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    Joe: I've got the manual for my Hornet (near end of production prior to Aerodyne). The packing instructions are very straight forward pro-packing. At step 8, with everything hanging in front : "Remove the nose from between your knees and push it up into the tail. There is no need to fold the nose. Fold the adjacent cells on each side inwards toward the centre on an equal balance on both sides, which will give you a softer on-heading opening. Ensure that the slider is still in front of the nose" The rest of it is very standard with the tail rolled enough to keep everything together. It works for me. Hope this helps. Blue ones, Tom
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    Kevin: I've got a Hornet 150 that was built near the end of the run (Oct. '02) and only has about 25 jumps. If you don't find what you need from table data I can unpack it and measure the steering lines directly. Incidentally, I found that the factory toggle settings needed to be let out about 3 inches in order to keep from buffeting with front riser dives. Finally, how about sharing your line length or trim table, for future reference. Tom Mc
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    It's actually a completely new design from the drawing board. Quite a coincidence that the span & chord dimensions match the Hornet exactly. Tom Mc
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    Thanks for the link to the 116 line table. With Excel and the published chord/span ratios I've been able to come up with a table that should work for my 171. Mind you, I'm just trying to check the trim differences, not building a new line set. Tom
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    I have a Batwing 171. Loaded at 1.25:1 it's fairly docile and almost floats. Front riser pressure isn't bad - a good thing because the flair is weak without a little speed. But, even with a fairly long aspect ratio and that funky trailing edge cut it doesn't seem to be quirky. Anyway, on the Batwing subject, does anyone have a manual or at least the trim spec's for one of these canopys? Precision doesn't seem to want to acknowledge that they built them. Blue ones, Tom
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    I have an 8-cell Pegasus. Does anyone know the history this variant? I recon that it was a transition step to the LR-288 (Manta) as the cell dimensions are similar. And at a time when most folks had one canopy for everything the lack of a center cell was problematic for CRW docks. The guy I got it from said it was Ted Strong's before. Anyway, I've jumped it recently and it flys nice for a big F111 canopy. Seems to have a lot more drive than a Manta. I've also got a nice standard Pegasus that may have more sub-1000 footers than airplane exits. If you added up all of the Pegasus and Furys could it be the most popular sport canopy of all time? Tom