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I was just wondering if a slider that was wider in the front(A and B lines) would help the nose inflate quicker than the rest of the canopy, sorta constraing the tail abit longer during the inflation, kinda like a moving tailgate?!

Just a thought!?
Thanx
-A

You might want to post your BASE technical questions on the other forum...

http://www.egwingsuits.com/forum/index.php

I believe that BASE 460 (or was it someone else?) built a trapezoidal slider like that. Perhaps he will chime in, but I think that he had some not entirely desireably results, and discontinued using it.

Remember that sliders are designed (size and shape) by the canopy manufacturer to fit a specific canopy. If you really wanted to pursue this idea, you'd probably end up building a canopy from the ground up for it.

And, as always, if you try it out, remember that you're a test jumper, with all that entails.