DZJ 0 #51 February 22, 2007 Very limited experience here, but I'd say a Fury 220. Maybe it was an old and ragged-out example, or my technique was lacking but it seemed that no matter how I flared it it would either bring me pounding in vertically or screaming in horizontally. The Balance 260 and PD210 I jumped before and after it seemed easy-peasy by comparison, and the Spectre 190 and Sabre 2 170 simply orgasmic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpRu 14 #52 February 22, 2007 Saber 150 - damn thing tried to kill me several times! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marks2065 0 #53 February 22, 2007 conquest 150 - my back and shoulders will never be the same - landed fairly nice if you were still awake and able to lift your hands above your head to grab the toggles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllisonH 0 #54 February 22, 2007 I've only jumped 10 kinds of canopies (not including those I was a tandem passenger under), but I'd have to say my least favorite was the Safire2 149. I had it for 2 weekends to demo, but after 10 jumps on it the first weekend, I gave it to a friend and put my Hornet 170 back into my rig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
za_skydiver 0 #55 February 22, 2007 Predator 190. F111, and was really tired. Used to take 1000ft to open, and i had to "asssume the position" for a PLF, everytime i landed. Did about 3 jumps on itSome dream of flying, i live the dream... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyd38off 0 #56 February 22, 2007 My paraglider reserve last Sunday... huge uncontrollable round, left me helpless floating down into a neighborhood, but yea, it saved my ass!Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and shouting, ".... holy crap....what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #57 February 22, 2007 QuoteMy paraglider reserve last Sunday... huge uncontrollable round, left me helpless floating down into a neighborhood, but yea, it saved my ass!What happened and what did you land on? (Send me a PM if you prefer) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #58 February 22, 2007 My Lightning 160 is the biggest POS I fly but I still say that anyone who can't fly and land it correctly needs remedial training."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawndiver 0 #59 February 22, 2007 A 5 cell Swift. I always felt like Slim Pickens riding the bomb on that thing..._________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #60 February 22, 2007 Great analogy. Still laughing.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doogie320 0 #61 February 22, 2007 A batwing. Landings were "fun". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyProdigy 0 #62 February 22, 2007 boy, i havn't heard of any of these rags you guys have jumped... i guess im that new, or the sport came a long way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #63 February 22, 2007 PdF Magic reserve. I had to use half brakes to keep it flying strait. If it would have been a main Id cut it away, but I had to land that sh.t. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #64 February 22, 2007 QuoteQuoteHummm....then they weren't TOTAL malfunctions then were they? Angelic So? I had 2 high speed mal on those and Im not willing to jump those bitches anymore. Thank you! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #65 February 22, 2007 We had a PISA 170, no matter how it was packed, it would leave you seeing stars on the openings. Had a master rigger completely look it over, he couldnt find anything. We sold it, letting the buyer know how it was, we never heard anything else about it. I was 5' tall before jumping it, Im now 5'2...lol joke.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #66 February 22, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteHummm....then they weren't TOTAL malfunctions then were they? Angelic So? I had 2 high speed mal on those and Im not willing to jump those bitches anymore. Thank you! If it makes you happy . I had jumps on RS4/A , round main from DDR, but it was not so bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 41 #67 February 22, 2007 25 years ago or so I had a Merlin. 90% of the time I loved that canopy. It opened fine, it flew fast and I could land it on a dime. BUT about 10% of the time it would have some weird thing happen with the lines on the left side (a tension knot I assume) and I'd have a spin. Fortunately it wasn't one of today's small canopies so it didn't spin like a mother f@#$er and if I fought with the lines I could get it to clear... most of the time. Of course it did it the one and only time my parents ever came out to see me jump. But like I say most of the time I thought that canopy was the cat's ass and loved it. Packed it the same every time and after it I landed I could never find anything wrong even when I had to land with the right side in half brakes so I'd be going straight. Never did chop that thing "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 1 #68 February 22, 2007 The worst one I've ever jumped is also the best one: a 24 foot flat twill reserve. It was my first reserve ride. I had a total malfunction, so I still had the full weight of the main (a 28 foot C-9) in the container. Not steerable, and landed me like a ton of bricks, which made it the worst canopy. Saved my life for the first time with a reserve, so it also made it the best. Can't get any better than still alive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #69 February 22, 2007 Ragged out PD384 Tandem canopy.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #70 February 22, 2007 If it makes you happy . Quote Yup! All warm and fuzzy now! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #71 February 23, 2007 5 cell strato-star borrowed it from a friend, on my 999th jump.... I was allowed to double manifest , in order to make my 1,000th jump that same day...* had a pretty SOLID landing.. fortunately ,,, it was in the peas... NEVER jumped another 5 cell..... ever.... .. * ....p.s. # 1,000 was made on my reliable old french papillon...( at the time, I had maybe 50 jumps on a ram-air) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiderbaby 0 #72 February 23, 2007 Hot pink Monarch 155. God awful shitty thwackmachine!"It takes a big man to cry, it takes an even bigger man to make that big man cry" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #73 February 23, 2007 I have about the same experience as you and i'll go with the Fury too. I jumped it a bunch of times and found out myself that the slider likes to fucking stay up...way up. Then i hit another DZ on my travells and the guy says "oh, by the way, the slider tends to hang up on these, dont panic just pull your rears" I laughed, could of done with that info a while back It also steered like such shit on the toggles too, i didnt want to hand wrap as im not a fan of that so just used rears the whole way down and had fun doing it too. Flared with toggles1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakyrat 1 #74 February 23, 2007 An old ragged out Excaliber 150 Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstime 0 #75 February 23, 2007 First was packed by a 200 jump wonder. had a mal packed by a 500 jump wonder. have not updated my profile in a couple of years? Go figuire Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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