Triple risers

[nigel99 606]

A few years back there was some interest in triple risers - to make canapy fly flatter or something? Do they still exist or what happened to them?

[skreamer 1]

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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

This is in the G and R forum
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[gus 1]

D'oh!
Right up there with your spotting skills, nice one.
Gus
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[SkydiveMonkey 0]

Taken from one of RiggerRob's posts in this forum :
Triple risers have extra risers solely for the steering lines. Most of them also have an extra brake locking loop sewn to the middle riser. This extra loop - similar to tandems - helps keep things neat during the deployment sequence. This adds an extra step to the packing process.
The extra step in packing is only worth it if you are already extracting 95% of the performance from your canopy. Extracting 95% of the performance requires loosening your chest strap after opening, collapsing your slider, pulling it down to neck level, and using all controls: including front risers, rear risers, toggles and leg straps.
Doing all the above allows the canopy to spread from your hips instead of spreading from the slider. This allows the tail to flatten out a bit more, flattening glide, improving roll stability and reducing friction on control lines.
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