Morpheus Technologies is the exclusive dealer
in North America for the Troll BASE canopy made by
Atair.
Stane Krajnc, founder of Atair, designed this canopy
in 1995. After Stane got into BASE-jumping, he utilized
his experience in designing skydiving and paragliding
canopies and reserves to make himself a BASE canopy.
The Troll is a low aspect ratio 7-cell canopy that
is constructed of the highest quality materials and
is heavily reinforced in crucial high load areas such
as bridle attachment points and suspension lines.
This enables it to withstand the heavy demands of
BASE-jumping. The Troll’s unique aerofoil is
slightly tapered on the upper surface. This makes
for a more efficient wing with less drag. This tapering
has no ill effect on opening heading. As a matter
of fact, we find the Troll to be very consistent with
on-heading openings. Over the years, Stane has supplied
Trolls to many of his friends. During this time, it
has accumulated in excess of 1,000 test jumps throughout
Europe.
MDV Technology
Stane is on the cutting edge of parachute design
in general and this has become very clear with the
introduction of MDV technology. The valve system on
the Troll is called Mono Directional Valve technology
or MDV technology. It is unique in that it is a zero-p
tubular shaped funnel that is about 6" long.
They are attached to mesh inlets on ribs 2, 3, 5 &
6.
This design allows the air to flow in during pressurization
and also during deep brake decent, but the valve closes
when air is rushing in from the nose or you have back
pressure coming from the tail. The Troll in its standard
form is already a very stable canopy. The MDV Troll
only offers more stability by increasing the range
in which you can fly in deep brakes before you actually
reach the stall point. The canopy has a great flare
in both its standard form and with the MDV technology.
As far as openings go... although the MDV inlets have
increased the speed in which the canopy pressurizes
slider up as well as slider down. Obviously, the true
benefits to having inlets are for slider down jumps.
Slider down, it offers single stage pressurization
and slider up it opens a bit faster than the standard
Troll. If you are going to do many terminal jumps
at a given time, it is advisable to switch sliders
to a marquisette mesh (small hole mesh slider). This
helps take the edge off of the opening without compromising
consistency. Sail sliders have been know to cause
opening/heading inconsistencies on BASE jumps and
don't advise their usage. MDV technology offers superior
pressurization; giving the jumper control over the
canopy immediately. Control = Confidence!
The Croatia Troll team consisting of Robert Pecnik
and Nenad Pesut won overall team event at the Petronas
Towers, 2001and 2nd place in 2002. Nenad also received
1st place in opening accuracy at the 2003 Petronas
event. The consistency of the Troll really does speak
for itself. We are proud to represent this fine BASE
canopy and look forward to many more innovations from
Stane at Atair.
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