danielcroft

Thanks for that, yoink, I won't bother clicking.

As it turns out, Mox's Leia is the HYBRID Leia.

You'd think safety day would help.

Breaking a bone gives a whole new meaning to "Snap Chat". Sorry, I'm so sorry. Seriously though, I'm about to buy a new AAD... I can has yours?

And tag SoFPiDaRF in all your injury posts!

Not saying the packer didn't just outright make a mistake in this case, just wanted to point out that we're ALL responsible for our own gear, regardless of who packs it. If you use a packer, it's on you to make sure they know what your gear is and how it works, particularly when you have odd gear. Also, everyone knows that a good opening is thanks to your packer and a bad opening or cutaway is caused by bad body position. I think that's on the A license test, isn't it?

Have it link to my phone and automatically post all my jumps to facebook. The kids will love it. (Really, I just want to subscribe to this thread, has been very interesting so far, thanks all.)

I record and publish all my jumps, even when I suck... XD Here's my best effort on the VK79 at Skydive San Diego. https://vimeo.com/album/3291688/video/121725734#t=62

My videos were pretty weak. I'm not being sarcastic, I think I had like one good swoop when I was demoing the VK79. Love the wing, though, super fun to fly.

It's a shame we couldn't all remember that there's a human being on the other side of the words and videos we're seeing here.

That description makes sense, thanks.

How would one go about attaching the "strings" you mention? Is there a packing video out there somewhere showing how to deal with the third?

https://vimeo.com/124000188 I do enjoy the way NZA communicates what they're up to.

Having never flown a Sensei, how would you compare it to the VK, Charlie?

Does this mean another naming competition? Starfire?

That's certainly my impression from the 40+ jumps on the VK and 7 on the Leia. 7 jumps isn't anywhere near enough to dial in a canopy (nor am I trying to max anything out anyway) but they felt very similar. I think if you were a competitive canopy pilot, you could make the argument in favor of the Hybrid Leia but, I haven't jumped one yet (stay tuned!) so I couldn't tell you how much difference the sail cross bracing or power band (are they still doing that?) make for someone who's a fun jumper. Either way, if someone's unhappy with either wing, I'm not sure I'd trust their opinion.

I'm doing my 270ºs on the VK79 & Leia 79 from 850ft. I do my 270ºs on the VC84 from 800ft. That's at Skydive Elsinore, though which is at ~1300ft so, I drop down a bit for sea level DZs.

I thought it was pretty fun...

(copy pasted from The Facebooks) Firstly, I wanted to thank Kristian for letting me jump his Leia 79, I'm such a canopy whore so having the chance to compare so directly is super, super awesome. I've put about 40 jumps on a VK79 demo with (weirdly) 300s and loaded at ~2.2. I put 7 jumps on the Leia 79 today. I'm no competition pilot so I can't speak for that environment. The Leia is Mox's personal wing and set up for him on 25" risers. The VK is a demo with brake lines from the factory on my personal 25" risers. Overall, the wings are very similar, you can make yourself a tin foil hat and wear it proudly if you want but they each have their own character IMO. The openings, for me are ball park the same. Both nice, generally smooth and on heading. They're about the same in that regard. In deep control input, the Leia feels a little more stable - I mean I'm holding in deep brakes or rears until the wing starts to want to stall. The Leia wanted to sink whereas the VK started to seek a bit. Rear riser barrel rolls are funner on the VK - seem to respond a little quicker or something, I'm not sure I can explain it very well but I enjoy doing them on the VK more than the Leia. Harness is about the same, very responsive on both (compared to my VC84) Front riser pressure is a little lighter on the VK than the Leia but I'd say that the Leia has a little more power on rear risers and yet the VK shuts down better. I'm doing my 270ºs from the same altitude on both and getting similarly good results. Again, I'm not a competition pilot so I don't really need every single foot possible or a faster time that I might get out of one wing or the other if I had the chance to dial it in. My goals in swooping are to have good, clean landings that I can stand up. As far as I know, it's the standard Leia, not hybrid but I'll need to check. 7 jumps on the Leia79: https://vimeo.com/album/3319470 All the jumps (so far) on the VK79 and 3 on the VK75 (orange risers): https://vimeo.com/album/3291688 Edit Both have the factory removable slider but not full RDS.

Did 3 jumps on the VK75 in less than ideal conditions. The openings were nice, it flew similarly to the VK79 (shocking, I know). We had some very turbulent weather that was intermittent. It'd die off for a good while and then come back with a vengeance - seemed like it was thermic but the cycles were really long. Anyway, I felt happier under the VK79. Videos are being uploaded to my vimeo... https://vimeo.com/album/3291688

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Flight of the Valkyries. Ryan, Mikey and Rene, also had Matt, Andy and another chap with a VK shooting stills on the jump. 1 jump - 7 VKs.

Thank you for that, a friend of mine does the same thing, I guess it's time to start thinking about that myself.

Yeah, I thought the same thing when I checked the line trim charts for the VC and VK: VK: http://performancedesigns.com/docs/linetrims/VK_LTC.pdf VC: http://performancedesigns.com/docs/linetrims/VC-071-111-Line-Trim-Chart.pdf I went and watched again and it looks like you're right. I'm just going to assume #BodyPosition...

The VK openings are slower and easier to deal with IMO. At least for the (not quite apples to apples) comparison between my VC84 and the VK79. The opening at 12 seconds (https://vimeo.com/122026246#t=12) is the helmet cam view followed by the foot cam view which shows the way the openings work. It's pretty amazing how chilled they are given how responsive the wing is when open. I think the way the outer two cells are half closed and (I suppose) not heavily cross-ported slows down their inflation and thus the opening and tendencies for the wing to go harshly off heading. I jump my VC84 with the RDS slider which is the same size (interestingly) as the VK RDS slider. PD doesn't recommend this as the RDS slider is smaller than the draw string and hence will likely give faster openings. Personally, I like the faster openings. Put it this way, in 17 jumps, I feel less need to pay such close attention to my openings on the VK than 250+ on my VC84.