johnny1488 1 #1 May 9, 2001 I'm sure this will start a forum opinion war but does anyone have any real world differences between the pd line of reserves and the dash-m series. Personally im looking between the pd176 and dm218. I just want the stronger more reliable reserve. Im not to concerned with flight characteristics as long as it steers and flares. Let the games begin! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #2 May 9, 2001 Can't vouch for the PD176R, but I've got 1 jump on a Raven II, a green one. It opened really nice (I think) but need toggle input to stay on course. Great landing, though. (You know, this story sounds like my Spectre.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirils 1 #3 May 9, 2001 I've had 3 rides on a Raven 150. The chute flew great and had good landings....(better than my Sabre main).I still prefer a Tempo because of smaller pack volume. Skydiving is not a static excercise with discrete predictability... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flahive 0 #4 May 9, 2001 Had my first reserve ride this weekend after my main blew up. The PD143R opened sweet, flew straight, turned quick, and had tons of flare, it really was fun to fly. I will always use PD reserves in my rig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcin 0 #5 May 9, 2001 Two rides on PD143, loaded 1.4. One cutting away flying canopy (steering line problems), other very fast spinning mal (no RSL). Opened nice, quite firm, steering and landing was great. Sank noticeably faster than Sabre 150 main I first cut away(I guess because of F-111 material most reserves are made of) mc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donna 0 #6 May 9, 2001 Flahive,Quote Had my first reserve ride this weekend after my main blew up. What kind of main did you have and do you know why it blew up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #7 May 10, 2001 I have one jump on my Dash-M 249 after a cutaway. It flew beautifully and the landing was fine. Kris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 May 10, 2001 Similar-sized Tempos and Ravens have almost identical pack volumes. Because of different measuring methods and more reinforcing tapes, PD reserves always pack one size larger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flahive 0 #9 May 10, 2001 brand new spectre 170 on the third deployment, not real sure what happened, but it hurt like a son of a !#?%@. i had been jumping a borrowed spectre 170 for the previous 2 weeks with no problems, packed this one exactly the same. i have sent it back to PD, pretty sure they are going to replace it. other than this incidence , i have loved flying the spectre, it is a great canopy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OmriMon 0 #10 May 10, 2001 HUH???what does have to do with reserves?Free Skies,Omri Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflyfree 0 #11 May 11, 2001 Well, there is this other line of reserves form PA, the Raven Dash MZ which has a ZP top skin, many of the folks at Skydive America PB including me jump this type of canopy, and they load the hell out of them, two of them that I know load them at 1.7:1 and 1.8:1 one of them landed his already twice and he swooped it like if it were a main...I load mine 1.4:1. I don't know how superior or how better is a Dash MZ compared to a regular Dash M or in that case to PD'sFelipe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
