i got about 15 jumps on a 9-cell pd190. i weight 140. i think it's a great first canopy. i can do some strong spinning 360's, and have always landed on my feet with a nice tip-toe landing. i can control it very well with only a little bit of experience. it's still fast enough to get to the ground in a reasonable amount of time, but still slow enough not to catch a student off guard. so for it's use as a student canopy i give it a super high rating of 9