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(Review ID:1869)

14 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

Get one only if you have a maximun 1: 1 WL with this reserve, otherwise - Get Rid Of It!

Rated by: CarloC on 2007-09-18 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Raven Dash-M in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Pros: Saved my life twice
Cons: Afraid to land it

I have 2 saves with this reserve, a MR 135 loaded about 1.3
Both rides the canopy opened really fast, thats a good thing when you have a low cutaway.
First land with it I broke my arm and the second time I used I land in my back so hard that 3 months after my reserve it still hurts like a b$#@@
You dont have any control stroke and a super hard stall.
I finaly got rid of it and bought a PD 113.
I just cant put a MR 135 in my gear again!!!

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(Review ID:238)

12 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

I'm glad Precision Aerodynamics did their Homework.
Rated by: chris ozols on 2001-02-23 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Raven Dash-M in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

First reserve ride, 63 jumps
Javelin J4 (3 jumps)
Super Raven II (only packed once)
Spectre 190 (Demo gear--who knows how many jumps)

I started skydiving at 18. I stopped jumping at age 22 when my dad died. His discomforting words about the sport became real to me, and I needed some time to think. After 3 years, I decided to come back to the sport. I learned that the most important things in life make you feel good. And for me the horizontal tango, big barrels, and skydiving share the gold medal, and I knew I needed a sky bath. However, I made a deal with myself, and my dad, that I wouldn't jump until I had my own gear. The only problem was I did not know what size main I wanted to get, so I am still on the demo program. I did buy my javelin, Super Raven II, and cypress 2 months ago.

The sky was a watered down blue otter pop color. It was Wednesday. The landing area was muddy from the rain from the night before, so I decided to try the spectre 210. I stood up my previous two landings with it, so I figured I could stay dry and clean on my touch down.

3500 feet, look, wave, reach, pull. The spectre opened nice and soft, but it started turning when it opened. Broken lines danced behind the unstable turning spectre. I checked my altitude. Grabbed my handles, Took a deep breath, "Here we go". The cutaway was the first time I ever felt like I was actually falling during a skydive (what a cool feeling). I waited about 1 second and yanked my silver. The next 2 seconds where the longest ones of my life. By the time I looked up, there she was. I never seen her before, but damn was she beautiful. All white like a virgin bride spread out on top of me. My Super Raven II opened on heading. She was a little hard to turn. She moved a little slow (just like I wanted her to), but she flared real good. I did not even get muddy.

I trust my Super Raven II. I am jumping again this week. I'm glad Precision Aerodynamics did their Homework. Take a good look at what you demo.

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(Review ID:237)

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

The canopy has a very small control range and can be stalled fairly easily.
Rated by: Randall D Townsend on 2001-01-18 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Raven Dash-M in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

I have 1800 jumps. 3 reserve rides on a 24ft T10a three hole mod and 3 on my Raven MZ 135. 1st Raven ride was from a bag lock. It was a very positive opening, I do not think I got full arm extension on the ripcord and the canopy was flying. Well if you were down to 500 ft this is what you want. RIGHT?

Second and third were from spinning cutaways. These openings were clean and quick yet very comfortable.

I max this 135 reserve's weight limit so it has a very fast desent rate. The canopy has a very small control range and can be stalled fairly easily. On your reserve this is kinda scary, so take it cool and careful. Feel it out, the control range is really small. You need to flair it like you are going to turf surf it because it responds very quickly. If you flair it 10 foot up, you are gonna stall it and fall the last few feet.

If you are faimiliar with small fast conopys, then it's not really a problem, but don't think of it as a big old 7 cell, because it is NOT! By my third ride I was able to make a really nice landing. And It beats the hell out of a 24ft round. All in all I've no real complaint. It packs easily and it packs small.

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(Review ID:235)

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

It did the job, but has cost me a shoulder displacement
Rated by: Padu on 2000-06-26 (user profile) (user reviews)

Review of: Raven Dash-M in Unknown Tag: 'cat_linked'

Javelin with Stiletto 120 and MicroRaven 120.
6 years skydiving, 78kilos.

Ok, I know I'm a little bit above the reccomended weight for this canopy size, but at the time I bought this reserve, almost every rigger said "it will do the job". Well, it did the job, I'm here now, but it has cost me a shoulder displacement and 4 months out of jumps.

It was my first reserve with 900 jumps, it opened fantastically, I was victim of the terrible twist ghost, but at the first moment I pulled the reserve ripcord, it's appeared over my head. I've noticed the high descent rate, and decided to do some flare tests, and I've realized that the time to flare was very short before stall.

Well, the ground was closing, flare, and 2 seconds after, just two or three feets above the groung it has stalled back, my arms was twisted back, and the rest you know... hospital and etc... Well, I've just moved to a tecno 128. I hope I have no need to use it, but if I have to use it, I hope it's better than MR120.

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