mark 107 #1 May 5, 2006 Crawling down inside the cells of an APS Rascal today, I saw the trailing 8-12 inches of every internal rib missing, making what are essentially triangular crossports. The construction is not easily seen from the outside, since the stitching for the rib seams continues all the way to the tail. What was the design intention? Crossports? Simpler construction of the tail seam? Change toggle pressure? Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #2 May 5, 2006 Simpler construction of the tail seam? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,466 #3 May 5, 2006 Aren't PdeF reserves built like that? Jerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldwellbuilder 0 #4 May 10, 2006 Bob Chaffin, owner of APS, had told me that the design was a continuous cross-port of the tail of the canopy. I jumped a Rascal 230 9-cell and it would occaisionally have end cell closure which would not clear themselves due to this continuous cross-port feature. A simple depression of toggles would always open them up-- just like any other canopy. So, it is an interesting design but I don't know that it is any better. It was an F-111 fabric , so perhaps ZP fabric would have better response. Later, William Caldwell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites