defty 0 #1 October 5, 2011 Hey all i have a question i started to film CReW jumps i have a crossfire 129 with a wingload of 1.7 and i am trying to keep up with the group butt it isnt easy i had to put in a lot of effort not to fly over or under the formation. otherwise the crossfire is a good canopy with a lot of range and good in getting the formation from long distance to short good video point . now my question what would be the best canopy to do the job on improving my video work greetz stijn ps here is the latest video i made last weekend (1-2 october 2011) http://vimeo.com/29962615http://slenaerts.jumplog.net/index.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 0 #2 October 5, 2011 Anything high performance basically sucks for filming CRW. The most HP canopy I could film CRW with was my fusion 120, and only filming lower WL sequential and just for fun - the canopy opens too slow to film "for real". Anything faster (like my vengeance) and you fly way too fast and sticking the canopy into the burble won't help you loose enough speed (plus the burble does "interesting" things to HP canopies...). If you want to film CRW for judgeable video, get a CRW canopy (or a PDR that worked for me in a pinch). For fun, a freefall 7cell like a spectre, regular storm or regular or hybrid triathlon is OK too. You basically want a canopy you can do just about anything to and it will still keep flying: full brakes burble flying and flying cross-connect to stay put behind the formation are 2 things your crossfire will NOT like You want to fly behind the formation comfortably, in the burble, instead of the see-sawing you do now to bleed off speed. Try flying cross/warped, that's 1 brake and the opposite FR to get the canopy to stop flying so fast (try that at your own risk with a xfire LOL) Get a canopy with ~ the same wingload as your group, or a little bit lower. For big diamonds a lower wl is helpful. If you're filming 4way rotation however, better not have too low a wingload edit: ow that off-heading+linetwist you had is fairly dangerous when doing crw, I'd work on that Do the exact same exit the CRW jumpers are doing, and I'd wait longer for more distance with that canopy. ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
defty 0 #3 October 5, 2011 thx for the info i noticed the burble does something funny with the crossfire and i tried also the fr toggle move it stopped my xfire to move fast butt after a couple of sec the fr pressure was to high to hold i think im going to search the market for a second hand storm sure i wont find it butt i have time greetz stijn http://slenaerts.jumplog.net/index.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaTo 0 #4 October 6, 2011 Quote i noticed the burble does something funny with the crossfire look at this video, at around 1:00: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snq81l8o020 and you will see what a burble can do with a non-CRW canopy (if I remember correctly, this was a Velocity our one-time cameraman was using) Quote i think im going to search the market for a second hand storm sure i wont find it butt i have time what size do you need? we have a CF Storm 97 for sale and belgium is just over the border Caren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
defty 0 #5 October 6, 2011 i think i might be a storm 135 or 150 not realy sure what size like i said i have time to look so iff anyone has a 135 or 150 for sale let me know http://slenaerts.jumplog.net/index.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #6 October 8, 2011 Back in the day... We had "trim tabs" on our front risers. They allowed us to change the atack angel of the canopy. Maybe this would be helpful?? Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
