Does anyone know of a formula one could use to re-calculate a wingloading based on landing field elevation MSL?
eg: the jumper's home LZ is at sea level, and a jumper is jumping a canopy loaded at 1:1.
The same jumper travels to an LZ at 6000' MSL. Although his wingloading would be the same, technically wouldn't his canopy perform the same as if it were a higher wingloading at sea level?
Or am I totally misunderstanding the characteristics of canopy flight at altitude?
I other words, Could I accurately make a correllation between canopy performance at sea level vs. canopy performance at altitudes based on/compared to wingloading?
[still not clear, but it's the best I can do right now...]
thanks,
snatch