Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!glacier!hplabs!hp-pcd!kas From: kas@hp-pcd.UUCP (kas) Newsgroups: net.rec.skydive Subject: Re: Canopy Airspeed Message-ID: <41800063@hpcvlo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 19:35:00 EST Article-I.D.: hpcvlo.41800063 Posted: Tue Feb 25 19:35:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 17:57:20 EST References: <-147000@ti-csl.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:ti-csl:14700007:hpcvlo:41800063:000:547 Nf-From: hpcvlo!kas Feb 25 16:35:00 1986 ...OK, OK, I've been beat severely about the head and shoulders on the airspeed issue. I'll concede that anything at or above 1/2 brakes is a "good" setting -- this will reduce the effects of headwind gusts or downdrafts, but I still maintain that tailwind gusts will be more of a problem. * / \ |---/---\---| Ken Scofield C-9355 | Gone | Hewlett-Packard PCD | Jumpin' | Corvallis, OR |-----------| {ucbvax!hplabs, harpo, ogcvax}!hp-pcd!kas