Jiggs 0 #1 August 17, 2004 Hey all, As you can guess from the title of this post we are planning for some fun and games with various canopies including a FX-74. What I was wondering is has anyone had much experience direct bagging exits with a canopy of this size? Is there anything that we need to be aware of? Any general hints or tips would be appreciated. Cheers!"Don't blame malice for what stupidity can explain." "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our despair, against our will comes wisdom" - Aeschylus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #2 August 17, 2004 This doesn't really answer your question..but on the bridge day lemmings video someone throws a waded up extreme FX (neatly folded but still a wad) in to the air as they jump that was like 900 feet from the ground. they kicked out of line twists then landed in the water. My room mate has a video of a guy direct bagging some sort of cross brace canopy I think it is a VX (468 feet above the water). This fellow barely cleared his toggles and it was time to flare. The direct bagged canopy definitely opened better than the wad. Team Extreme direct bagged that VX 39 out the door of the otter. I am unsure whether the d-bag should be disconnected from the main and kept in the hands of the assistant or if they should just let the bridle get pulled out of their hands as the canopy pilot jumps and reaches line stretch. The base forums may have some good advice."Revolution is an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.", Ambrose Bierce. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #3 August 17, 2004 Jiggs, I am not sure what reason you would want to d-bag an FX, but the only thing I can think of is that you possibly want the benefits of an RDS without the hassles of reeling it in. In competitions past, some of us simply used "expendible" deployments systems for distance runs. purpose-sewn d-bags with old, non-collapsible pilot chutes. Last time I saw any used was at Perris in the 2001 season and not a single one was lost; all were recovered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jiggs 0 #4 August 18, 2004 Sorry - perhaps I should be a little clearer --> We intend on usuing a variety of different canopies on a cutaway harness. The reason I brought up the 74 as its the smallest main that we will be mucking around with. One of the people that will be using this will have a wingloading of around 4 - we are not Luigi so no intention of landing this! Perhaps this might be better placed in gear and rigging? I was hoping to see if anyone had any specific advice to offer on attempts of this size. Cheers,"Don't blame malice for what stupidity can explain." "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our despair, against our will comes wisdom" - Aeschylus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
