Steering a round?

[Divalent 137]

I made 10 jumps back in the '70s under a round parachute, and I'm trying to recall if the toogles worked the same back then as they do now (i.e., pull right to go right) or if it was the other way around. My fuzzy recollection was that pulling on the right toggle deformed the hole in the back right side to make it bigger, and so it would expel more air, so you would go left. But I may be mistaken (maybe it made the hole smaller). Can anyone remind me of how they operated? Thanks.

[oldwomanc6 52]

Pull right, go right. Pull left, go left.

lisa

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[skybill 22]

Hi deviant,
Like the lady said!! The rig would work like you envisioned "IF" you hooked up the toggle lines to the "Inboard" instread of the "Outboard" suspension line of the cut out gore!! I'm sure some turkey somewhere did that!!

SCR-2034, SCS-680

III%,
Deli-out

[Divalent 137]

Thanks, Lisa and Bill. I *think* that answers my Q. However ...

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... The rig would work like you envisioned "IF" you hooked up the toggle lines to the "Inboard" instread of the "Outboard" suspension line of the cut out gore!! I'm sure some turkey somewhere did that!!

... maybe I should describe the DZ operation.

[Krip 2]

four line check


one jump wonder

[drjump 0]

Pulling the steering toggle down did not make the hole bigger! It distorted the 'hole' causing the air escaping to rotate the canopy.

[jackwallace 3]

"My fuzzy recollection"


That proves you jumped in the 70"s.

U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler.
scr 316

[airdvr 210]

I never steered a round...just changed my view.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[lekstrom10k 0]

It depended what round you were talking about. Arag or T-10 with a hot shit 7-TU right toggle distorted the size of the opening, allowing more air to go through the left side. A PC had an inverted apex and actual steering flaps, still same principal. A Mark 1 had a drive hole in the back, Mark2 no drive hole until hook knife time. Mark 3 and competition PC's had a big drive hole and bigger flaps. With those and UT-15's people still used the for accuracy long after Clouds came out. Only the Foil was used for stomping the disc .