bob.dino 1
Your AAD opened your reserve for you ....do you still live???
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genitor 0
I wish RWS offered such combinations. When I bought my last rig, the smallest reserve I wanted was a 143. The smallest Vector that is sized for a 143R is built for a 150 9-cell main. So, I bought that. But now my main is fairly loose (though not dangerous), and I definitely wouldn't want to put something smaller in there.
It seems strange that a company with such a history of safety innovations in this sport wouldn't offer a rig with a small main container and relatively large reserve container. I suppose that's safe for lighter people, but it sucks for us beefy folks that like to fly smaller canopies.
I guess PD's new reserve material offers some hope. However I probably wouldn't buy that for at least a few years after it hit the market.
It seems strange that a company with such a history of safety innovations in this sport wouldn't offer a rig with a small main container and relatively large reserve container. I suppose that's safe for lighter people, but it sucks for us beefy folks that like to fly smaller canopies.
I guess PD's new reserve material offers some hope. However I probably wouldn't buy that for at least a few years after it hit the market.
QuoteI disagree.
You may disagree but I doubt you have not landed one at that wing loading while unconscious or seriously injured.
This is a quote from PD’s web site.
QuoteThe maximum exit weight for a reserve is a legal limit. In the United States, it is a violation of federal law to jump a reserve if your exit weight exceeds this limit, and other countries may enforce this limit as well.
Loading a PD-143R at 1.8:1 puts it over that legal weight limit by just a few pounds. But it is loaded some 57 pounds over the maximum recommended weight for an expert canopy pilot.
The problem, as with a main, is not the deployment and landing that go just like it is supposed to. It is when your world is turning to shit and that little overloaded piece of nylon is the only thing between you and a crater.
But look on the bright side, a few years ago a jumper won 50 some million dollars is a lawsuit when his reserve “failed”. Of course he was over weight and over speed but he still won. Trouble is he can’t walk.
But since you find a reserve loaded that far above maximuim weight is “Fast, but docile”, there is no chance of this happening to you.
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
Tonto 1
Quoteand the ability to sink that baby straight down in deep brakes when you need to.
Or get blown way far from where you want to be. I still remember round reserves and people jumping in high winds cos their mains could handle it. I KNOW people jumping 99 sq ft mains won't stand down cos they have 250 sq ft reserves.
It's all about balance.
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AndyMan 7
QuoteThe maximum exit weight for a reserve is a legal limit.
Give me a break, that's a rounding error. Fine, I jump a PDR 143 at 1.776 wingloading, less after I go to the bathroom.
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The problem, as with a main, is not the deployment and landing that go just like it is supposed to.
I'm aware of that. That's why I've landed that demo PDR 143 downwind in 20MPH winds, landed it on rear risers, and with one toggle stowed. I recomend a similar exercise to others but regularly get shit for it.
You're paddling up the wrong creek here. I'm fully qualified to fly the canopies that I do.
Getting back on track, I found the PD Reserve to be very docile, even moreso with brakes stowed. It was very dificult to induce any kind of harness turn at all. I presume this is true of other reserve canopies, but I don't have firsthand knowledge.
If you'd like to go through a similar execersise, I'd be very interested in your observations.
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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.
Hooknswoop 19
QuoteThis is a quote from PD’s web site.
Show me an FAR that says exceeding the recommended or TSO'd max exit weight is not legal.
Derek
QuoteI'm fully qualified to fly the canopies that I do.
Where have I heard that before?
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
QuoteQuoteThis is a quote from PD’s web site.
Show me an FAR that says exceeding the recommended or TSO'd max exit weight is not legal.
Derek
Like I said in the post, it was a quote for PD's web site. You will have to ask them.
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
Hooknswoop 19
QuoteLike I said in the post, it was a quote for PD's web site. You will have to ask them.
Right, but you also said:
QuoteLoading a PD-143R at 1.8:1 puts it over that legal weight limit by just a few pounds.
Which means you suscribe to the same belief.
Derek
BIGUN 1,346
QuoteSo what custom rigs offer you the oppertunity to have such a large reserve, and a small main?
My Wings:
Safire 169 Main
Raven 249-M Reserve
Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
QuoteWhich means you suscribe to the same belief.
No, it means that a PD-143R has a listed maximum exit weight of 254 pounds and one loaded at 1.8:1 is carrying 257 point something pounds, hence the “just a few pounds”. While I agree that loading any canopy above what the manufacture maximum I do not know if it is legal or not.
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals
QuoteSo what custom rigs offer you the oppertunity to have such a large reserve, and a small main?
Infinity will build to suit. My rig fits an FX-99 and a 170 reserve just fine.
Blues,
Dave
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Hooknswoop 19
Cool, I don't like it when a manufacturer oversteps their authority, like calling a SB mandatory, or saying you can only use certain canopies in their containers, etc. There are many misconceptions about what is required by the FAR's and what isn't. A recent example is Tandem Instructor currency requirments, or the lack thereof.
Derek
Derek
ScottyE 0
This is why I'm ordering a new Smart 250
for my Dolphin! But I'll still be loading it at 1.0 to 1
for my Dolphin! But I'll still be loading it at 1.0 to 1
I believe JohnMitchell has posted that the VSE Infinity does.
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