Diver23 0 #1 September 4, 2002 We are using (super) Raven 3's as canopy's for base jumping. They al have an unknown skydiving history. One friend of mine has had some abnormal openings lately so we want to check if its still in trim. Could someone please provide us with the trim specifications for this canopy? Yes, I contacted precision but not much help from them for now. They suggested checking the trim of the 'bad'-canopy against the others. Sure, thats one way. But I think some exact data would be helpful here. Cheers, Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #2 September 4, 2002 ... I've got 102 jumps and 75 of them have been under a Raven II at 0.95:1. What's this one doing? Maybe I can help. Blue Skies Dave PS: mine's been back to the factory within 100-150 jumps due to a canopy collision so I suspect my line trim is still reasonably close. Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diver23 0 #3 September 5, 2002 What happens is hard to describe. Slider down the pressurization is very strange. Sometimes the canopy seems to collapse partially during the opening, and it pressurizes strange. This could be the result of pulling the toggles early during/after the deployment. But we didn't see this in earlier jumps. Slider up we saw a very strange opening where the canopy would slowly turn 180 degrees. The nose of the canopy also looked not fully inflated. Not the kind of openings we are used to in the 100 jumps each of us made with our raven. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #4 September 5, 2002 For Base.... use a Base canopy. Post this question over on the Base boards since they might be able to help with the openings on slider down more then your average skydiver could.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diver23 0 #5 September 5, 2002 I am not asking for help on slider down openings! That was just me responding to a question of someone who wants to help. I asked if someone knows the trim specifications for the Raven 3. So I think I posted at the right place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #6 September 7, 2002 Raven 3 line trim Spectra/ Dacron Base NCA 350.5/ 349.8 NCA to NCB 9.5/ 9.2 NCA to C 29.5/ 29.5 NCA to D 53.0/ 53.7 NCA to T 22.1/ 21.5 with brakes set on risers Base A 351.9/ 350.8 A to B 9.7/ 9.4 A to C 28.2/ 28.0 A to D 52.6/ 52.2 A to T 20.2/ 20.8 BL to Tog 70.5/ 70.6 data faxed from Precision 01/30/1996 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
