phoenixlpr 0 #1 June 9, 2011 Is anyone jumping a deployable speedflier canopy? What is needed for that? What copopy is adviced? Any source to read about it? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pendragon 1 #2 June 9, 2011 I'm sure someone has probably D-bagged one... but in line with paragliders, their line sets and trim would not make any speedwing I can think of suitable for higher speed deployments.-- BASE #1182 Muff #3573 PFI #52; UK WSI #13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LetsGoOutside 0 #3 June 10, 2011 QuoteI'm sure someone has probably D-bagged one... but in line with paragliders, their line sets and trim would not make any speedwing I can think of suitable for higher speed deployments.Yeah, direct bag and lauches a la unpacked BASE have happened plenty, but none of the gear is meant to withstand opening shock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #4 June 10, 2011 I have deployed several speed gliders from aircraft as well as several paragliders. An Ozone bullet works OK. I have several ways of doing it, trash bagging works best, with a removable slider. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #5 June 10, 2011 QuoteI have deployed several speed gliders from aircraft as well as several paragliders What sort of speeds are we talking here? You mention the trash bag technique, so should we assume that the deployments were all from jumprun speed? If so, what type of plane? Also, how many deployments did you put on any one wing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #6 June 10, 2011 one wing took 2 deployments then line anchors began to fail. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davelepka 4 #7 June 10, 2011 No shit. I didn't think they could hold up to many deployments, but I would have guessed more than 2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martini 0 #8 June 10, 2011 How severe were the openings on YOU? Like 4 seconds slider down?Sometimes you eat the bear.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LetsGoOutside 0 #9 June 10, 2011 QuoteI have deployed several speed gliders from aircraft as well as several paragliders. An Ozone bullet works OK. I have several ways of doing it, trash bagging works best, with a removable slider.What did you use for a harness? My Ozone Atak wouldn't stand a chance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frankyspanky 0 #10 June 16, 2011 QuoteIs anyone jumping a deployable speedflier canopy? Yep it is an icarus. Speed wings are too flat and stiletto like (elliptical) for my liking. we learned that is not the best for speed a decade ago, but they will get there eventually. They are good for no wind days and 'kids' hills, but you cannot beat the performance of a (decent) parachute. As the paragliders get more and more used to actually going fast and steep, we will see the speed wings become more like high performance parachutes. My speed flying wing is an Jyro (icarus) 105 for 1993 in mint condition, the speed flyers tell me it is tiny. To me it feels quite big...? and yes it is deployable....Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces. Ron Paul Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rigless 0 #11 June 16, 2011 "All limits are self imposed." Icarus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AdD 1 #12 June 22, 2011 QuoteSpeed wings are too flat and stiletto like (elliptical) for my liking. we learned that is not the best for speed a decade ago, but they will get there eventually. Sounds like you don't really have much experience speedflying a variety of sites and conditions. No offence intended but speedflying on a skydiving canopy is like base jumping your reserve. I don't want the newbies on here to get it in their heads that this is a good idea or that experienced speedflyers would recommend it, because they wouldn't.Life is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
superstu 0 #13 June 22, 2011 One of my teammates (Scott) has been doing a lot of "special projects" in regards to stuff like this. Here's a little video he just put together of his antics as of late. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KHNJJaDhD8Slip Stream Air Sports Do not go softly, do not go quietly, never back down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #14 June 22, 2011 Quote [petra] A full on, badass, ultimate speed and distance machine. Nick is freaking amazing on that thing. I hope I can fly one one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjudd 0 #15 July 19, 2011 http://vimeo.com/16226960 This guy may be someone to talk to he sounds like hes been there and done that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #16 July 19, 2011 Quotehttp://vimeo.com/16226960 This guy may be someone to talk to he sounds like hes been there and done that That guy is an idiot and no one should ever believe anything he says. that video is fake and photoshopped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #17 July 19, 2011 Quote That guy is an idiot and no one should ever believe anything he says. that video is fake and photoshopped. you say that because you are jealous you don't have his photoshop skillz scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #18 July 19, 2011 Quote Quote That guy is an idiot and no one should ever believe anything he says. that video is fake and photoshopped. you say that because you are jealous you don't have his photoshop skillz Just pissed that he gets ALL the girls. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #19 July 19, 2011 Quote Quote Quote That guy is an idiot and no one should ever believe anything he says. that video is fake and photoshopped. you say that because you are jealous you don't have his photoshop skillz Just pissed that he gets ALL the girls. get a close shave, a wig and fake boobs then scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjudd 0 #20 August 26, 2011 QuoteThat guy is an idiot and no one should ever believe anything he says. that video is fake and photoshopped. Photo shopped or not, i dont care. Why one would jump a speedflyer period from terminal or H&P is beyond be. Find it intriguing though if it were real and anyone that wants to push the sport/limits be my guest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjudd 0 #21 August 26, 2011 also how the f is he at 8000+ feet (altimeter and visual reference from the video) if he didnt jump from a plane? speedflyers dont exactly gain altitude in my recolection? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #22 August 26, 2011 Quotealso how the f is he at 8000+ feet (altimeter and visual reference from the video) if he didnt jump from a plane? speedflyers dont exactly gain altitude in my recolection? You obviously know nothing of dynamic soaring. Speed gliders are very capable of maintaining energy and stability through the abusive sheer layers required for dynamic soaring. The kid in the video (an idiot) is gaining altitude so fast he broke his paragliding variometer, so he borrowed a friends skydive altimeter. He launched from a grain silo in a tornado. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #23 August 26, 2011 Quote He launched from a grain silo in a tornado. well, all I can say is that the idiot redneck pilot can fly scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #24 August 26, 2011 QuoteQuotealso how the f is he at 8000+ feet (altimeter and visual reference from the video) if he didnt jump from a plane? speedflyers dont exactly gain altitude in my recolection? You obviously know nothing of dynamic soaring. Speed gliders are very capable of maintaining energy and stability through the abusive sheer layers required for dynamic soaring. The kid in the video (an idiot) is gaining altitude so fast he broke his paragliding variometer, so he borrowed a friends skydive altimeter. He launched from a grain silo in a tornado. Calvin you owe me a new keyboard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #25 August 26, 2011 QuoteHe launched from a grain silo in a tornado. There's no place like home.... There's no place like home.... There's no place like home.... There's no place like home.... (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
