What is the purpose of the canopy glide and what can I learn with it?
Canopy Glide is designed to emphasize the change in the canopy glide. This is best observed when canopy inputs on the right and left are applied together. You use the mouse to control both toggles simultaneously. The simulation responds to the mouse input as the canopy would respond to the toggle input. This means that if you move the mouse slowly, the canopy pitch does not change, but the velocity of the canopy changes. On the other hand, if you move the mouse quickly the canopy can be flared. The change of canopy speed depends on the canopy size, the jumper’s weight, applied input (even density of the air is used in the mathematical model). Right mouse button click switches between different inputs: toggles, front risers, rear risers. This allows to see that flare is not possible with the front risers, but it is possible with the rear risers. You can see that applying front risers will increase the speed of the canopy and if the front risers are abruptly dropped, then the canopy star
