isaiah85 0 #26 May 24, 2006 Yea, it's easy to scale a canopy up or down in size, only problem is it won't fly or open like the one you modeled it after. Why? Because the physical and aerodynamic laws that the parachute must obey don't scale up and down with the parachute. So, the problems we were having with the larger Katana’s were both openings and flight characteristics, fix one and the other was off. It took hundreds of revisions and sub-revisions, 2+ years of hard work from our engineering department and we finally have it. It's now a perfect canopy. I hope that answers your questions. Isaiah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakyrat 1 #27 May 25, 2006 Isaiah Thank's for your informative post on the Katana and wing loading. I so far only have 6 jumps on my 120 with HMA lines loaded about 1.6. It suits me fine. I've only had two off heading openings. The other openings have been really slow, easy and on heading. I kind of think it's settling down now. The approach path is slightly steeper and the speed a little faster than my 120 Stiletto. It sure has been fun so far and I'm very happy with the Canopy. Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
