Light weight harness for acro.
Posted 2008 August 17 by slyski
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Hello,
I am trying to shave some weight from my paragliding gear, so I can hike more and practice more acro.
My Gin Genie 3 harness is heavy, I would like to switch it to SupAir Hybrid harness which is few kilos lighter.
However the SupAir harness uses lighter material and takes 30mm carabiners and overall is not as robust as my Gin harness, which concerns me that something like buckles or strap might break.
Do you guys think SupAir harness is suitable for light acro?
What I mean by light acro is stuff that I can do like wing-overs,asymmetric spirals,looping and my favorite trick the SAT,the SATback part.
I fly small Nova Mentor so my glider is not as dynamic like acro gliders, but I still feel good amount of G's.
Any suggestions and input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sly
Comments
exaaaaaaactly!
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Hey dudes,
forget light harness for acro.
Only an asymetric sat can destroy normal harness.
Even acro harness are breaking during extreme maneuvres, so I don't wanna imagine with a light one...
On top of that, as Marvin said, use 2 rescues!
Jah is your copilot
Cyrille M...
my advice: USE 2 RESERVES IF YOU FLY ACRO :)
greetz from bavaria.
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I would be a bit more careful with lightweight harnesses. For instance some harnesses have carbon seat plates that break easily with spirals ...
hi slyski
These light harnesses have to resist the same forces as the "heavy ones" otherwise they wouldn't have get the certificate...
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