matbot 0 #1 December 3, 2014 Hi all So I'm traveling to the US next spring/summer and would love to visit some dropzones and do some jumps. I got my licence in Switzerland this last summer and have around 65 jumps under my belt (gonna be maybe around 100 by the time I'll visit the US). I have my own equipment and have put around 35 jumps on it. I jump a 150sqf Sonic canopy with a WL of ~1.3. I had some coaching and do really feel comfortable under canopy (though I haven't been in many stressful busy canopy traffic situations yet) . Of course I also talked to the instructors and more experienced jumpers when I considered buying it and they are totally OK with it. I do know though that this might be a problem when I want to jump at DZ's in the US. So my question: Are there like minimum canopy size/ max. WL rules that apply on some DZ's for jumpers with low jump numbers? I couldn't find much information about it on their websites. Would you advise to buy a bigger main for visiting the US (e.g. 170/190)? Or would it maybe be best to rent gear? Thanks for all your thoughts, advice and information! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pendragon 1 #2 December 20, 2014 There's no right or wrong answer here, but a general rule of thumb is that if your wingloading in lbs/sq ft exceeds your jumps/100 + 1 (so at 200 jumps that would be 1.2), then you may attract some attention.-- BASE #1182 Muff #3573 PFI #52; UK WSI #13 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
