1st canopy wingloading

[fueler 0]

jumps 1-23 Nav. 280 @ .96
jumps 24-27 Sabre2 230 @ 1.13

ill be on this Sabre2 for awhile






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what!?

[kai2k1 0]

it was a manta 288 loaded at .69:1, jumped it up until jump #32

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[crotalus01 0]

my DZ is a bit more progressive than most....
jumps 1-3 on a 265 w/l @.87
next 25 jumps on a zpo-210 w/l @ 1.10 (2 on an F-111 210 same w/l).
just bought a rig, vector 2 with a Sabre 190 w/l @ 1.21. 3 jumps on it so far, plan on putting about 300 to 500 jumps on it before i downsize again.

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD...

[peachsouthern 0]

I was at a .63 on my student gear and have been at .87 for a while now.

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

[Amazon 7]

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I want to see pics of the tall, lean Amazon Goddess!

EGAD that was S K I N N Y

what the hell happened anyway

[Frenchy68 0]

Through jump #20 1:1
190 to 190
#21 on
1:1.13 since (Pilot 168)
Per the instructors

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[piisfish 135]

jumps 4-6 : nav 280 loaded 0.66
then till jump 30 various PD/nav 260-210 loaded 0.7-0.9
jump 30-60 on sil 190 at 1.0
then sabre 150 at 1.25

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Granimal 0]

1-15 PD 230 .78
16-40 PD 170 1.06
41-86 PD 150 1.13
87-643 Triathalon 135 1.41 (got 10 lbs fatter)
643-2100 Vengence 120 1.59 (Current canopy)

Note: About 500 jumps are tandems.

[Daizey 0]

one jump on a 280...loaded at 0.4
then onto a 220 for a jump...0.5
then the 170 for 8 jumps...0.7

Since jump 15 I've been on my own sabre 150...and i load it at about 0.8

*daizey*

[SpeedyGonzales 0]

.48 on Manta 288 til around jump 14
.60 on Sabre 230 which I'm still jumping

I need to downsize and quick, canopy rides are incredibly boring. Too bad our DZ doesn't have any smaller rental gear...

[Jib 0]

Bigass PD @.83

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[slug 1]

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About .28
Of course, it was a 28' flat circular canopy
Wendy W.

Damn 50% of the surface area of a 28' dia ball assuming no steering slots aks double L, T, 7TU, .

This will take a sec
answer to trick question: 0.00000000000 round off to 0 +/- 0

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R.I.P.

[jtval 0]

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I was on a 210 until about 300 jumps. with an exit wieght of 190-200(depending on how fat I was at the time)

Ok now that I have time I'll post my info


jump 1-24 I was on a 280-0r 260 depending on availablility
wl for 280=.64:1
wl for 260=.69:1
then I went to my first main 210 I jumped that until around 300 jumps
wl for 210 was about 1:1
( i gained some weight by that time)

then I got a 170 (still jumping itbut looking for a 150)
wl for 170= 1.23:1

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[Squeak 17]

I was taught on a Skymaster 270, with a WL of .75:1 for my first 20 odd jumps then I went to a Skymaster 230 WL of 0.86:1 for about 15 jumps then I went to what I'm on now a Hornet 150 with a WL of 1.35 : 1 and I've had that for about 340 jumps, I'll hold onto it until about 500 jumps then depending on my canopy skills I'll either downsize of change planform

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Squeak 17]

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Hmm I wonder what the wing loading was on the T-10 with the 7 TU and the Papillion..and me being 145 pounds..

hehe When were you 145lbs, when you were like 10 years old
DD you would have been a broomstick at 145lbs

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[Amazon 7]

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DD you would have been a broomstick at 145lbs

Well not completely a broomstick.. but DD they weren't and no that was my early 20's when I started jumping... ahhh the energy( and metabolism) of youth. I doubt if I could survive a 26 mile run nowadays either. I bet I could still walk that.. in a couple days

[Viking 0]

Manta 288 @ .74:1
PD 260 @ .82:1
PD 210 @ 1.02:1
Sabre 210 @ 1.02:1

I'v also jumped a Sabre 2 and Spectre 190's both loaded at 1.13:1

my ideal Canopy size is a 150 at around 1.4:1 as i don't really care to start swooping but i want something small enough so I don't have a huge rig on my back and its generally easier to handle.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[jtval 0]

you still flying the same 210?

I wonder if wingi has another deal for us LOL
im looking for new main again

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[Viking 0]

Yep still have it. Havn't jumped it in about 7-8 months though.

wonder if he has a friend with a Sabre 2 210 he could just give me.

Can't wait till i step down to a 190 and I get to just hand my 210 to someone at no charge.

I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver
My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin

[JustaBill 0]

Started on a Sabre2 230 loaded at .91. Did 6 or 7 on that one.

Went to a Sabre2 210 loaded at 1 to 1. Did 8 on that one I think.

Then on S&TA and chief instructor advice I went to a Sabre2 190 loaded at 1.1 to 1 and have been that since, with the occasional 210 or 288 jump if I'm at a small DZ with not many choices for rental gear. When I finally buy my own stuff I'll be looking for something in the 210-190 range

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I've done so much, with so little, for so long
I'm now expected to do everything with nothing forever

[bergh 0]

63kg + 12kg gear =75kg = 165 ounds

165/285 = 0.57 pounds/square foot

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[namgrunt 0]

T-10
190 lbs body weight
85 lbs wepon ,ammo,water,food radio batteries etc.
jumped from 600 feet
c-130 jump ship
canopy was green.jump suit green,ground green
stomach green
hay it was a green machine
quan-tri viet nam ,mine fields to the left ,south china sea to the right and found 2 small holes in canopy upon landing,but was not aware of any ground fire
it was a side door jump
now then 30 + years later on student status
290 manta ,strong rig,mini max reserve,cypris and body weight 270 lbs
landed on my butt
hooah
this is a great sport
wife loves it as much as I do butttt
still get nervious going out the door but as soon as I am away from aircraft its ok,
love flying ,freefall sucks

59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT
LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI)
www.dzmemories.com

[slug 1]

Wing loading + pucker factor= Max

Enjoy the sport the density of farmer mcnasty's in the land of the big BX, round eye's etc isn't as bad as real military jumps in SEA. You know the ones where you get a star for your jump wings.

Didn't see very many of those, stars back in the day.
You #1 G.I.

Happy VD
R.I.P. (REMF)

[ChangoLanzao 0]

.8 as a student jumping a Cruislite 2201.25 gradually increased due to consumption of copious amounts of beer and pizza over a few years to 1.45 on a Sabre 135
Currently at 1.45 (thanks to Atkins) jumping a Crossfire-2 119