Raven Reserve

[james309 0]

I have the opportunity to buy a rig with a Raven 3 Reserve, but I can't find what the square footage of the reserve is. Can anyone help me out?

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[hookitt 0]

Precision lables it at 249 Square Feet

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[james309 0]

Thanks I couldn't find it anywhere on their website.

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[Spizzzarko 0]

spend your money on a rig with a pd reserve. it will probably have a better resale value and will deffinately be a better flying and landing reserve.

[phoenixlpr 0]

What a neutral advice .

I should test jump a Raven too.

[sdctlc 0]

LOL, throw the gauntlet down there. I have a Raven in a rig and a PD in a rig. The raven and the PD have treated me fine. Note the raven is a Raven 1 and not the Micro Raven series that has been smacked around for being touchy on the flare...

Scott C.

"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

[DougH 270]

Would do you load the Raven at?

I have never flown ANY reserve (I have been meaning to demo the same size smart that I have in my reserve tray) so when I got gear I had to go off of every one elses opinions.

Most of what I read, or heard from skydivers in person was that the old reserves don't like being over 1:1.

So is this mostly true?

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[Amazon 7]

I have one jump on a Raven -M loaded at 1.1 to 1... flew it to a standup in the peas at Mesquite....1900 ft elevation.............

I have two jumps on my Raven r-Max.. I load it at 1.6 to 1
first one was at Jumptown and I did a standup in the pile of woodchips that was their version of the pea gravel.

Second one was at Lost Prairie...at 3600 ft elevation.. I decided to slide it in since it was HOT.. High Alti.... AND no wind at all... but I could have stodd it up with no problem..

All in all... I would say the Ravens I have used to save my life have served me quite well.

One of these days I may get to jump my PDR... I am pretty sure I will do quite well under it as well..

ALL of them beat the shit out of the other reserve rides I had back in the old days ...they were all rounds...I realllly like my new gear

[diablopilot 2]

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spend your money on a rig with a pd reserve. it will probably have a better resale value and will deffinately be a better flying and landing reserve.

When is the last time you flew a Raven 3?

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[FrogNog 1]

Jeannie, would you say the Ravens land a lot smoother than no canopy at all? That's why I'll jump one if that's my option.

That said, I have been slowly spending the money to try and move to PDRs. Used ones, so I know they work.

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[billvon 2,396]

Lightly loaded Ravens fly pretty well. I have a bunch of jumps on Raven II's and III's as accuracy/BASE canopies. I wouldn't load them much over 1:1 though - they were not designed for that and do not handle heavy loadings well at all.

[CReWLL 0]

I have lots of reserve rides. I don't know where some people get there views, but both of those reserves land well when loaded at a range that you would want to land "out" with. The PD lands better loaded up, for someone that regularly lands a highly loaded canopy. The Ravens do better on the light end. If you get a lot of reserve experience, take some main packing lessons.