Calvin19

yeah dude. expired cypresses explode if you turn them on. Advice to perform an illegal action regarding certificated equipment removed by slotperfect. Doing so here is extremely bad form. -SPACE-

i still take mine off every time. -SPACE-

oh. and when i made the dorkzone screenname it said i could use calvin 6, but that sounds stupid. i started base when i was 19. so there. -SPACE-

i agree there are good points and bad points to square reserves. thats why i think i will make mine with 2 reserves. hmmm. i need to call the older pilots. paragliders really suck in 1989. i know because i still fly two of them. -SPACE-

i dont know about the 19 in calvin. i have never seen another calvin. it is a conspiracy. its those god damn moderators. -SPACE-

sorry, senior rigger. and your avatar says 30 years. my bad. my coma was caused by a launch collapse on an alpine launch site from a wind downdraft. i was flying with other pilots at that time at the same site, just, the bubble hit me that day. and im ok with that. -SPACE-

i had no idea bladders were tested, could you point me in a right direction to look at the test results? or maybe they found something that wasnt worth it. please elaborate. websites? and im not questioning the usefulness of reserves in place, but being a skydiver and BASE jumper, i want something a bit more, um, controlable. -SPACE-

a parachute is retarded and simple campared to a paraglider. there is a reason paragliders dont re-open reliably, its because they were not designed to. and man, we are talking all aerodynamics. the kite, paragliders, canopies, hell, ALL fabric wings work in very close to the exact same way. all are for different purposes. so you saying that one creates lift to pull someone up and another to slow one down just goes to show that you havent thought about it that much. its the same thing. now, one thing you might know a bit more about than i do is how a parachute OPENS. what the air is doing around and inside the canopy as it is inflating. but i doubt you could explain it so i would understand. but im not trying to make parachutes open better. im trying to get them to fly better. A wing has a dominating force direction (IE kite lines, jumper, pilot) the air flowing over this wing (foil) is seperated over the topskin and the bottom skin. in some of these foils, such as Bladder kites, have a single surface. this only makes the airfoil less efficient. the air flowing over the top of said foil is changed direction in a fashion that it produces a force of its own (this dynamic displacement is called bernouli effect) now, being that the angle of attack of this foil is situated to a point where the lift vector is at an angle forward of the dominating force direction. (forward) the foils or wing is accelerated forward and creates more or less lift so that PARACITE drag and INDUCED drag and the dominating force (sometimes called gravity) are equalised. this, essentialy, is how all gliders work. my goal in this is to make these wings safer, the harnesses safer, for ME. not argue with some 30year master rigger about how much him or I know about aerodynamics. -SPACE-

too bad all you old guys suck at wingsuiting. i was kicking ALL your asses. me and the rest of the young guys were.

i have paragliding risers like that! and the morpheus rig with sewn in risers and cutaway 3rings. it kicks ass. -SPACE-

man, she is beautifull. I started hang gliding when i was 15, what a wonderful sport. then i got into paragliding and registered flying. all i have for my wing is a 1990 delta wing light dream 205. all i need is a single place. very cool aircraft man. im jealous. maybe i can get a ride someday? when i finsh mine ill trade you?!

hmm... how do you get a reserve horseshoe? maybe getting the pc stuck in your armpit? or in the legwing crotch inlet? -SPACE-

Like ...? everything besides information sharing online perhaps? -SPACE-

i have been thinking about the cordwise structure being wrapped carbon fiber, it would save weight and hassle there, but i cant see a spanwise structure being composite like that. the bladder i think is the best way to go. several of them, 2 or 4 over lapping. and the structure will only go up to the last 80% of the wing to giver the brakeline free reign of the wing, dont think that collapses happen in the last 20%, ill play with it. -SPACE-

no worries. -SPACE-

sweet. luckaly i am a Multi engine commercial instrument pilot already. but the certification of my homemade rig will be tough. but thats 2 years away -SPACE-

im afraid thats a joke. im serious. but im a sucker so here i go -SPACE-

fair enough, i have never used an airbag harness, i have seen them but never landed on one. i need a new harness now anyway, my 1000USD harness was cut off of me, right at the buckles. it probably took longer and made it harder to take it off of me than to just unbuckle it. but hey. im still alive -SPACE-

i destroyed my leg awhile back and have not been able to launch a hang glider or paraglider. i am looking into turning my hang glider into a powered trike. does anyone know of a forum for trike builders? or someone in colorado i caould talk to? i was told by my HG instructor that my wing is perfect for a single place trike, so i want to know where i can get help. -SPACE-

ha! speaking of pissing people off online, i just got a 30year masterrigger pissed off in the rigging section -SPACE-

I actualy do have access to all sewing machines save a bar tacker. but a lot of paragliding harnesses i have seen dont use bar tack. as for mounting it on my back, i dont think it would hurt to have both on your butt, static line dbags will work if its a clean deployment or not, and as we are saying, if i have the altitude to use the cutaway, then i probably have the altitude to deal with linetwists. thanks for your reply. -SPACE-

Brad Pitt is a Hoser and a Tool. but he is hot. I would go gay for brad pitt. but yeah, the idea originated in the script of Fight Club. Chuck Palahniuk wrote it, pitt said it. -SPACE-

Stumpy, My collapse that put me in a coma for a long time happened because paragliders are not ridged. by adding spanwise high pressure air bladders if only one, and as many cordwise as deemed necessary in testing, one can completely be rid of collapses. the idea here is to not modify the paraglider wing at all, but add inside the cells high pressure ait bladders identical to inflatablekites, the wing would perform the same, only wouldnt collapse. this would have saved me from 3 months in the hospital and a lifelong limp. I also kiteboard, so i do know quite a bit about fabric foils, ramair or not. I have also designedand built well-flying and still flying ridged hang gliders, rogallo an not. I actualy rigged up the wing i designed and built when iwas 18 just yesterday to see if i needed any parts so i can do a cutaway from it in moab. this design also could reduce the amount of suspension lines the paraglider needs to keep its shape. actulay, the work iam doing right now is adding bladders to a 1993 mirage glider. all testing will be done on the gliders i have like this. eventualy i plan on doing it to my GIN bonanza. the glider that i crashed. -SPACE-

i do not have a low opinion of riggers, just a low opinion of some. and by "i dont trust riggers to do my rigging" i meant i like doing my own, not that i dont trust them. and i do my own rigging not because i think they are sketchy, but because i like knowing what is going on. and i enjoy being the only person who can mess things up on my gear. my screws are from a paragliding accident, nothing to do with an opening parachute. and besides, being a certified rigger gives a person nothing save the legal ability to pack an emergency parachute. I have read all the books you have homeslice, and i will never become certified. parachutes are retarded and simple. they are designed that way. are you sure you know exactly how a parachute works? -SPACE-

agreed. but do these monowings WORK? im sure the wingsuits work, but is the airflow staying connected all the way from shoulder to foot?