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If we carefully study this spectrum image, we notice that blue light has a shorter wavelength than red light does. A shorter wavelength means the Karman street directly behind the pilotchute can dissipate significantly faster, thereby greatly reducing the turbulence.

In other words, does the color of pilotchutes have an effect on inflation and oscillation? Can a blue non-vented pilotchute work better than a red vented pilotchute?

Thanks,

Jaap

p.s. Happy now Skreamer?

 

U soo funny!

Mine are ultraviolet. This serves two very important BASE purposes:

a. They are invisible to the naked eye and thus stealthy; and
b. They emit an even shorter wavelength of light and are thus MORE stable than visible PCs.

Still, I have mine apex vented because I like to have that little extra insurance.

LMFAO!

Now just remember what gets said about kittens and Dutchmen in PMs stays in PMs!

Ek sien uit daarna om 'n sprong te maak met die jong kaaskoppie, hy is 'n baie gesellige kerel.

On a serious note, have anyone ever jumped a transparent parachute? That would be cool to watch.

Cooler would be a transparent canopy.

"The very latest in BASE stealthiness, Apex's new Invisible Rock Dragon..."

how would you see a malfunction? a lineover? which way is it headed?
lol JK

well of course they would design the invisible canopies with perfect openings, and 0 chance of mals. The best part is they pack themselves immediatly after landing. They also know when you need a slider and when you dont. They cant be ripped, and never go out of trim.

The closest we've come to an invisible rig is "the Blade" manufactured by Tailored for Survival in the late 1980s. The photo doesn't do it justice but its wrap around design made it disappear when worn under a suit coat or light jacket. Moe said he and Lane tested the rigs by walking around in a local Department Store and nobody took notice. A Hollywood stuntman friend of ours walked up to the rail at Bridge Day dressed in a special white suit. When he climbed up on the rail and "fell over" all the spectators, and quite a few BASE jumpers, crapped their pants . . .

NickD
BASE 194

You know what's wild?

The profile of the Blade in those pics (kind of hard to tell, but still) looks a lot like the profile of the WS-Xtreme. Are you sure Moe didn't build a wingsuit, too?

Yes, it was "thin" like that, but it wrapped around the body more towards the bottom of the container. Moe came up with modified pack job that had most of the canopy in the bottom section. And wing suits LOL to us in those days they were something barnstorming parachutists used in the 1930 and 40s and usually in the end not very successfully . . .

NickD
BASE 194