riggerrob 643 #26 November 11, 2007 I have only landed a Tempo 250 once, and walked away just fine. Circa 1996 I watched a big guy (Shaylan Allman sp?) land a tiny Tempo (120?) down wind in the desert South of Hemet, California. Shaylan's landing was not pretty. H kicked up a huge cloud of dust, but walked away from the slide landing. I have packed hundreds of Tempo reserves and even had a few saves. None of my customers complained about built-in turns or poor flares. A few years ago, Kate Copper was bad-mouthing Tempos on dz.com. When I challenged her to quote serial numbers and dates of manufacture, or shut up ... she shut up! But what do I know????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #27 November 12, 2007 I know of a few bad landings with tempos, all were overloaded 120s that stalled too soon. One guy had 2 reserve rides in one week (and a couple thousand jumps total of which a lot on small highly loaded CRW canopies), he landed his 120 fine the first time but stalled it on the 2nd ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raceface 0 #28 November 12, 2007 i have tempo in my rig and i trust in it's reliability, i think it is more question of wingloading than reserve model Quote I will not jump a rig that doesn't have a PD reserve in it; it's just not worth it to me. huh? from D licence i expected to land almost anything Quote the replies so far make me wonder how many F-111 7-cell rides people have. 43 - f111 7cells 74 - rounds (included 2 pilot butt-rigs and 1 two-out)my pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #29 November 12, 2007 Quotei have tempo in my rig and i trust in it's reliability, i think it is more question of wingloading than reserve model Quote I will not jump a rig that doesn't have a PD reserve in it; it's just not worth it to me. huh? from D licence i expected to land almost anything The canopy has to make it through deployment for you to land it. In high-speed situations ram-air reserves without span-wise reinforcing tapes have had issues with that. Older (made before 2001 IIRC) Tempos lack span-wise tapes. While I've only personally seen one failure (canopy split into 2 & 5 cells held together by the single 1000 pound tape at the tail, not a Tempo) it was enough to make an impression. Comfortable freefly speeds can exceed 160 MPH steady-state and 180+ MPH getting down to a formation. Reserves without span-wise tapes were usually only rated at 150 MPH (130 knots). Premature reserve deployments happen free flying. Unconscious people also have over speed deployments due to their inability to maintain a slow box-man position. The reserve failure I saw occurred when an AFF-I got knocked out when his student deployed and was saved by his Cypres. For flat and wingsuit jumps reserves without span-wise reinforcements are fine. I won't replace my 1998 Tempo or Super Raven. I'd also stick to a PD, Smart, R-max, or late model (2001+ IIRC) Tempo for a freefly rig or if I planned on getting my AFF-I rating. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonka 2 #30 November 13, 2007 Used mine twice. Loaded at 1.2 Opened, flew, and landed great. (Stand Ups) Slight built in turn but it still did the job very well. I have a PD 126R now just because I had the money. Basically, it works like it should but there are better reserves out there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
