PD's next canopy?

[jeanneretjerome 24]

Not too sure, but to me, it is not about inflatable stabilizer, but about increasing the wing arc. The increase curvature at the tip of the wing so having a cell instead of a stab, improve the glide ratio, increase structural wing stability, and improve pitch stability.

[danielcroft 2]

Speed-Flyer

Are you saying these canopies are in fact a schuemann planform or?

I guess my impression was that the concepts espoused by Schuemann were on a continuum, meaning that there's an ideal but progression towards that planform would yield maybe sub-optimal results until the ideal was reached?

On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.

[skow 6]

danielcroft

On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.

Any other wings (than VK) have them?

[piisfish 140]

skow

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On inflatable stabilizers, the anecdotal evidence I've heard is that wings with them feel more controlled and precise while turning but I don't have enough jumps on either to have my own opinion.

Any other wings (than VK) have them?Yes, Icarus Neos had them for about 6 years

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[degeneration 5]

Pretty sure some Firebird canopies that are No longer in production had inflatable stabilizers too.

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[Luck 0]

Indeed, the undertacker from firebird has them.

http://www.flyfirebird.com/fb/?canopies-gallery

[jurgencamps 0]

Luck

clicky http://www.flyfirebird.com/fb/?canopies-gallery

[EvilGenius 0]

So a couple of year pass and we now have two Schuemanny planform non-crossbraced canopies with inflatable stabilizers, the Tesla (Fluid Wings) and the X-Fire (Icarus). Seems odd that neither PD or NZ aerosports seem to be in a hurry to start down this path, any ideas what's going on?

Has anybody out there flow one of these and a Katana, I'd love to know how they stack up?

p.s. Pretty sure the crossfire 3 doesn't have these characteristics

[ph.nilsson 0]

I would also be interested in a comparison like this, anyone sitting on something juicy?

In my book, a katana with crossfire-isch openings would be close to an ideal canopy...