leadgenx

I have just bought Merit 170 and made 20 jumps on it (with the wing load 1.2). Before I started jumping it I thoroughly read about packing and I must admit that putting right & left inlets into central cell and rolling the tail tightly really works. When adding slider with pockets you get quite nice openings - brisk but far away from hard. Last jumps were made with camera - no problem about openings. Merit requires a special landing technique since it needs time to make the flight horizontal (and forget about going that way for 10 or even 5 meters like modern canopies can do). But when you get use to it you will have quite nice landings even on no-wind days and with high exit weight (label says max. 100kg and I fly it with exit weight of 94 kg). However I would not dare to overload this canopy.