pnfilipowsky 0 #1 April 5, 2011 Currently, I am looking at purchasing a canopy with about 1000ish jumps on it and a brand new lineset installed. I've been told that that many jumps on a canopy (fabric not lines) can lead do decreased performance. I was just wondering what types of decreased performance I could expect. Openings? Glide? Flight? Turns? Dive? Swoop Distance? Flare? How will a 1000 jump canopy compare to new canopy performance wise? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bertt 0 #2 April 5, 2011 More info needed. If it's an f-111 canopy with 1000 jumps, I don't know why they would bother to put a new lineset on it. If it's a ZP canopy, it could have a lot of life left if it's been well-maintained. i.e. not left in the sun, not many, if any, water jumps, not jumped in sandy, dusty conditions. Things to look at: where did it come from (Arizona = lots of sun and sand, Pennsylvania, not so much). What is the Date of Manufacture (a few years old = good, many years old = more time to lie around and get damaged). If the fabric is getting worn out, glide, swoop, and flare will suffer. It would be nice if you could give it a good inspection and test jump it before any money changes hands.You don't have to outrun the bear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pnfilipowsky 0 #3 April 6, 2011 It's an Icarus Crossfire 2 so it is ZP. I believe the DOM is 02 so it's probably been around. Right now the canopy is in FL but i don't know if it was jumped anywhere else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
