Michael_Riber

Interesting read. I'm sitting here nine years later having exactly the same concerns. I recently bought a used container with a Raven 150 DOM 92 as my first rig. I hadn't done my home work and later learned that there could be an issue landing the Raven, unless I practiced its special flight characteristics before-hand. After due consideration I decided to have it replaced with an Optimum-160. Better safe than sorry. I jump to have fun and being uncomfortable about my abilities to land my reserve is not my kind of fun. Next time PD comes to demo their canopies on a DZ near my location I will take a few test jumps in the Optimum-160. Until then I will simply rely on what others have said about it, and jump it without second thoughts.