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Skydiving Gear and Equipment: Main and Reserve Parachutes: Performance Designs: PD 7-cell

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Item: PD 7-cell  Manufacturer: Performance Designs   (572 Hits) Purpose: Main  Shape Square  Cells 7  Fabric: F-111      Description: The P.D. 7-cell is your canopy. Like the P.D. 9-cell, it is constructed entirely of traditional [low porosity] fabric. Designed and built for the skydiver who wants traditional 7-cell characteristics, including the ability to do low speed (braked) approaches for casual accuracy and demos as well as having excellent flight characteristics for casual C.R.W. Added: 2001-01-10 | Item ID: 20

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Overall a good canopy
Rated by: silverbullet (more about me) on 2008-10-20 11:10:47 (user reviews) Review ID:2083

Pros: gentle openings, easy to fly, stable and predictable
Cons: weak flare

I just bought a used 235 (with 350 jumps on it) and jumped it 4 times this weekend. Compared to some other canopies I've used, this canopy opens nice and slow (soft) even without rolling the nose. It flies well and is easy to control. The only complaint is the flare...I adjusted flare height on all 4 jumps and I still wound up having harder landings than I did with my 9-cell 220. If you're looking for a soft and reliable opening with predictable maneuvering, this canopy is for you.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

PD 7 Cell
Rated by: ooohhhno (more about me) on 2002-09-27 00:00:00 (user reviews) Review ID:581

Pros: Flew well, stable in turbulence
Cons: Some hard openings

A PD 218 7 Cell was one of my first canopies. I am 5'10", 180lbs with a total weight of about 200lbs. The canopy flew very well and felt very stable, especially when gusts of wind came up. Got spanked by this chute more than other F-111s. I found that by really rolling the nose, you can eliminate the spankings, but ROLL it. It has decent flare on landings, I felt better than several Falcons of the same size I have flown. All in all, it was not a bad first chute. You can usually find a good used one at a reasonable price too!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

It does not like the pro pack
Rated by: jump 26 on 1999-11-15 00:00:00 (user reviews) Review ID:84

I have been jumping the performance designs 253 for a first jump canopy and it has been fair. I like the turns. It is a student canopy but it can turn well ,however i have found that it does not like the pro pack method,it will open fairly hard on this type of packing. The openings on side pack are great not slow but gentle and on heading !!!another thing is not much glide to it without using brakes a little , but for what it is i would rate it a 7 on a 10 scale.

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