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danielcroft

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Are you saying these canopies are in fact a schuemann planform or?


I guess my impression was that the concepts espoused by Schuemann were on a continuum, meaning that there's an ideal but progression towards that planform would yield maybe sub-optimal results until the ideal was reached?

On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.

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danielcroft


On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.



Any other wings (than VK) have them?

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On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.



Any other wings (than VK) have them?Yes, Icarus Neos had them for about 6 years
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So a couple of year pass and we now have two Schuemanny planform non-crossbraced canopies with inflatable stabilizers, the Tesla (Fluid Wings) and the X-Fire (Icarus). Seems odd that neither PD or NZ aerosports seem to be in a hurry to start down this path, any ideas what's going on?

Has anybody out there flow one of these and a Katana, I'd love to know how they stack up?

p.s. Pretty sure the crossfire 3 doesn't have these characteristics

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