dz.com sugestion - Wing Loading!

[Spy38W 0]

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could someone fill me in please

Just divide your weight...

What, Wha, Wha??? I read what you quoted, saw that it was a perfect setup for a Fowler-ism, and you post a serious reply? Did hell freeze over?

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Hook high, flare on time

[freeflir29 0]

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Did hell freeze over?

Hey...I have a rating now. I have to be serious sometimes.....

[Spy38W 0]

1.48-1.85 depending on which canopy I'm jumping...

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Hook high, flare on time

[Viking 0]

On the Manta 288's i load it at .74:1
On the PD 260 9cell i load at .82:1


I would like to slowly move down to a 170 and stay there for a while. I would be loading that at 1.2:1 but at my curent rate of jumping its gonna take me a while.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[lummy 4]

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I guess then that the big hype is to load the canopy to around 1.5 or higher and pray to hell that the thing holds till you get to the ground?

UHmmm.. NO.... It'll hold til you get down, It's the ground you need to worry about... The higher the wingloading, the faster and more responsive the canopy will be. for the inexperienced, this can be way too much to handle. Kinda like driving a maserati on the Autobahn just after you get your license.

1.21 on an Omega 180

I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1

[AndyMan 7]

I've suggested a wing-loading entry a few times. I don't really understand why people object. It seems to me that it's just like any other field on the profile, if you don't want it published, then don't fill it in.

1.5 - 1.6 under my Stiletto, depending on how much beer I drink.

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[Hooknswoop 19]

3.1:1

Hook

[Magistr8 0]

it was supposed to be sarcastic. I do belive that I have the basic jist of it, I can be a quick learner when I want to be.

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." Napoleon Bonaparte

[Viking 0]

holy shit man what do you jump?

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[AggieDave 6]

You know those little canopy kite things you can buy to fly at the beach? That's what he jumps...

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

[Spy38W 0]

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You know those little canopy kite things you can buy to fly at the beach? That's what he jumps...

I thought it was one of those things you put in your lap when you have dinner at a nice resturant (read, before you started skydiving and could afford to have dinner at a nice resturant)

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Hook high, flare on time

[Kris 0]

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holy shit man what do you jump?

Derek jumps a VX-60, last I heard. I saw him land it at Skydive Houston last December when I was down visiting Brittany.

I heard the canopy when he was still a couple of hundred feet up. It sounded like the hounds of hell were after him the way it was slicing through the air. To this day, I have never seen anyone come in as hot as he did for that landing.

Impressive is an understatement.

Derek, thanks for the show.

Kris

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[n2skdvn 0]

.95to 1 to match hooknswoop id have to jump a 37sq ft canopy(no thanks though)going to go down to a 95 though want a little better penatration into the wind on windy days

btw i jump an icraus omega 120

if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN
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[Magistr8 0]

I think GI Joe uses the same chute, but I didn't think that they made them for everyday use

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." Napoleon Bonaparte

[FallinWoman 1]

I, too, would love to know people's wingloadings.

I would rather tell you what my wingloading is than tell you the size of my canopy. So I don't really have to tell you my weight if I just give you the wingloading number (1.05) and tell you that I jump a Sabre....

Anne

~Anne

I'm a Doll!!!!

[Viking 0]

i would have to jump a 65.....no thanx

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[Magistr8 0]

well I still use the DZ gear so according to the calculation my wing load would be .725 which sounds like now like I should take their advice and dwn size to a 170 from a 200

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." Napoleon Bonaparte

[pilotdave 0]

1:1.25 (aka .8:1). Having plenty of fun, so I see no reason to downsize any time soon. I load my reserve at about 1.08:1.

Dave

[drenaline 0]

1.1 or 1.2 depends on the weights and the breakfast.

HISPA 21
www.panamafreefall.com

[skymick 0]

im at 1.15/1.0 at 99 jumps (would of been at least 100 if it wasnt for shitty weather last w/e :)

[Viking 0]

hehe so what flavor pie do you like?

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[Stacy 0]

I have 550 jumps and am loading my main (jedei) at 1.33

plenty of speed for me at this time, thanks.

[jfields 0]

1.15 : 1 starting at jump 17 when I bought my own gear. I'm now at 82 jumps, and I plan on jumping the same Sabre 190 for quite awhile longer.

[rhino 0]

1.9 - 2.1 depending on weights.

Speed is good!!

Side note.. Watching Hook swoop is what made me want to swoop. What a ride!!!!

Rhino

[f1freak 0]

I am right @ 1.68

HAVE FUN...
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