The chief designer of the company Skylark named Skipper biggest of his professional success. This wing has turned out perfect in its class. Canopy Skipper offers a soft and consistent openings, easy and safe controlls, moderate descend and sufficient horizontal speed, high stability in turbulent air, good flare, low packing volume.
The company's engineers Skylark have equipped Skipper high, as for 7-cell, aspect ratio, planform similar to that of 9-cell canopies, special design of air intakes, that reduces deformation of the skin. What makes the wing received a sufficiently high forward speed, while maintaining high security of piloting.
With wing loadings of 1.3 or below Skipper can be recommended to the beginners. At higher loadings it becomes notably more responsive on the toggles, but stays docile enough for a skydiver of average skills. Skipper gives consistently stable and comfortable openings, soughed by cameramen and wingsuit pilots.
Recommended wing loading range of Skipper is 1.1 – 1.7 lb/sq.ft. Wing loading for the best flight performance lies in the range of 1.3 – 1.5 lb/sq.ft. Skipper is made of ZP fabric in following sizes 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170 and 190 sq.ft.
The canopy is equipped with Vectran lines, manufacturer preset control lines, collapsible slider with stainless grommets and comes with the set of soft links. We recommend to use our canopies only with kill-line pilot chute, made of ZP fabric and no more than 700mm in diameter. Recommended riser length is 500 mm. Recommended packing is ProPack.
Max. suspended weight, lbs (kg)