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Trango... OSP Light... Flik/Fox UltraLite... are all of these made from the same batch of "lightweight" F-111 available to vendors or are there actual material/coating/manufacturing differences in the F-111 between Atair and Apex canopies? Any material difference between lightweight models from same company (OSP Light vs. Trango?)

I'm fairly sure asylum/Atair are from the same vendor, not sure about apex, but I don't think there are more than a couple of manufacturers. Feather is basically the same airfoil as the seven

Supposedly the PD version of the ultralite material is proprietary and made only for PD. I'm not sure if there is much difference between it and the version used by other manufacturers, though.

FWIW, I know the manufacturer of the fabric used by Atair (I was referred to the textile companies web site for fabric samples). If anyone happens to know where some of the other BASE companies source their fabric, send me a PM and we can trade information and see if they're the same.