99' Javelin is fine for freefly. If you've got 75 jumps already, a 170 should be a good buy, hopefully you've got a little practice under something around that size.
I have 30+ jumps on a 230 and 15 jumps on a 190. I stood up all but 4 of my landings. The landings I screwed up where on a 270. I landed downwind once but stood up the landing.
I will ask my instructor what he thinks of it before I buy anything. I will let my instructor jump the gear to check everything is fine. He offered this himself before I buy any gear. After that I will make some jumps myself to see I'm comfortable with the gear.
Standing up 15 landings is not a sign you're ready to downsize. Standing up landings is sometimes overrated. It's the standup you're completely in control of, even though there was a last minute gust, that counts. Being able to do it inside the envelope is one thing. Making it look easy because you're always in control is the key.
I know that standing up a couple of landings doesn't say anything. But I'm just buying my first gear and have to choose some size to get started. I weigh 165 (75 kg) pounds instead of 175, apparently I made the wrong conversion last time. I will be loading the canopy at 1.1:1. I don't know if this is too much for my experience. And I will consult my instructors. When I buy something I want gear for 500+ jumps.
You can easily, and compared to the price of buying a complete rig reasonably, downsize your main one size in the same container.
Buy a main that you can safely land in any conditions (i.e. the worst possible) right now. Learn to fly the snot out of it. Then sell it and buy something a size smaller. Learn to fly the snot out of it. Repeat as needed.
In Sweden we have a small guidline called the "Jespercurve"!!!! which we are using as a rule regarding choice of canopies for newbies and people with little experience (small amount of jumps) and according to this list YOU should be jumping nothing smaller then a 177 sqf chute, BUT recommended size with your experience is a 210 sqf canopy.
After this guideline was introduced in Sweden we have had very few accidents with low experience jumpers with hotshot canopies...
In Sweden we have a small guidline called the "Jespercurve"!!!! which we are using as a rule regarding choice of canopies for newbies and people with little experience (small amount of jumps) and according to this list YOU should be jumping nothing smaller then a 177 sqf chute, BUT recommended size with your experience is a 210 sqf canopy.
And where can we read/see this guideline for ourselves? Is it available online?
