Why Velocity is so popular?

[adamT 0]

I'd also like to add the the paragliding development cycle is much faster then ours. The major manufactures refresh their entire line every 2 to 3 years. There are also more wing manufactures in their world then the skydiving industry. All though It is alot cheaper to send people up a hill to fly all day to test new ideas then burn a bunch of dead dinosaurs. They also don't seem to be as caught up in the liability trap that skydiving companies use as an excuse not to bring new tech to the market. The ram air wing may have started in skydiving but they don't wait on us to advance the tech. In just a few years their speed flying wings have gone from almost straight copies of stilettos and sprigos to cross braced wings in a variety of plan forms and line trim/lengths to suit several different styles of flying.

[rhys 0]

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AFAIK they fly with relatively low WL. What would be the benefit of cross bracing for them?

Speed flying!

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[rhys 0]

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you are wrong. of course the utilize crossbraced designs.
paragliders are where it's at. i've jumped some small and fast canopys but never had the feeling of power and respect than under paragliders.
you should do it, the feeling of power and a real effective wing above you is just great.
same goes for speedfliers.

I will try a speedflying canopy, but will not own one, paragliders do not use front riser input so that has not been alowed for in thier trim, paragliders have more performance yes but they ar elarger and have more cells.

Different kettle of fish.

[mr_prick 0]

well have fun then with frontriser input on a speedwing
you can actually pack a speedwing into a big container that holds around a 210 zp canopy. rds slider and there you go. the dyneema lines don't take friction too well though.

[swilson 0]

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the dyneema lines don't take friction too well though.

You know that Dyneema is just DSM's trademarked name for spectra, right? It's still UHMWPE. Probably just treated differently than typical skydiving line...

[rhys 0]

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well have fun then with frontriser input on a speedwing[ Cool]

No friggin way, i'll save that for my GLX!!

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