Does anyone make new rounds?

[IMGR2 0]

When I say new, what I'm talking about specifically is I am curious if there is a manufacturer that studies new technologies and applies them to rounds.
ie. ZP rounds etc...

[MikeForsythe 0]

Manny Buttler designed a slider for rounds. Paraflight has a square round. Also, there are always new developments for their uses.

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[beezyshaw 0]

Manley Butler, Butler Parachute Systems would probably know as much or more about rounds as anyone in our business, and he certainly studies and applies new technology concerning the use of rounds.

www.butlerparachutes.com

[bob.dino 1]

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Paraflight has a square round.

Is that a typo, or should we buy a dictionary for the folk at Paraflight? (their website seems to be no longer operational, so I couldn't check for myself).

[mjosparky 4]

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Paraflight has a square round.

Is that a typo, or should we buy a dictionary for the folk at Paraflight? (their website seems to be no longer operational, so I couldn't check for myself).

This is the round Forsythe was referring to.

http://www.paraflite.com/html/advancedparachute.html

It is a cross form with the legs sewn together. The first slider on a round was in the late 40's I think. It was also used by Simula for the Dura Pack which is replacing aircrew systems in the Navy and Air Force.

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[sundevil777 102]

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Paraflight has a square round.

Is that a typo, or should we buy a dictionary for the folk at Paraflight? (their website seems to be no longer operational, so I couldn't check for myself).

http://www.paraflite.com/

This is the square - round:

http://www.paraflite.com/html/advancedparachute.html

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[pchapman 279]

Round canopy technology may not be evolving in skydiving, but does get attention in other fields. Pilot emergency rigs and the military have already been mentioned. The military of course uses aerodynamic decelerators for many things other than dropping people. The military & their suppliers get pretty detailed with their designs -- computational fluid dynamics of unsteady flows, etc.

One additional area of continued round canopy design is in paragliding (& hang gliding), as most paragliding emergency parachutes are rounds.

Things that have been tried have been slotted double cap designs, multiple cell designs, steerable single riser systems, pulled down apex annular designs, cold & hot rocket deployment, integrated pilot chute & bag, single-use shock absorbers, etc. I won't try to explain all that, and I don't have the terminology right in all cases. Some items relate to canopy design, others to the overall parachute system. Some of the items are common, others never became popular. It's not a hotbed of activity, for many designs are pretty much standardized now, but there has been evolution in the last 15 years.

[peckerhead 0]

Smokejumpers still use rounds and yes the are new.

The FS-14 is the latest model replacing the FS-12. Bill Gargano at Quantum parachutes makes them on a government contract. I think the new ones even use Z-P fabric.

[Mikki_ZH 0]

Basic Research makes rounds for BASE Jumping (Water landings)

http://www.basicresearch.com/

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[riggerrob 643]

Strong Enterprises and Para-Phernalia (Preserve 4) designed round parachutes in the 1990s for warbird pilots. Specifically, they designed round parachutes to survive openings faster than 150 knots, with more than 254 pounds.