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understand totally about not skiping sizes. i am going to demo some more canopies this weekend but in anyones opinion wat would be a good next step in the progression to xbraced one day?

well i have been looking at different canopies and have tried some of my friends at the dz. a safire 119 and a spectre 120 i do like the 9 cell and i am looking at a maybe a crossfire 2 129 now. or maybe just a safire 119.

well i have a question. i have been talking with people at my dz and they have good info for me but i figured i would ask the masses..i have been in this sport for abot 14 months. in that time i logged 247 jumps. i spend everyday i can at the dz. my current canopy is a spectre 150 loaded about 1.4. i am looking at buy a second rig. my question is i wanna get a crossbraced canopy. a xaos 21 loaded about 1.6 or so. now i am very current and also travel in the winter months to florida and cali. so i jump as much as possible. i feel comfortable enough with my abilities to make the down size but wanted to know what you guys think. everyone at my home dz thinks i would be fine as long i as i keep making good dicesions in the air. so lets here wat yall have to say and thanks for the info everyone.

thats what i told wings when i order my rig. they said exactly that. i can put up to a 170 in it and as low as a 135. i will continue to jump the sabre 170 rental until i get my rig and then demo some canopies and take it from there thanks for all the advice.

ya point well takin.

i spoke to my aff insructors and they told me it was up to me. they said i would be fine under a spectre 150 being that i am not a aggressive canopy pilot and i would get more use out of it over a longer period of time. also we took my exit wieght with the 170 on and i was at 158. i am not going to buy a new main but i am going to buy a new container and possibly reserve and i did decide to up the reserve size to a 160. after resding some of the replies i got.

i have about 40 jumps on current free fall canopies but hunfreds on military canopies and anyone who has jump in the military knows how hard you come down. i am looking at geting a new wings container and a spectre 150 with a pd 143. now i wieght about 145 exit wieght is about 155. everyone at my dz tells me i will be fine on it but i wanted to get some more sugestions. during all my affs i used a 230 for 5 jumps then went to a 190 and then a 170 i only have about 15 jumps on the 170 but when i land into the wind when its around 15 to 20 mph i float alot and tend to over shoot the landing zone and end up in BFE. any info or opinions are welcome. thanks