cs_troyk 0 #1 March 31, 2015 My new princess, Leia 66.6, arrived last week and I had a chance to jump her over the weekend. I got the sail internals as an option, and jumped with full RDS. Initial impressions... Exit weight 250 lbs., wingloading 3.75, field altitude of DZ = 5400 ft (1645 meters). All openings were great - on heading and well-staged (all hop 'n pops). Easy control the canopy during housekeeping (RDS + cheststrap). Very easy and responsive front risers. Very responsive to harness - I'd put it this way; you simply "think" about which way you want the canopy to go, and it responds. One thing that's different about these Schuemann-inspired wings is that in the shallow part of a single toggle input, the canopy will actually turn in the opposite direction. It seems the lift created by the input overpowers the drag for about the first 1/4 of the stroke, which causes that side of the canopy to lift relative to the other, and therefore turn the other way. Compared to a Petra 72 (w/l ~3.5), also jumped this weekend, I found this "opposite turn" phenomenon to be more pronounced on the Leia. Riser turns on the 66.6 are, as expected, extremely snappy. I find it easier to counter the turns on Leia than on the slightly larger Petra, which wants to keep going. Recovery arc seems to have a wide range to work with. I was doing a carving 270 (light front to initiate, harness for the rest) from 1200 feet and that was just about right. Flare is awesome - tons to work with even at this wingloading. On the first jump, I exited almost last (before a couple of wingsuiters). There were a couple fun-jumper groups and then some tandems before me. I opened out the door, played a bit with the canopy to get a feel for her (nothing exceptionally radical), and was the 3rd person from the load to land. Next jump, I did a "casual" test for vertical descent and easily hit 110 MPH vertical, about 120 total velocity vector. Rotations are much quicker than when I did the same on my VX74; about 1.8 sec./rotation vs. 2.4 sec./rotation. I didn't perceive as many G's, though. People on the ground said it looked like a radical spinning mal. I'll get more instrumentation to figure out exactly how much I can build up. All-in-all, a super-fun specialty canopy. Looking forwad to getting more wings like her in my fleet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raymod2 1 #2 April 2, 2015 Thanks for the write-up, Troy. I know what you mean about how the Petra wants to keep turning. Controlling the turn rate on bigger turns is one of the hardest thing to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
degeneration 5 #3 April 2, 2015 3.75 WL... that's probably higher than that guy was at when he landed the 35.Sky Switches - Affordable stills camera tongue switches and conversion adaptors, supporting various brands of camera (Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #4 April 3, 2015 I think Luigi weighs like 40lbs out the door Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OzzieDave 1 #5 April 3, 2015 yeh but he landed a 37.... Ernesto probably weighs less :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
