Jalbert Square Mulitcell ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aj4218 0 #3 October 4, 2007 Quote Is it a Jalbert Square Mulitcell ? No. In fact it was an experimental design by a Brit called Dick Gays in 1980. He was trying to see if a 'slotted' round could get similar forward speed to a square. Needless to say, it didn't work Al Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medic0079 0 #4 October 12, 2007 Now that just looks plain dangerous! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cpoxon 0 #5 October 17, 2007 Quote Quote Is it a Jalbert Square Mulitcell ? No. In fact it was an experimental design by a Brit called Dick Gays in 1980. He was trying to see if a 'slotted' round could get similar forward speed to a square. Needless to say, it didn't work Al I had the pleasure of meeting Dick Gays a couple of years ago and he gave me a little brochure he produced on all of his weird and wonderful parachutes he designed. I shall have to dig it out, scan it and upload it. I can't remember the name of the parachute of the top of my head, but I believe it's the same one that Rick Boardman had a mal on in Hong Kong that resulted in a broken back? I seem to remember Dick telling me, or rather him relating that another parachute designer said, it was actually quite a good design but it was just a couple of years late as squares had already begun to dominate. Edit: Dick called it the Slots canopy and it looks like it got up to its third iteration.Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
