gweeks 1 #1 February 19, 2014 Skydive Delmarva's Otter got new engines over the winter making it a Super Otter. This means more people per load and faster rides to altitude! It will make its debut at Safety Day on March 8th. We'll have safety day seminars for experienced jumpers on Saturday morning. Weather permitting we'll start jumping around noon. Details at http://www.skydivedelmarva.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianyapxw 0 #2 February 21, 2014 gweeksmore people per load Curious, how does changing engines allow more people per load? Is it some weight issue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totter 2 #3 February 21, 2014 Increased rate of climb, especially after fueling. With the lower powered engines the trade off for better climb performance was to carry less people. There comes a point where stuffing that last 3 or 4 jumpers in doesn't make economical sense because it slows the climb to altitude so much that the fuel burn used costs more than what was made having the extra people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianyapxw 0 #4 February 22, 2014 Thanks for the explanation! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gweeks 1 #5 March 5, 2014 This has been postponed one week to March 15. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
