kallend 2,030 #51 July 17, 2003 QuoteI believe the Body acts like a big slider and blocks air entry into the canopy. With Forward motion air hits the tail and inflates back to front faster. I dont think fall rate actually has as much to do with it as the air stream that your body creates behind you. But then again, I got like 50 jumps so i dont really know jack. I do know what riding in the very back of the 206 is like, and Ill keep sitting there and pulling high. I just cant think of any situation where 500 more feet would be bad. Isn't the deploying canopy always "behind you" when viewed with respect to the airstream?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crutch 0 #52 July 17, 2003 One, if you need to break-off at 6000' to have enough seperation for an opening at 2200'. You are either doing something bigger than a 60-way or the people you are jumping with are pretty poor trackers. Two, if you don't believe that it causes a faster opening go out and try it. If you have a canopy that doesn't snivel, don't be wearing a camera on your head as it may hurt. As far as why it opens faster in a track, you are only thinking in one plane, up and down. There are other factors in relative speed i.e. the speed of your track. The two are actually coming from different directions during a good flat track, but the combination gives you a higher totall airspeed. This will not register on the little computer as it is only measuring vertical airspeed.blue skies, art Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,008 #53 July 17, 2003 >One, if you need to break-off at 6000' to have enough seperation > for an opening at 2200'. You are either doing something bigger > than a 60-way or the people you are jumping with are pretty poor > trackers. It was a 123 way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,030 #54 July 18, 2003 QuoteOne, if you need to break-off at 6000' to have enough seperation for an opening at 2200'. You are either doing something bigger than a 60-way or the people you are jumping with are pretty poor trackers. We did thirteen 120 - 124 ways Two, if you don't believe that it causes a faster opening go out and try it. If you have a canopy that doesn't snivel, don't be wearing a camera on your head as it may hurt. Done that, and it didn't As far as why it opens faster in a track, you are only thinking in one plane, up and down. There are other factors in relative speed i.e. the speed of your track. The two are actually coming from different directions during a good flat track, but the combination gives you a higher totall airspeed. This will not register on the little computer as it is only measuring vertical airspeed. The available data (see Hooknswoop's data previously referenced) shows that the vector sum for a good tracker (he won a tracking contest so we can take it that he's good) is lower than 4-way speed. He wrote a good article in the "Tracking" thread, too. ... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
