another newbie question, whar does it mean...

[ihavearrived 0]

I have seen discussions about people saying they jump on X brand rig loaded at 1.1 or loaded at 1.4, etc. What is the loaded at 1.1 mean?

I'm sur I will learn it in my AFF, which I haven't started yet...but soon!

Thanx
Alan

[Reginald 0]

this has the info you're looking for plus some

http://www.uspa.org/publications/SIM/2005SIM/SIM.htm

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things." CP

[kelel01 1]

It's called wingloading. It = your weight in pounds WITH gear / square footage of the canopy.

It's often expressed as a ratio: 1.1:1. That would be that your weight with gear is 1.1 times the square footage of the canopy.

[bob.dino 1]

Loading is short for wingloading, which is defined as exit weight (you + rig) in lb, divided by the size of the canopy in sq ft.

Example:

I weigh 82kg. My rig weighs 10kg. My exit weight is 92kg, or 203lb.


My canopy is 170 sq ft.


Therefore my wingloading is 203 / 170 = 1.2.

As Reginald suggested, you should download or buy a copy of the SIM and have a read. Lots of questions answered there!

[Anvilbrother 0]

Wing loading it is the ratio of your weight with all your gear on that you would leave the plane with divided by the square feet of your canopy I.E

You weigh 150+30(Gear)=180
You jump a 190 sqft canopy
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Your wingloading would be 1:0.94

If you jumped a 130 sqft your Wl would be 1:1.38

It is just an expression of how much weight is applied to your canopy per square foot.

The higher you load it the faster it might turn, the less glide ratio it has, and the faster it might descend. It is also not equal across the board. A 1:1 loading on a 230 will not fly the same on a 150.

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[tso-d_chris 0]

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Your wingloading would be 0.94:1

If you jumped a 130 sqft your Wl would be 1.38:1

Fixed it for you!

[Andy9o8 2]

Here’s an easy way to visualize it. Take your weight (in pounds) and add about 25 pounds for your gear (we call that your weight “out the door”). Then divide that by the square footage of the canopy. Example: You weigh 170 naked, so that’s 195 out the door. If you jump a 170 sq. ft. canopy, that’s 195 / 170 = 1.14:1 wingloading. Now let’s say you feel a canopy with roughly a 1:1 wingloading, give or take, is about right for your skill level. You’d select one with a square footage somewhere in the 190 - 210 foot range.