Is it what I think it is?

[FeFe 0]

Picture from the WFFC site. Did any of you guys down there saw one in flesh?

[AggieDave 6]

Ahhhh...PD's new canopy.

The "Whhhaaaaaaa" (kunk fu noise).

I wouldn't doubt it if it was, since the rumor had the Katana availabe to have it for demos at WFFC and the other rumor was that they'll be available for purchase by September, so that would all make since.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[kevin922 0]

yes that is the new canopy, i heard it was only pd factory jumpers demoing them at WFFC and that they would be for sale "at the end of the season" (which makes little sense to me but okay)

[Blahr 0]

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Ahhhh...PD's new canopy.

The "Whhhaaaaaaa" (kunk fu noise).

I would be extremely happy if that was really its name :-)
I expect I would laugh every time I thought about it

[PhreeZone 15]

The PD boys have been jumping them all convention... swoop monsters for not being crossbraced.

Wait till you see the video

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And tomorrow is a mystery

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[freeflyanvil 0]

>>The "Whhhaaaaaaa" (kunk fu noise). <<

LMFAO

Vid
"stons fal, evrysing fals, but doesnt on purpos change its flite pas an positioning..."

[MikeFB2764 0]

There are more pictures posted on the WFFC site at:

http://www.freefall.com/images/rantoul/08072003/alt/index.htm

Though when I tried to hit them, they were not active yet. I may have hit them while they were being posted.

[freeflydrew 0]

Any plans to post some video then???


-drew

[adamjenner 0]

WAHHOOOO
it looks SWEET!!
i want the video haha

[rbagg 0]

Looking at the pictures seems that only the trailing edge is tapered(?) but from what I understand this chute supposed to be more radical than the Stileto - Right?

Can you create a more radical design with only semi-elliptical canopy or I might be just wrong, it is fully elliptical and the pictures are misleading?

Royi

[Samurai136 0]

It looks like it has tapered leading and trailing edges to me. Some of those WFFC photos look very similar to photos my friend took of me under Samurai a few weeks ago; which leads me to speculate this canopy has a steeper trim than a Stiletto.

Ken

"Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian
Ken

[rogue108 0]

That is PD's new canopy. Tentatively to be called the Katana. It defintely exists. Heath and Jay from Team PD have been test jumping one of them at X-Keys.

[mr2mk1g 10]

Yes its definiately called the Katana. Some people are saying that it does not have a name just a symbol (sad I know). But the "symbol" is the Japanese word for Katana (to laymen thats the correct name for a "samurai sword").

I think it looks as beautiful as its namesake

[apoil 0]

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Yes its definiately called the Katana. Some people are saying that it does not have a name just a symbol (sad I know). But the "symbol" is the Japanese word for Katana (to laymen thats the correct name for a "samurai sword").

PD is cool because they name their canopies after knives.

[Remster 24]

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PD is cool because they name their canopies after knives.

yeahh... thats how I make my canopy choice... lol


PS: what kinda knife is a spectre or a lightning?

Remster

[jerm 0]

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Yes its definiately called the Katana. Some people are saying that it does not have a name just a symbol (sad I know). But the "symbol" is the Japanese word for Katana (to laymen thats the correct name for a "samurai sword").

PD is cool because they name their canopies after knives.

Actually, it names them after airplanes.

Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time

[freeflybella 0]

Just completely out of curiosity, where has anyone heard the name Katana? I don't know anyone from PD who will call it anything but XH.

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