gearless_chris

I ordered a 150 Comp Cobalt demo online when I was looking for my next canopy. After three weeks I called to see where it was, they said they didn't have a 150 Comp Cobalt to demo, that they only have a 135 and a 170. I got the 170 and put a dozen jumps on it, it was as fast as the other 150's that I had jumped so I decided to buy a 150 Comp Cobalt. On the order form there wasn't an option to match the triangular cross pieces to the cells so I called to ask about them. The person answering the phone couldn't answer my questions and she said everybody was out of the office. Square-1 called Atair two weeks after they said it would be done. Atair said it was done two weeks ago, they forgot to ship it. What I wanted for colors was the left end cell black, the cell beside it white, and white diamonds on the bottom. What I got was,the top skin was right, the crosspieces were matched to the cells like I wanted even though I didn't order them that way, the diamonds are white, but for some reason they made the center cell black instead of the left end cell. The first three jumps were fun, then on jump number 4 it opened so hard it broke a brakeline right in the middle of the line. I called Atair, again everybody was out of the office and she couldn't help me. I had already ordered new material since the brakelines came set up from the factory too short to use front risers, so I had my rigger replace them. It has broken the right brakeline twice, and the left brakeline once, in approximately 120 jumps. It also broke the aluminum camera box on my helmet with a riser strike. I sent Atair an email asking about the openings, no response. Once the canopy is open it is a blast to fly. The front riser pressure is very similar to a Stilleto but it dives steeper. I do outside video so I get to pull at breakoff time, but it's trimmed so steep that I usually land second, ground hungry is good. It will cover a lot of ground with rear riser input. This year at Richmond we managed to be last out of the Otter, but downwind of the landing area. Not only was I the only one out of our group to make it to the landing area, but I also passed the 6 way that got out before us.