Training on Ellipticals

[ChasingBlueSky 0]

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>So at a 0.9 WL will a Sabre2 outperform a Stilletto???

>Has anybody actually flown an eliptical at a 0.8 or 0.9 WL???

I jumped a Stiletto 190 at about .9 to 1 and it felt unstable to me at that loading. Not as bad as a Nova, but not very solid.

I've flown the Sabre, Sabre2, Safire1, Stiletto, Crossfire1, Samari, and Lotus at low WL's (.9 to 1.2). I never felt they were unstable, nor were the openings "interesting." They flew like huge boats, very unresponsive - or not twitchy as some would say - impossible to steer with harness input, and just like any other huge canopy they were effected more by light turbulance that smaller canopies never felt in the same conditions.

The Stiletto at a light WL had more power in the flare than any of those other canopies.

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[replyI've flown the Sabre, Sabre2, Safire1, Stiletto, Crossfire1, Samari, and Lotus at low WL's (.9 to 1.2). I never felt they were unstable, nor were the openings "interesting." They flew like huge boats, very unresponsive - or not twitchy as some would say - impossible to steer with harness input, and just like any other huge canopy they were effected more by light turbulance that smaller canopies never felt in the same conditions.

The Stiletto at a light WL had more power in the flare than any of those other canopies.

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[replyI've flown the Sabre, Sabre2, Safire1, Stiletto, Crossfire1, Samari, and Lotus at low WL's (.9 to 1.2). I never felt they were unstable, nor were the openings "interesting." They flew like huge boats, very unresponsive - or not twitchy as some would say - impossible to steer with harness input, and just like any other huge canopy they were effected more by light turbulance that smaller canopies never felt in the same conditions.

The Stiletto at a light WL had more power in the flare than any of those other canopies.

The Crossfire1 & 2, cobalt and stiletto are very easy to harness steer at 1.1 when they are in the small range of under 120 sq ft. Crossfire2 was the most harness responcive of the bunch at that wingloading.

[billvon 3,006]

>I've flown the Sabre, Sabre2, Safire1, Stiletto, Crossfire1, Samari,
>and Lotus at low WL's (.9 to 1.2). I never felt they were unstable . . .

Not quite unstable as a Nova, but not very stable either. Kelli had a good term for it - "breathy." I would not have wanted to fly it in turbulence. The other canopies you've listed did not have that problem when I tried them at lighter loadings.