I'm sure this topic has already been beaten to death, but I'll bring it up again...
I'm a new skydiver with about 35 jumps. I've been doing almost all my jumps with either a PD or Icarus Student 240 canopy. I'm not having any issues with my landings and have been flying the canopies as about aggressive as you can for a 240 (hard steep turns, diving 360's, doing pull ups on the front risers to get it to dive, rear riser landings, etc.) My only real complaint is that the flares on both canopies feel really weak, especially with the Icarus student.
I just purchased my first rig, which has a 210 Sabre 3. My exit weight right now is right around 205-210.
With all that being said, is going straight from a student 240 to a 210 Sabre 3 too big of a downsize at once???
Any information is greatly appreciated.
