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Your canopy choices and downsize history
skydivekid replied to frost's topic in Swooping and Canopy Control
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 -
I picked an older model Hawkeye LT up second hand, and it's been great for me. I did end up converting it from an external audible to an internal audible pocket using fiberglass, and that has been great. Once it is on the helmet does not move at all, and I love the low profile mounting surfaces that are snag free, and great for freeflying as well as tandem video. The only real problem i have with my hawkeye is it is really tight to put on, doesn't flex much like my bonehead mindwarp does, and the soft forehead gets rolled under and is a pain to pull back out. Other than that it's an awesome helmet.
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I picked up a Katana 135 demo from PD. loaded at about 1.5, Flies great and is extremely responsive to riser and toggle input. The landings are great, the katana has a long dive, sweet swoop and powerful flair to shut it down. Most of my approaches are 270 hook turns, but the katana also lands great with a straight in approach (landing out). It is pretty good at making it back from a long spot. The only problem I have had is the openings can be twitchy and sometime it starts to spin and dive. Overall a great canopy for most disciplines (camera, freefly, coach, etc)
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I've been using a friend's cobalt 135 for the past several weeks, and I absolutly love it. It has a great dive, light riser pressure, and is extremely responsive. The openings are a little inconsistant, but the canopy is out of trim. Other than that this canopy is great reguardless of whether I'm crawling back from a long spot, or have time to set up and do a nice hook turn.
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Reserve inspection & repack turnaround time?
skydivekid replied to angrypeppers's topic in Gear and Rigging
Two hours isn't too bad, i only have 16 pack jobs as an apprentice and it only takes me about two hours on a rig and canopy that i am somewhat familiar with (aka. javelin or mirage and a PD reserve) AAD's taking Darwin out of the equation... Hook tunrs putting Darwin back in -
Awesome guys, thanks. I'm about to start a rigger apprenticeship and ofcourse i'm a poor college student so i didn't want to spend the $85 if i didn't have to Thanks AAD's taking Darwin out of the equation... Hook tunrs putting Darwin back in
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alrite i absolutely love my mirage g3. it was made back in 98 so it's a little older, but it's still great. the only problem i have found with it is that both my reserve is really soft in the container (PDR 160 in a M4) and my reserve flap has come open a few times while freeflying. however overall this rig is amazingly comfortable (even not being articulated) great for freefly or RW and my absolute favorite system.
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heck yea, and it helps out the packers too...we gotta get money to jump at somepoint too AAD's taking Darwin out of the equation... Hook tunrs putting Darwin back in
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it takes me about 6-7 minutes on a samurai 120 and i have been packing for about 2 and a half years AAD's taking Darwin out of the equation... Hook tunrs putting Darwin back in