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Hey all,

I am getting ready to get into BASE and have started to accumulate some gear. I will be traveling in the fall to Twin Falls to do my FJC.

I am looking into my first BASE canopy, and was looking at buying a Flik. I also saw that the Flik Lite would allow to *upsize* and was curious if anyone had any experience or comments on the Flik Lite specifically. The container i have is sized to contain a canopy to put me at a W/L of 0.7

What I've seen on Apex's website doesn't say whether or not the Lite is meant for any specific type of jump (slider up vs. slider down), does anyone have any comments or experience on this?

Search didn't turn up anything of much relevance for this subject.

Thanks in advance for all help/info/etc, and hopefully will get a chance to learn from all of you!

Ty

Just get a Flik with some vents, it will do anything you want it to.

Or one of these:

http://www.asylumbase.com/...ucts/canopies/seven/

I thought new jumpers are supposed to have a lower wingload? Isn't it usually naked body weight + 100?

Can you give us some personal feedback on your Seven?

Obviously, you like it.

What size do you have?

How is the slider down pressurization?

Was there any learning curve adjusting to the flight/flare characteristics?

Ive got an ACE

Although ive jumped a FLik 280 4/7 and a Seven 266.

I'll upload two good comparison videos from the ground.... after work today.

The same "S" object, 2 jumps same sizes of flik/seven canopys.

The Seven opens fast slider down.... it definately questions the need for vents

Here you go:

All slider down go 'n throws.

Asylum Seven 260 Canopy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1M4biEhmI

Asylum Seven 240 Canopy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaljFIAmE_w

Apex Flik 266
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OTDiwwc4pM

Apex Flik 280
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRuczPojcS4

What do you think?

Do you have any top footage of the Seven?

From the distant view and bottom angle I can't say anything at all about the pressurization on those Sevens.

Care to comment on the opening (off heading) of the Flik 280?
I don't know enough to tell whats happening, but it looks like the PC pulls the canopy left?

And while you at it, is a canopy more likely to have an offheading into wind or downwind?
My own limited experience is into wind, but I hear lots of people say downwind.

Thanks.

It's pretty confusing to me. I can see what looks like a right-to-left crosswind pulling the PC to the left. That ought to load the right riser first, and encourage a right offheading. This canopy opens 90 left, though. The inflation looks symmetric, so I don't think this is a pack job induced off-heading, and the body position looks good, with shoulders level, so that's probably not the issue.

If I had to guess I'd say that the canopy was turned by the wind as it travelled to line stretch (before the risers were loaded), but that's really just a guess. If we had some good zoomed in video from the second camera angle (on the ground), it would be helpful in analyzing that, I think.




I think that on a freefall deployment, you are more likely to experience an offheading into the wind. On a static line, I think the opposite is true--static line deployments are more likely to experience offheadings downwind.