bootlegtrader 0 #1 March 4, 2014 Regular or Optimum? What container? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #2 March 4, 2014 bootlegtraderRegular or Optimum? What container? Thanks! They wouldn’t make them if they didn’t sell. Mirage – MZS RI – Vc000 UPT – V303, V304 Velocity – I-10 TSN SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topdocker 0 #3 March 4, 2014 If that is all you have, you use it.... topJump more, post less! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 March 4, 2014 topdockerIf that is all you have, you use it.... top But definitely get video Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiLFy 3 #5 March 4, 2014 Amazon ***If that is all you have, you use it.... top But definitely get video ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #6 March 4, 2014 Sure, maybe... Once."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #7 March 4, 2014 theonlyski Sure, maybe... Once. An airbag might be a nice complement... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #8 March 4, 2014 Why would you use a reserve so much larger than your main? Not ME personally mind you, but I know several guys with smaller mains than that and they never talk about their reserves. So though it seems like a trollish question, it actually isn't. Me personally, I like my big-ass canopy and I have other plans than being a swooper. So I don't foresee a future where I'd ever have to worry about it. I'm just curious.I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #9 March 4, 2014 FlyingRhenquestWhy would you use a reserve so much larger than your main? Because the touch down speed with proper piloting on a rectangular, low aspect ratio, conventionally constructed reserve is so much higher than a modern skydiving main of the same size. A 150 reserve landing isn't out of line with a 105-109 square foot elliptical like a Cross Fire 2, Katana, or Samurai and smaller cross-braced canopy. Because you don't have to land your main with a broken leg which would make a fast landing hard or dislocated shoulder that would mean not flying with both arms, although if you're not going to land your main you will be using your reserve. Because you could get knocked out and land unconscious under your reserve after an AAD opening and appreciate having fewer injuries after you woke up. Because your chances of landing into the wind in a large, flat, wide-open field are much lower when you start at reserve opening altitudes following malfunctions. Because a small rig makes your ass look big and as a normal size person smaller isn't much benefit once it fits in an airline-legal roll-aboard. In my fun rig I have a 105 main and PD143 which measures 151 square feet the PIA way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #10 March 5, 2014 QuoteWhy would you use a reserve so much larger than your main? If you have gone to your reserve you are already in trouble. At that point you want to have the biggest canopy possible above you. I have never heard a jumper land and say “damn I wish I had a smaller reserve”. If someone jumps a 99 sq. ft. reserve they are prepared to accept the added risk or they don’t understand the possible consequences. I sure it has happened but I can’t remember hearing of anyone landing a 99 sq. ft. reserve. (Other than the test jumps) SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #11 March 5, 2014 I always joke that if you have a reserve parachute that has your wing-loading at 1.3+, then you do not need an AAD. Given that the AAD is there to save you (supposedly unconscious), then landing a small reserve, unconscious, brakes set, no flare, possibly downwind, is likely not survivable anyway. The right size reserve might actually be the difference between scraps/bruises/beat up and massive blunt force trauma. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #12 March 5, 2014 tkhayesI always joke that if you have a reserve parachute that has your wing-loading at 1.3+, then you do not need an AAD. Given that the AAD is there to save you (supposedly unconscious), then landing a small reserve, unconscious, brakes set, no flare, possibly downwind, is likely not survivable anyway. The right size reserve might actually be the difference between scraps/bruises/beat up and massive blunt force trauma. There's a lot of truth in that, but there are a few instances where a jumper knocked out either on exit or in freefall woke up under an open reserve. Shook out the cobwebs an landed safely."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
faulknerwn 38 #13 March 5, 2014 I have a small male friend who has had to use his Smart 99 a few times. He probably weighs ~130 before gear. My smallest is a PD 113.. I have had several thousand Lightning 113 jumps tho so it seemed just about the same! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #14 March 5, 2014 tkhayesI always joke... A lot of people make that joke but as I've said, it's neither a good argument for not having an AAD if your reserve is loaded higher than 1.3:1 nor is it a good argument to not bother getting as big a reserve as you can just because you can't get below 1.3:1, and that's "not big enough." It's one of those "truthy" jokes that people base stupid decisions on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
