Deceiving myself?

[cobaltdan 0]

i always jump with an ADD except in competition water-swooping (hop&pops).
the rest jim sumed up well.
sincerely,
dan

[70sdiver 0]

Question ,I jump a raven at a 1.05 loading whats the chances of blowing this canopy up?

[Jimbo 0]

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Question ,I jump a raven at a 1.05 loading whats the chances of blowing this canopy up?

Not likely.
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Jim
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[cobaltdan 0]

not likely.....but depends on the speed its used at...
wing loading + speed are required to answer a question like that.
sincerely,
dan

[riggerrob 643]

As long as you operate your Raven within placarded weight and airspeed limits, there is little risk of it tearing on opening.
Last winter I saw a Raven 282-Ma that tore on opening, but the guy was considerably heavier, faster (than placarded limits) and marginally stable while waiting for his Cypres to fire.
Raven ... - Maa and -Mb have stronger line attachment tapes (Type 1 herring bone weave tape) and the Raven Max series now have spanwise reinforcement tapes on the bottom skin. Spanwise reinforcement tapes are now standard on Amigo, Performance Designs and Tempo reserves.

[BadDog 0]

I never exceed the manufacturer's maximums when it comes to a reserve. I just don't want to find out the hard way that they were right. As for pin checks, I will let someone I trust do it, otherwise it's keep your hands off my gear (I've checked it twice already, and you don't know how it works anyway).
CorporateLawyerDave aka BadDog