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Expert parachute SNATCH
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Expert parachute - SNATCH - Squirrel - wingsuit / single place
Expert parachute - SNATCH - Squirrel - wingsuit / single place
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Characteristics

Applications
expert, wingsuit
Maximum passengers
single place

Description

The Snatch is an evolution in pilot chute design. Its three dimensional partial toroidal shape is the most technically advanced design being used in BASE jumping today. Simply put, the Snatch is the most efficient, stable, and symmetrical BASE pilot chute available. All sizes of the Snatch are constructed from ZP. It is currently available in the following size/handle configurations: 32" Six-gore, 12 panel design, ring vent and apex vent, carbon handle. 34" Six-gore, 12 panel design, ring vent and apex vent, carbon handle. 36" Six-gore, 12 panel design, ring vent and apex vent, carbon handle. 38" Six-gore, 12 panel design, ring vent and apex vent, carbon handle. 42NR Eight-gore, 8 panel design, apex vent only, patch handle. 46" Eight-gore, 8 panel design, apex vent, no handle. 48" Eight-gore, 8 panel design, apex vent, no handle. HISTORY The Snatch project began after a conversation between Squirrel Co-designer, Will Kitto, and CRW expert, Jim Rasmussen. Although the toroidal design concept has been used extensively in parachutes for over 40 years (it is also known as an annular or pulled-down-apex (PDA) design), it has never before been adopted for BASE or skydive pilot chutes due to the complexity of the design being cost and production prohibitive. However, with access to an advanced production facility and with no barriers for cost of production, producing the toroidal design is viable. THE DESIGN The Snatch’s three dimensional partial toroidal shape is joined together with two mesh cones. The torus shape, like a donut cut in half, has a very high drag coefficient. "Traditional" base and skydiving pilot chutes are a very loose approximation of this same shape.

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