brycew 0 #1 July 28, 2005 Was wondering if there's any correlation between the size of a canopy and how fast it opens? I'm currently on student status and normally jump 288 mains. A couple of my jumps I've jumped with 210's and noticed those openings felt a bit harder. Do smaller canopies tend to open faster (and thus harder)? Just curious.... thanks all Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpRu 14 #2 July 28, 2005 it's not that simple. Other things to consider: canopy platform, number of cells, line type, line trim, PC size, D-bad size, and many-many more. With that in mind, in general, small rectangular 9 cell ZP canopies (like sabre1) opens harder then bigger ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tso-d_chris 0 #3 July 28, 2005 At one time I was jumping an Icarus Omega 115, and also utilizing an Omega 170 (1:1) for short calls. Consistently the 170 openings were much softer than the 115's. For Great Deals on Gear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cwn 0 #4 July 28, 2005 There have been a number of good threads on this topic in the BASE Jumping forum. Generally speaking if all other things are equal the smaller canopy will open faster because there is less canopy that needs to inflate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites