Freefall Deployable Paraglider?

[stevebabin 0]

I was wondering if anyone knew of a paraglider that could be deployed from freefall. I seem to recall a company in Europe was developing one, but I havn't heard anything about it in a while.
Anyone?

Thanks,
Steve

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[Faber 0]

I saw it on Discovery once,but dont think it ever got further.

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[Yoshi 0]

do a search there was a thread about it not too long ago... its on the paragear site under military equipment or something...

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[billvon 3,090]

Christian Wehrfritz designed one a while back, but I couldn't talk him into letting me jump it. You can't pack the fabric they use, and their lines aren't generally strong enough to survive an opening. Further, paragliders have aspect ratios and wing curvatures that make deployment very difficult. It could be done, but it would be neither a paraglider nor a normal ram-air parachute; it would be a hybrid borrowing from both designs.

[EricTheRed 0]

But you can BASE one!

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=461066;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

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[jdfreefly 1]

One of the locals was out at crosskeys one weekend test jumping one for a company that does military contracts.

It had locks on the risers so you could ajust the trim while packing it so it opened more like a parachute.

Once you had a malfunction free opening, you released the locks and the trim changed to that of a paraglider.

It was really cool. I wanted to jump it. He wouldn't let me.

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[callahan 0]

There wouldn't be any freefall time but I know they've been d-bagging them from the underside of hot air balloons .

[crazy 0]

Nervures

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[Jonsmann 0]

That page hasn't been updated for 3 years!

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[Zenister 0]

to bad..it makes some really interesting claims...

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[crazy 0]

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That page hasn't been updated for 3 years!

What's wrong with that? Once you have the name of the manufacturer and the website, it's not difficult to get additional info if you want to. On the left side of the screen there are the 2 words "last news". Move the pointer of the mouse over there and press the left button of the mouse. You will get news from ~6 months ago.
If you know how to use google, from nervures and Denali, you can easily find parachutes of germany, an other manufacturer of drop paragliders.
What else do you need?

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[iot 0]

www.paragear.com -> military -> tactical systems -> PARIS

[SkyAnt 0]

Modern paraglider harnesses are way more comfy than a regular harness however. It all sounds kind of painful.

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[sducoach 0]

Steve,

It won't fit in that new base rig..........................

Blues,

J.E.

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[SkymonkeyONE 4]

Paraflite is selling a hybrid designed for military applications. Unless I am mistaken, they were jumping during the PIA symposium.

Chuck

[piisfish 140]

it's here and it looks sweet

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[stratoflyer 0]

Hi Steve,
I've looked through this thread in the hope that your question has been answered, lots of suggestions but no answer that i could see which applied to the civilian market. I hope you found an answer and can now share it with me as i launch into a project along the same line of thinking.
Let me know through here or by e-mail fieldmod@dahlendesigns.com Thanks. dzp

[spyrant 0]

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I was wondering if anyone knew of a paraglider that could be deployed from freefall. I seem to recall a company in Europe was developing one, but I havn't heard anything about it in a while.
Anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTrMQitk5vk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9H5utUzlA

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[woodpecker 0]

Try CALVIN over in the BASE forums. He's been doing quite a bit with paragliders and might me able to help you out.

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[yoink 321]

The Bullet isn't a paraglider - it's a speedflying wing (or groundlauching as we'd a call it).

Deploying these wings from freefall is bad ju-ju.

There's a video kicking around somewhere of someone BASEing a Gin Nano speedflyer. He spun until impact.

[pchapman 279]

For the record, I understand the only terminal freefall deployed paraglider jump was by Jimmy Hall.

For this, I'm talking about a paraglider designed purely for paragliding, not a crossover like what Nervures or Para Flite has.

D-bagging paragliders has been done by many, normally at slow speeds (other paragliders, helicopters, ultralights etc). I don't know about higher speed d-bagging. That would get messier.

(As for Jimmy's jumps in Hawaii: A few photos are up on a paragliding site. He wrote that he blew lines on every jump, having done multiple jumps. Presumably he didn't reline the whole glider beforehand with stronger lines. That's a lot of work. He had added a slider! I know of no video that is public. Although Jimmy is dead, I inquired with Ozone, the manufacturer of his paraglider. Someone there figured someday they might be able to get the video together and publish something.)

[DesertDevil 1]

It only took 30 minutes to change a speedwing or paraglider to a skydive canopy. Take a look at this picture. PM me if you any questions.

Faris

[stratoflyer 0]

Here is one way to get your hangtime. Chopped at 7K on a cool October day and flew an Apco 24 for 10 minutes more, could have been longer had i not been trying to get down quick. 3dzp

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[piisfish 140]

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D-bagging paragliders has been done by many, normally at slow speeds (other paragliders, helicopters, ultralights etc). I don't know about higher speed d-bagging. That would get messier.

there was this video by Olivier Vietti where they Dbagged a paraglider from a Pilatus TurboPorter.

It worked out fine

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[LouDiamond 1]

I've got a boat load of jumps on this one, which as far as I know is the only paraglider that can be jumped at terminal speeds and from heights up to 25K feet MSL.

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