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PD Reserve

Item: PD Reserve 
Manufacturer: Performance Designs   (2711 Hits)
Purpose: Reserve 
Shape Square 
Cells
Fabric: F-111 
   

Description:
Our reserves are Performance Designs canopies at heart. You know what that means...responsive, predictable handling, excellent glide in the brakes and outstanding landings.

Added: 2001-01-10 | Item ID: 24


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5 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

Optimum Reserve 193
Rated by: coldsteel (more about me) on 2009-06-07 19:56:38 (user reviews) Review ID:2196

Pros: Packs small! Outstanding "Pack ability".
Cons: Flys and lands like an F111 canopy

I demo'd a PD Optimum reserve recently. I jumped the OP 193 loaded about 0.9. The reserve canopy opened just fine at terminal, very firm but quite acceptable. It flew just fine, much like the older F 111 7-cells I used to jump (Pegasus, Paraflite Cruisair, PD 7-cell, etc.). I was not able to stall it at altitude to test it's stall characteristics. I think the brakes where set a little too long. I was hoping for a little stronger flare on the bottom end. The outstanding qualities of this canopy were it's small pack volume and ease of packing. It packs at least a size smaller. This is a high quality reserve that may be worth the premium price for those who want a really low volume PD reserve canopy.

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24 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

PD Reserve ride
Rated by: rgrmike (more about me) on 2009-04-04 23:00:30 (user reviews) Review ID:2161

Pros: Perfect On heading opening. Great Flair. Fast opening.
Cons: none

I had my first cutaway today. I was on a 2 way from 13.5K. We broke at 5 - open at 4. I threw my BOC. Wham - loudest sound I have ever heard. My main blew the B and C lines on one of the left cells at the canopy. The right side of the canopy blew all of the lines but 2 just above the riser. I started an immediate high speed spin - almost horizontal to the ground. I yanked my cutaway handle. Before I could yank my reserve handle my RSL opened my reserve. The opening was immediate. It opened perfectly - no twists. It flew on heading. It was a great ride to the ground. The canopy has a powerful flair and awesome handling. This is a super reserve; they hold their value extremely well. Thanks PD for the life saving Ride! -Mike

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7 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

PD 193 Reserve ride
Rated by: BHawks (more about me) on 2009-02-08 19:58:36 (user reviews) Review ID:2136

Pros: Fast yet soft, on heading opening.
Cons: Zero

Today we went up for a hop n pop, we were at about 3000 feet. I was the first out the door, I exited, pitched, and the relative wind of the propeller wrapped my main pilot chute down and under me! So I have a pilot chute in tow malfunction at 2500 burning altitude pretty quickly. So I went for my reserve, it opened beautifully, fast, not a slammer and on heading! Can't beat that! To add on top of this, this was the first reserve I had packed as a new certificated rigger. So I saved my own bacon with my pack job. That makes me feel good to know my work, actually works! Get to buy my self a bottle! This was my second time looking up at a PD reserve, it is a solid canopy, flew real well, I PLFed it on landing, but I couldn't ask for anything more. When future customers bring a PD reserve for a repack, I can tell them, I will happy to work on it and it is a solid canopy! Blue Skies! Ben

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