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Hi !
I ear a lot about the shuman platform, wich i guess is a taper leading edge and a straight trailing edge, am i right ?
I wanted to discuss on what shape ( or platform) different canopy has and how does it affect their flight ?
Velos jfx, jvx are square ?
Valkyries airwolf leia are round in front straight in the back ?
Petra hk peregrine ?
Are there canopies that are elliptical both edges ?
How does it affect the flight. ? -
[The gangster will be below the helix ? I tought i saw a video of it swooping way further than any canopies? -
I'm going to florida in two month, i'll do it then. :) -
Were are you from? I'll be in z-hills/sebastian area 3 to 9t of march if you wanna trycit once. Air wolf 71 -
Ok. Hard to compare to different parachutes and sizes together. I woukd say there is more power on both rears and toggles in my AW71, but they feel easier to pull, probably because the canopy is smaller.
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I can try :
On the fly sight for the same turn, i go 10mph faster on the air wolf at ground level. The gap was bigger than i tought between the two canopies. When i downsized from a velo 96 to a como 79 ( i had already 650 jumps on then96) the difference was very manageable. When i downsized from a comp 79cto an airwolf 71, the difference was huge !! I know i went from a "square" Canopy to a tri-tapered and downsized too. That was maybe a lot at the same time, had to be carefull. The thing that surprised me the most was not the speed but the harness response. I had to focus a lot in this.
Do you have any specifics questions ? -
I have an airwolf 71 that i load at 2.75 with the top skin in FT-30. My friend has a valkyrie 71 that he loads at 2.9 ( he is 10 pounds more than me) when we flew together, he was sinking just a little more than me. We both do a 450 at a same pace and he has to start it 100-150 feets higher. I start my 450 just 50 feets higher than i did with my old velo comp 79. I feel like the airwolf recovers faster than the valkyrie and flys just a little more flat. At ground level, with the fly sight, our speeds were pretty much the same.
Also, i feel like the ft-30 does an amazing job. Got almost 100 jumps with the airwolf snd the tissue is still as crisoy as new :)
Love that canopy !! -
Thanks, that awnsers my question.
So basically what do people do with their old sail canopy? Sell it for cheap, give them back to the company ?
Also, you work at flyid wings ? I Got an air wolf with top skin in FT-30. (Love that canopy) Cool material you guys developed. If someone asks for an HKT with the same hybrid configuration than the airwolf would it be possible? -
In my example I'll talk to Hk ( sail) vs HKT
My question is: let's say someone continues to jump an HK past 4-500 jumps, is it going to perform less than the HKT after the sail starts to be too old ?
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Hi!
I was wondering what was your opinion and feelings about when it's getting too heavy and you start to loose distsnce in swooping. I'm currently on an air wolf 71 ( wingloading 2.55 without weights, i prefer it at 2,75)
Does anybody prefer to load their VK or air wolf around 3 or more? At wich point does it get too heavy for the wing ? -
Ok thanks Eddy -
davelepka... by a couple of jumps I ment a couple of hundred dont worry... I know 800 jumps is not that much, im just looking foward with what I should do to get to fly a xbrace canopy.
An other questions. Is it possible to send a demos up to canada ? -
Thanks for the answers.
I will for sure make a couples of jumps on a smaller katana prior to go on a crossbrace. I dont want to kill myself LOL.
My questions were for after this.
Im reading a lot on Jfx and I did'nt hear some negative about this canopy. The problem is I dont think I can try one before I would buy it and I did'nt see some used one for sale yet. Is it really close to the old FX ? Is there JFX demos ? how does it works to get one ?
What would be the big difference between a JFX and A velo, for the same wing loading. Does a velo offers much more '' performance'' ( speed, dive, etc. )
Thanks much :)
Edit to add: my main interest is in distance swoop but not a sub terminal setup. I may not be ready for the best distance canopy by now but I'd like to know what would be a good progression, and on what canopy... -
Hello everyone.
Im new to this forum. I've been reading all the posts this summer and I've come to a question.
I've been jumping a katana 120, loading it to 1.4, since 2 and a half summer. I've done 400 jumps on it ( 250 this summer) and my 270 are gettin not so bad....
I wanted to downsize next summer, going to a Xbrace... anyone would suggest me something ?
I've heard a lot of good comments on JFX, but there is no used one for sale. Im looking for more performance, but I'm a safe skydiver, if I an say.
What would be a good canopy for me, size, type... I know you did'nt see me landing but do you think it's ok to pass from a katana 120 to a crossbrace.?
thanks in advance
Wing platform types.
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