1.2 PLANNING THE APPROACH
1.2.0.1
The
Early
T h e r a m - a i r
parachuting canopy is truly a
low-Performance glider.
With its mobility, controllability
and
it represents a great improvement over traditional
devices such as the conventional round canopy. But
like a glider
we are
with one immutable law
y o u o n l y g e t o n e
a t e v e r y
T h e
success
be
by carefully planning
our
and allowing for changing conditions
the
planning should begin the moment the
canopy is flying properly.
. . .
Turns and Speed
The ram-air canopy achieves its Performance through the
ability to
the canopy’s angle of
The ram-air
thus controls the
(and therefore the
angle
and sink rate) of his canopy by changing its angle of