Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton From: hamilton@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Re: Wing-loading - (nf) Message-ID: <2467@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 04:31:06 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2467 Posted: Tue Jul 19 04:31:06 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jul-83 19:19:37 EDT Lines: 12 #R:teltone:-16700:uiucuxc:10800002:000:453 uiucuxc!hamilton Jul 18 23:43:00 1983 i don't fully understand the drift of this wing-loading discussion, but just for fun, the statistics for my parachute are: weight area glide 160lb 180sqft 2?:1@20mph .89 lb/sqft mine is a rather small canopy (and an old one as well), and i am a very light jumper. more typical figures would be gross weights around 170lbs, wing areas 200-220sqft, and glides 3+:1 at 30mph. wayne ({decvax,ucbvax}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!)hamilton