Pyrobee - 29-1-2015 at 10:37 PM
Hi guys first off I am a skydiver and am new to the kite world. I made this kite as a project to learn my new machine. I based it off my hyper
performance skydiving canopy.
My skydiving canopy is 69 square feet, for this project I took measurements on the outside of my canopy and scaled them down in half. I had to guess a
little for the ribs though. The hard part was figuring out the lines or what you guys call the bridle I think? I have it flying and it has some pull
but by no means is flying at peak performance I'm sure.
abkayak - 30-1-2015 at 06:48 AM
welcome...way cool entrance looks great
where might we see that flying?
Pyrobee - 30-1-2015 at 07:13 AM
I'm in Florida around the Tampa area.
Randy - 30-1-2015 at 08:16 AM
Reverse engineering a skydiving canopy is quite an undertaking, and it looks like you did it well! It my math is right, cutting the dimensions in
half results in about 1/4 the area or 17.25 sq ft ~1.6 sq. meter. A nice size. I'm amazed one could skydive with a canopy that small (69 sq. ft.).
BeamerBob - 30-1-2015 at 09:08 AM
I'm impressed the final result is that it flies. You could get it close and it not lift off the ground. I'd love to see video of it in flight.
PHREERIDER - 30-1-2015 at 11:51 AM
greetings , very nice . seemingly flying at the edge of wind window. not much tweaking left to go. good stuff!
3shot - 30-1-2015 at 01:39 PM
Wow. That is awesome!!!
Pyrobee - 30-1-2015 at 08:48 PM
I do special type of skydiving where we take small cross-braced canopies and swoop them over water. Its a newer model called Leia and is made in New
Zealand by Icarus. Bellow is a video for an example of what I do and how dangerous it is.... I have a Sensei kite that I stole the control bar from to
fly this. Now I need to know where to go from here, I'm thinking 4 line possibly maybe 4-5meter? I just don't know enough about them to possibly
design it, would like to get a hold of something so I can see how it is put together. So if anyone has some old pos they are ready to throw away would
love to take it apart!
Video
soliver - 30-1-2015 at 08:53 PM
Very cool!
We have an event in May on Jekyll Island Ga, ... If you're in Fla, you should come up and join us!
lasrocas - 31-1-2015 at 12:54 PM
You need to get in touch with big E on here or kitecrowd
You 2could have some good discussions I am sure
abkayak - 31-1-2015 at 01:04 PM
IMO...u need to fly a factory type kite to see what these things do by design from the "experts" than u judge yours from that...somebody give this man
a 4line to play with
Pyrobee - 1-2-2015 at 07:10 AM
I would love a 4 line to try out, sometimes I wish I didnt skydive as thats usually where most of my disposable income goes too. Big E? Who is that?
Has he built kites as well?
skimtwashington - 1-2-2015 at 08:20 AM
He's a fairly prolific, progressive and successful kite builder and has a portfolio of kites with wonderful graphics...as can be seen here-2nd poster
on this thread:
click here!