Your canopy choices and downsize history

[Ktownbret 0]

0-40 240 Manta
40-180 170 Sabre
180-480 150 Stilleto
480-present 119 Crossfire 2

jumped the crossfire in Cuatla, Mexico at 4700 ft last week. Made for some sweet swoops!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNTSaXM6nIQ

www.okanaganskydive.com

[Pulse 0]

Student Gear (Manta): 1-30
Raven 3 (240/7cell) loading 0.75: 30-200
Tomcat 150 loading 1.2: 200-500
Jonathan 136 loading 1.43: 500 - 1600
Jedi 136 (prototype) loading : 1600 - current
Velocity 103 loading 1.99: 2700 - current

Along the way I've jumped Fury's, Polaris, Para Commanders, T-10's, Sierra's, Paradactyle's, Cruiselite's, Falcons, Turbo Z(X)'s, Robo Z, Sabre's, Extreme's, etc...

"Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled."

[freeflydemon 0]

Manta 300 / 0-30 jumps (@0,8)
Sabre 190 / 30-105 jumps (@1,2)
Sabre 170 / 105-145 jumps (@1,45)
Safire1 149 / 145-275 jumps (@1,67)
Crossfire2 139 / 275-575 jumps (@1,9)
Xaos27 117 / right now... (@2.17)

[skydivekid 0]

Student Navigator 240 5 or 6 jumps
Nav 220 4-5 jumps
nav200 23 jumps
Sabre 2 190 10 jumps ish
Sabre 2 170 about 5 jumps
Lotus max 170 about 100-130 jumps
Stilleto 150 about 15 jumps
sabre 2 135 2 jumps
cobalt 135 100 jumps ish

then i switched between a viper 120, samurai 120, Katana 135, and a comp cobalt 120 for about 50 jumps (till about jump 300)

Now on a Katana 120. fucking best canopy i've flown yet.

AAD's taking Darwin out of the equation... Hook tunrs putting Darwin back in

[jpjc2000 0]

Jeeshhhhh...the memory cells are rusty...

T-10
PC
Unit
Another Unit-(The kevlar lines broke on the first one)
Nimbus
Nova
Nova Replacement-(Can't remember the name)
Tomcat
Jonathan 150
Jedi 136
Jedi 120
Jedi 113
Jedi 136
Samauri 150

[RMURRAY 1]

288 manta
170 sabre
150 stiletto
115 FX
98 VX
97 JVX
85 JVX (sail)

[fff3 0]

T-10
MC1-1B
PD-190
Safire-149
Stiletto-135
Vengeance-120
Velocity-103

[jacketsdb23 45]

0-18 Student 200ish canopies
20-30 Student 190 (navigator maybe?) (WL = 1.1)
30-99 PD Silhouette 190 (WL=1.1)
100 - 300 Icarus Safire 2 159 (WL=1.3)
300 - Now (360) Icarus Crossfire 2 139 (WL = 1.5)

Losers make excuses, Winners make it happen
God is Good
Beer is Great
Swoopers are crazy.

[Dominik 0]

> 45 Silhouette 190
> 150 Sabre 150
> 350 Crossfire 129
now Crossfire2 119

[the_sarge 0]

Sabre 170
Sabre2 150
Sabre2 135

Next: Katana 120?

[DoZ3r 0]

0-45: Student canopies.. PD Navigator, Manta, Coe-D
46-181: Spectre 190
182- : Sabre2 150

If everything seems under control.. You're just not going fast enough..!

[skydiven4fun 0]

1 to 40 Student gear,Can't remember loading.
41 to 155 sabre 190 WL-1.2
156 to 250 Flight concepts pro series 170 WL-1.4
251 to 550 Diablo 170 same loading
551 to 850 Diablo 150 WL-1.5
851 to 1400 Xaos-21-120 WL-2.2 Still own this canopy
1401 to present Xaos-21-104 WL-2.5

I get more ditance from the 120 than the 104, But the 104 is more fun.

Still here after all these years

Clayton

[skyshimas 0]

borrowed gear till about 100 jump including student gear and 10 jumps on the round parachutes.
sabre 170 (100-360)
crossfire2 139 ( 360-present close to 600) WL(1.4-5:1)
next thinking of crossfire2 109 or katana 107. If budget allows me to.

[Rdutch 0]

sabre 170 6-200
stilletto 150 200-240
stilletto 135 240-300 (broke femur on 300 jump)
velocity 111 330 (im not smart)
velocity 96 (1000)
velocity 84, 90, 79, (84 got free canopy and thats the only size they had) then 96 (started swooping with 96 with weights)
velocity 90 (weights were banned)
velocity 84 (started 4way)

Ray
Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

[vesatoro 0]

Raider 220 1-64 @0.75
Sabre 135 65-450 @1.2 (also ~ 20 jumps with Stiletto 135 and 120 @1.2 to 1.3)
Contrail 105 @1.4-1.5 450 - 1200
FX79 @2.0-2.2 1200 - 1600
FX70 @2.3-2.6 1600 - 2000

(~150 jumps with CR Ace 220 @0.75)

"Fear is the path to the Dark side"
(Master Yoda)

[Pararigger 0]

T10C TO MANY JUMPS
MC1-1C SAME AS ABOVE
MC4 0-52
PD265- 52-53
PD210-53-75
SEVERAL 170'S 75-190
STILLETTO 190-250
STILLETTO 250-400
RAGE 110 400-600 (back-up canopy)
XAOS 21 108-present canopy
Jump Spectre 230 everyday at work 500 plus jumps

Have you thanked the rigger that saved your life!
IAD-I, AFF-I, Coach, MFFI566

[Bolas 5]

Sabre 210 - 2 Jumps
Stiletto 150 - 1 jump so far

Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting
If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

[agent_lead 0]

student gear 230 navi (1 -15)
spectre 210(15-150)
safire 189(150-450)
katana 170(450 - present which is about 495)

i think i stayed on the safire for way too long..the katana is great...

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[bbl 0]

Student Gear 220 Nav (1-20)
PD 190(F-111) (21-268)
Sabre 170 (10 jumps)
Sabre 150(50 jumps)
Sabre 135(50 jumps)
Cobalt 120(100 jumps)
Crossfire 107(10 jumps)
Velocity 96(1000 jumps)
Velocity 84(30 jumps)

I felt comfortable with my downsize history. All of my jumps have been with in 3 years. Very current jumper.

[flipper 0]

Round Stuff
Sabre 150
Stiletto 120
Veng 120
Velo 96
Velo 84
JVX 87 (All sail)

[dragon2 0]

Manta 288/skymaster 280/skymaster 230 50 jumps, wl .45 on the 288
Merit 190 10 jumps
Spectre 190 10 jumps
Triathlon 175 5 jumps
Spectre 150 wl 1 for a couple hundred jumps mixed with lightning 143
Spectre 135, Safire 135, Lightning 126 for most of my jumps
Vengeance 135, vengeance 120, safire 119, springo 120 for the last couple hundred, wl 1.2-1.4 up to 1.6 with lead
Jumped some other canopies in between, like stiletto135, triathlon 120/135/150, PD126R, sabre 135/120, diablo 120, safire2 119, pilot 124/104.

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[Buffdiver 0]

Navigator 290-210: Jumps 1-15: AFF and early student.
Spectre 190 : Jumps 15-26
Sabre 170: Jumps 27-200
Sabre2 150: Jumps 201-280
Sabre2 135: Jumps 281-current

Have experience on Samurai 170/150/136, Katana 135 and Crossfire 2 129 mixed in there. Want to fly a more eliptical canopy than the Sabre2 but want a reliably opening canopy for wingsuit. Love the Crossfire, Sabre2 has served me very well so far.

[BMFin 0]

1-30 Navigator 240, 220

30-50 Sabre 170, 150

50-370 Hornet 120

370-400 Vengeance 120

400- Crossfire2 109 (now at 1.7ish)

[phoenixlpr 0]

Student gear ~80 jumps
Maverick ~35 jumps
Pilot 150 ~350 jumps
Cobalt 135 ~250 jump
Triathlon 160 ~10 jumps
Cobalt Competiton 105 ~5 jumps

I have the last 3 and jump last 2 now.

[Blink 0]

Manta 288 - 30 jumps
Triathlon 160 - 80 jumps
Sabre 150 - 100 jumps
Sabre2 135 - 20 jumps (current canopy)