Hooknswoop 19 #1 March 9, 2002 OK the Stiletto 97 is packed in the terse and the PD-170 is ready to go into the main compartment of the J4. WX depending I will try another 2 out test jump, so last chance for input. Anyone??????Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #2 March 9, 2002 Deploy the Stiletto in front of the 170, and if they are stable but the stiletto is surging, pop the brakes on the 170 and see if the speed increase and steeper AOA helps the situation. If they are stable in a Biplane I'm wondering how they would be in a side-by-side.Derek, thanks for doing this, I'm looking at doing a 120/160 combo later this year and if this turns out too bad, I might rethink that.Cause I don't wanna come back down from this cloud... ~ Bush Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazerq3 0 #3 March 9, 2002 Quoteso last chance for input. Anyone??????Yeah....Your F#$king nuts!!!!!jason Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #4 March 9, 2002 Right, I have to deploy the stiletto first in this configuration. If the Stiletto/Safire combo is any indication, I would have to release the brakes on the PD-170 as it inflates, because last time they entangled after downplaning first. There wasn't any time where they flew together long enough to try and improve the situation by releasing the brakes on the "reserve". If they will play together long enough for me to get on the toggles, I'll release the brakes on the PD. I want to keep cutting down the performance difference disparity between the canopys until I find some sort of break point. Something so that I could confidently say XX% difference in size between an elliptical 0-P main and a reserve is a bad idea.Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #5 March 9, 2002 Hook:we need to video document your next "test flight" so we can submit it to sangiro for posting to others. what do you think?Richard"Gravity Is My Friend" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #6 March 9, 2002 Anyone w/ a camera is welcome to tag along (just don't kill me, I got enough to worry about and keep me busy on the jump:-))I think an outside view would be very valuable. I would wear a sidewinder w/ a camera but nothing else. A belly cam won't wortk (terse is in the way) and I am familar w/ the sidewinder and that is the only helmet I wouldn't be worried about snagging a line on.Hook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #7 March 9, 2002 Hook:i have just the fellow in mind...........don't worry!Richard"gravity Is My Friend"P.S.Don't Forget The "Cut-Away Rig!""Gravity Is My Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
