skez 0 #1 December 16, 2014 hey any one got any info on these? they made to actually soar? seems cheap and cool lol http://www.ebay.com/itm/220-Sq-Ft-pink-slope-soaring-parachute/141505395105?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27538%26meid%3Df8b883a744b44ade8dba6fae8237c7c6%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D11353%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D321618003680&rt=ncFTMC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #2 December 16, 2014 You're full of ideas on old stuff these days. I don't know my paragliding history precisely year by year, but if they were 9 cells from the 1980s, they would basically just be skydiving parachutes built more lightly and maybe trimmed a bit shallower. Anything will soar in a strong enough upslope wind. Otherwise you'd most likely just be doing sled rides down to the bottom. I'd have to get out my old paragliding books but I think '86 was pretty much the start of the modern slope soaring / parapente / paragliding movement, with wings (canopies) built for the purpose. It was at the very end of the 80s, and start of the 90s when the designs started looking more like modern paragliders, with taper (and later elliptical shapes), many more cells, and higher aspect ratios. At least the really early, low aspect ratio, rectangular canopies should be pretty safe. Some of the higher performance stuff at the very start of the 90s was a little sketchy on stability, because it was hard to design for both safety and performance at the same time. A student canopy might be ok, but a high performance once tricky. In any case real paraglider style canopies need real paraglider skills if flying in turbulent air. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skez 0 #3 December 16, 2014 Yeh i love all old parachute related stuff so much interesting history etc and this person selling these old soaring canopies has 64 of them wtf? And yeh i thought these might be pretty much a parachute trimmed differently... i have got a stilleto 135 to soar before but yeh they definitely want to go straight down..... definitely agree about anything like a paraglider needing pg skills...I've had a 14m speedwing collapse from turbulence it sucks and its why full size paragliders scare the shit out of me...FTMC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beatnik 2 #4 December 16, 2014 I have about 3 dozen jumps on a deployable paraglider system that I have developed. I never took any formal paragliding classes but it does do things differently than a typical parachute. The first several jumps with it I was very cautious. But that might have been because of the whole system more than the paraglider. There is a lot of very interesting things in skydiving history. I have spent the last ten years diving into it as much as I could. In doing that I got a lot of opportunities that I would never have had if I didn't. I still love the history of the sport and the vintage gear. I don't know what I will do with all the gear I have collected when I am no longer able to jump it. There is still a lot to be learned from the history books. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skez 0 #5 December 16, 2014 Sounds cool and my paragliding class was read as much as i could and get someone to push u off a mountain lol...and yeh ive got a few old as parachutes I've acquired just for the sake of having them lol my favourites the paracommander but...i got a old swift five cell today so now i learned about fly away brake lines after going what the fuck is wrong with these brake lines lol its interesting and very peculiar system cunts must have freaked out seeing lines trailing after a reserve rideFTMC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
