Icarus JVX?

[AggieDave 6]

I've seen this mentioned a couple of times but haven't been able to find a full explaination of the the canopy in my searches.

Is it that semi-crossbraced canopy they were playing with a while back? (center 3 cells x-braced the rest open).

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

[TALONSKY 0]

You might try these
http://canopypiloting.tempwebpage.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=1769;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;guest=163912
OR
http://canopypiloting.tempwebpage.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=1855;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;guest=163912

[Canuck 0]

Jim Slaton describes it a little in the forums of canopypiloting.com. You can also find some pics if you search a little. It's a 27 cell with no stabalizers and the nose looks slighlty different than a VX. I'm sure there is more to it than that, but that's what you can see clearly in the pics. Also, I believe it comes with HMA lines - at least as an option.

The canopy you refer to with only cross bracing in the middle is (I believe) the GLX which is the ground launch specific canopy.

Canuck

[AggieDave 6]

Ok, cool, thanks for the links.

Once again, no love for the fat boys, huh? Oh well.

(Its not like I'm at the experience/skill level to even watch one being swooped yet)

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

[Bartje 0]

Is Icarus not testing a 33cell cross braced canopy?
I heared something like that in spain that they are jumping it but yet the canopy has some minus points.

A FreeFly Gypsy

[AggieDave 6]

I saw pics of Clawson tearing it up on an 11-cell VX (33-cell, whatever)...from what I understand, it opens like past 11 cells in the history of the sport...very poorly.

*shrug* I bet one of the folks on here that knows more about the ins and outs of Icarus prototypes could talk about more details.

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

[skygod7777 0]

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*shrug* I bet one of the folks on here that knows more about the ins and outs of Icarus prototypes could talk about more details.

i'm sure jim slaton knows all about the proto types, but i don't think he's really supposed to talk to much about them ya know.


and as far as that 11 cell, i also heard that the dive wasn't as much as the other xbraced out there.


the thing about 11 cells also is more lines which equals more drag..........i don't know what came about of the canopy, maybe the speed to drag difference wasn't enough to continue on with the proto type, or maybe it has and we just haven't heard much more about it.


who knows.

later

[Spizzzarko 0]

I have been told by several different people, who are near PD, that there is a new High Performance PD canopy that is being tested that will outswoop the velocity. I have been thinking last night about what the future may bring for canopy's. I think maybee rigidity is the way of the future. This can be done maybee with some sort of inflatable air locked inner spar. More inner ribs and cross braces. Maybee cross braces that just don't attach to the top skin, but CB's that attach to the bottom skin too. Maybee a thinner airfoil. This draw back of these idea's will be pack volume, but that may solve the problems of rig sizing. If the main packs up bigger than you can have a bigger reserve container.