MegaFly- Worlds Largest Ram Air Parachute

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I saw this on pia.com
http://pia.com/NEWS/PFI%20-%20MegaFly%20Press%20Release1%20(Revised).pdf
It's a fully elliptical 9000 sq ft canopy. The wing span is 20ft less than a 747. "MegaFly is designed to carry 30,000 lb of cargo and is intended to be dropped at altitudes up to 25,000ft. It can fly autonomously via GPS guidance for distances up to 40 km to a designated point on the ground."

[bigway 4]

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2477372;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

Here you go. More pics.

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oops. Thanks Bigway. Seems I reposted. Sorry. LouDiamond's You don't see that everyday.. thread has lots of great photos and more info.

[grue 1]

And now, rosie odonnell can make a jump!

cavete terrae.

[SuFantasma 0]

SkinnyShrek can swoop that fucker !

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[ACMESkydiver 0]

YEA!!!!
So somebody ask Lou how much it'll cost us to strap ourselves down onto the platform and then do a dead-air jump off of it at 15k.

'Course, we'll need to take oxygen if we're hanging out at 25k for a bit...but MAN I'll bet that's one hell of a view from there!!!

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[pullhigh 0]

He is well over the listed payload capacity of 30,000 lbs.

[cocheese 0]

I wanna see a rock band do a video /song on the way down. We could be under canopy jammin away all around them. Hell yea, dock on the bitch for a better seat.

[2fat2fly 0]

Are you sure it's not an AN-2?

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried

[AggieDave 6]

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Are you sure it's not an AN-2?

Maybe, but I thought it was your new main?

Its either that or two AN-2s sewn together.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[2fat2fly 0]

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Maybe, but I thought it was your new main?

Yep, since I'm getting old and my knees are shot I dropped down to a 1.6 W/L

I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried