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- From: drp40@cd.amdahl.com (Doug Puchalski)
- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
- Subject: Re: Choosing a Canopy
- Message-ID: <67g602Fg2bXk01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 03:46:55 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.153241.17559@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <BxtM0A.KxD@vti.com>
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- In article <BxtM0A.KxD@vti.com>, mark@vti.com (Mark Smith) writes:
- >Jim Beutel (beutel@chdasic.sps.mot.com) wrote:
- >: My weight is 160-165 and have made several jumps with a
- >: 200 Raider (?) 7 cell main. Have 20 total freefalls and
- >: am fairly aggressive in all other sports.
- >:
- >: Have been considering the PD. 190
- >
- >I'm pretty conservative in canopy selections (i.e. I don't
- >believe in over-wing loading your canopy to squeeze out that
- >last drop of performance), but I believe that a PD 190 would
- >probably be too big for you.
-
- Whoa, wait a second. I'm about the same weight, and I figure the 190 is
- perfect. 165 lbs plus 20 lbs for reserve & container = 185 lbs suspended
- weight. PD recommends a max of 1.0 wing loading. If 190 is too big,
- you *are* recommending over-loading the canopy.
-
- I followed this up because I'll be getting a new canopy this spring, and
- I was considering a PD 190. I thought about a 170, but figured that would
- be way-too overloaded.
-
- --
- Doug Puchalski You have the right to your opinion, even though it's wrong
- drp40@cd.amdahl.com My opinions are my own, and are fact, of course
- dpuchals@engin.umich.edu Death to all smileys
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