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I don't think there's any "consensus". It's completely up to you to decide how comfortable you are switching back and forth between the two mains.

I have a 30 year old container that I still jump regularly. Only a rigger (after a thorough inspection) can tell you whether or not it's in jumpable condition, but it's not an automatic no just from sitting for 20 years.

I dunno. I don't pretend to know anything about designing canopies, and I assume they have their reasons. I do appreciate your explanation though. You say they Schumanns are more harness sensitive and maybe that has something to do with it--for an intro/intermediate CB canopy you aren't trying to optimize everything for performance, that's what the top line is for. If you redesign the VC and end up with another VK, you haven't really done anything useful.

Why?

A Katana update would be great. I think PD didn't decide for sure whether their new canopy would be a Sabre3 or Katana2 until relatively late.

I'm no expert but I think that's probably what you should be expecting from an update. Curt said my first crossbraced should definitely be a JFX2 and not the original.

Curt Bartholomew is still winning medals on it

Yeah, it's pretty niche and you have to be willing to travel, unfortunately.

Ooh ooh ooh I just got into CRW. Do CRW!!!!

You do you man, I just thought from the way you worded your post that riser pressure was your reason for not wanting to.

Different canopies take different force to pull the fronts down, and technique makes a difference too. Get a Katana and do a proper toggle surge and you'll have no problem pulling them down.

Who here is encouraging anyone to slide in on a landing that could be stood up? Not me. As you say, it's secondary to standing/running much like the PLF. So why teach the PLF but discourage people from learning to slide with appropriate instruction and supervision? Is the PLF also a bad habit? The PLF is from the days of round parachutes and is intended for landings with a high descent rate, to convert that into forward motion. On modern canopies, it's often the case that you've fully arrested your vertical descent but have too much forward speed to run out. The PLF was never intended for that and sliding works quite well. There is technique to doing it safely... much like the PLF. lol poor attempt at trolling my dude

Ok you're totally right and he's teaching me bad habits

That's why I recommended he work with a coach.

Thanks, I'll let my world champion canopy coach know that.

Sliding is a good tool to have, and I recommend learning it under direct supervision by a canopy coach. The correct technique does not impact your tailbone.

The problem isn't selfishness, it's stupidity. A selfish person who isn't stupid will get the vaccine.

Hmm I would really love for my Katanas to open faster, actually.

The way Curt put it was an RDS is for performance while a removable slider is for convenience

I haven't done it myself, but someone recently asked about it on the US fun jumpers facebook page and Curt Bartholomew replied saying it was a reasonable thing to do.

Which MARDs are better?

UPT recently quoted me 5-10 days for risers, dbag, handle, and pilot chute, and it turned out to be more like 3.5 weeks. If they had been more up-front with me, I probably would have used a different pilot chute and gotten back on my new rig sooner.

It says 16 weeks on the front page of their web site