What packs smaller, a PD 143R or a Smart 150R?

[skymiles 3]

Or, no difference.

Phil

[diablopilot 2]

IMO the 150 SMART (but not by much)

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[billvon 3,070]

>What packs smaller, a PD 143R or a Smart 150R?

When reading replies to this question, keep in mind that the PD143R is not necessarily 7 square feet smaller than the Smart 150. For example, Sandy Reid's sizing document lists the PD143 as 151 square feet.

[AggieDave 6]

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Sandy Reid's sizing document lists the PD143 as 151 square feet.

Is that the same chart that the PIA has on their website?

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[billvon 3,070]

>Is that the same chart that the PIA has on their website?

Sandy created the PIA document so I suspect it is.

[klafollette 0]

I'm interested in this sizing document. Looked on www.pia.com, but not finding it. Can someone point the way or post it?

[IanHarrop 42]

I think this is it.

http://www.pia.com/piapubs/TSDocuments/ts104-13%20Canopy%20volume%20study_1995.pdf

Updated to say... the date on this one looks older than the one BillVon references below.

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[billvon 3,070]

http://www.dropzone.com/gear/archive/archive_p.html

[larsrulz 0]

I have a Smart 150 with a Samurai 150 in my Mirage G3 M2. My rigger (who previously owned the Samurai) has a PD 143R which was packed with the Samurai 150 in his Mirage G3 M2. There was a noticeable reduction in pack volume in the Smart 150. This was very important because the Samurai and Smart are both considerably tight on the M2.

Do make note on the differences in sizes, which I am not completely aware of.

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[larsrulz 0]

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http://www.dropzone.com/gear/archive/archive_p.html

Am I looking at the wrong document, because the PIA one does not have any pack volume for the smart. In addition, the document lists four different pack volumes for the PD 143R, which have a variance of 6% between them, which is like comparing a 150 to a 140 almost! Seems like the document can be easily misused.

Edited for bad wording of the last sentence.

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[mjosparky 4]

You can try this one. But trying to compare canopy volumes is like herding cats. It is really tough and can change from day to day.

Sparky

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