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Go Further: How much does a pod harness help?

Thursday 14 April, 2016

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“Wind tunnel tests show that at trim speed, a faired pod harness has roughly half the drag coefficient of a seated harness.”

Looking at the maths, this translates to a huge improvement in glide performance even for pilots flying EN B pilots. Skywalk’s research finds that the fairing at the rear of the pod is important, too.

Gliding from 2,000m in still air, a pilot with a fairing will fly around 800 metres further than a pilot in a standard pod.

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