largest cross braced canopy?

[ShotterMG 0]

Is it the Velo 120? Anything else out there?

[piisfish 140]

Icarus FX 270 IIRC

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

[skow 6]

When ordering from Icarus / Daedalus you can have any size you want.

Also by x-brace I guess you meant canopy more for swopoing and don't count Matrix2? http://www.nzaerosports.com/canopies/daedalus-matrix2

[johnmatrix 21]

Wasn't the old PD canopy the Excalibur a cross-braced 150?

[piisfish 140]

piisfish

Icarus FX 270 IIRC

it was a 285 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2437869;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;t=search_engine

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

[Alexg3265 0]

i have an old excalibur 170 in the closet... kinda wanna jump it just to see the look on peoples faces....

I was that kid jumping out if his tree house with a bed sheet. My dad wouldn't let me use the ladder to try the roof...

[thegrump 0]

I have a 190 Excalibur with only 100 jumps on it ant have always wondered how it would perform in the base environment

[dpreguy 14]

Careful grump.
The excalibers had tiny thin lines. Might break under a "snap open" base jump.

[thegrump 0]

If i do that a reline with Dacron will happen first . Probably just wondering would that be cool or what.

[dpreguy 14]

If you are repurposing a canopy for base, I suggest a Pursuit 230. The last of the spanwise construction era. They have a tail pocket type design for the lines, the lines are tough and they open very fast. I know of a couple that have been mothballed and are nearly new. I'm guessing they are not hard to find.

Unfortunately, they land like shit.

[thegrump 0]

I have jumps on a pursuit from back in the day . A friend of mine made his first 40 or so BASE jumps on a 230 rw version . The Excalibur is more an idea than a reality , just courious about a f 111 crossbraced as a swoop type bridge only canopy . It kind of falls under the catoragy not all ideas are good ideas

[Skydive2 1]

I remember meeting a guy around 2001 that had a VX or Xaos 135 (I'm pretty sure it was a VX)

[virgin-burner 1]

Skydive2

I remember meeting a guy around 2001 that had a VX or Xaos 135 (I'm pretty sure it was a VX)

and here i was thinking, nzaerosports made you any of their parachutes in any size..

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[keithbar 1]

virgin-burner

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and here i was thinking, nzaerosports made you any of their parachutes in any size.. so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[virgin-burner 1]

keithbar

******)

and here i was thinking, nzaerosports made you any of their parachutes in any size.. so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

i was under the impression you should be able to order a 305 petra if that was your thing. i'm quite sure you'd get a couple eyebrows lifted your way, but other than that, yes, that's how i understand their marketing.

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[keithbar 1]

If i am ever able to truly fly this crossfire to its limits. I don't think that would be a bad downsize.

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[virgin-burner 1]

i'm happy with my safire so far, no ambitions whatsoever to go any sportier.. better get it on with my new wingsuit!

“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda

[bob.dino 1]

keithbar

so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

I've jumped with someone on a VX 149.

[chuckakers 426]

johnmatrix

Wasn't the old PD canopy the Excalibur a cross-braced 150?

They were made up to 230.

Chuck Akers
D-10855
Houston, TX

[keithbar 1]

bob.dino

*** so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

I've jumped with someone on a VX 149. I like it any idea what they had for a wingloading?

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[Luck 0]

Jojo wings:
http://old.jojowing.com/skydiving/hxp/hxp.php

NZ aersports: 285ft²
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=71990;t=search_engine

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

ShotterMG

Is it the Velo 120? Anything else out there?

I know that Ryan Scarlett has a Xaos 27 135.

[bob.dino 1]

keithbar

****** so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

I've jumped with someone on a VX 149. I like it any idea what they had for a wingloading?

He was not the smallest guy around. I don't recall the exact wingloading, but it was in a normal VX range for the early-mid-2000s. So probably 1.7-2.0? I vaguely recall him putting the canopy up for sale after he lost some weight.

[keithbar 1]

bob.dino

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I've jumped with someone on a VX 149.

I like it any idea what they had for a wingloading?

He was not the smallest guy around. I don't recall the exact wingloading, but it was in a normal VX range for the early-mid-2000s. So probably 1.7-2.0? I vaguely recall him putting the canopy up for sale after he lost some weight. cool thanks for the reply

i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am .

[diablopilot 2]

virgin-burner

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and here i was thinking, nzaerosports made you any of their parachutes in any size.. so If i ever want to downsize from my crossfire 2 169. I can order a v x 168?

i was under the impression you should be able to order a 305 petra if that was your thing. i'm quite sure you'd get a couple eyebrows lifted your way, but other than that, yes, that's how i understand their marketing.

You'd also be a test pilot.

Aerodynamics don't scale. The in between sizes from some manufacturers are linear scalings AFAIK, and do not fly "true" to their design. This is not much of a problem in the smaller sizes as the change is very small, though when pushing the limits of performance the shortcomings can be more noticeable.

Some manufacturers that do not offer scaling have tuned the design of each size for the most desirable performance traits.


I'd suggest that a 305 Petra, unless tested a tweeked by the factory is going to be a rather unpredictable canopy. :-)

I've owned 4 scaled canopies and their corresponding "factory" sizes.

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