Youradhere 0 #1 Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) My question is about how the smart reserve wing load is measured. For example on the website I see a smart 160 with exit weight of 192 is a 1.0 wing load. How does this work? Edited March 18, 2019 by Youradhere Posted wrong post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youradhere 0 #2 March 23, 2019 Anybody got any ideas. I also noticed pack volume on the smart is larger than most reserves of similar size and equal to larger reserves. Im basing this on the vector sizing charts. I emailed aerodyne but haven't heard back from them yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voilsb 1 #3 March 23, 2019 I think it's a typo. It says "student 1.0 = NS" and "intermediate 1.0 = 192" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #4 March 30, 2019 Warning! Speculation! The old PIA canopy measuring method measured chord in a straight line from trailing edge to top leading edge. That method was quick and easy on rectangular canopies, but awkward and inaccurate on tapered canopies. Performance Designs uses a simpler method that only measures the bottom skin. The PD method always produces smaller areas than the same canopy measured by PIA methods. IOW PD canopies always “fly ten percent bigger” than PD’s size numbers suggest. Several other manufacturers eventually adopted PIA’s method. So that might explain why Aerodyne publishes miss-matched numbers. Smarts also have more reinforcing tapes in their tails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20kN 93 #5 April 2, 2019 (edited) It's probably a typo. In any case you could be asking Aerodyne this. They will know more about their website than some random people on DZ.com will. Edited April 2, 2019 by 20kN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
