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I'm posting this here instead of in Bonfire just because people know me here.

I’m trying to find out if any of you have or know someone that has a canopy I could borrow (or rent per jump if necessary). I’ve been doing some jumps from a paraglider and am trying to work my way down in canopy sizes with the hope of jumping my Sabre 107 again. So far I’ve jumped my Fox 225 and recently a PD-190 (thanks to Karen and Zarky for letting borrow it). I’m looking for a canopy around the 170 size range next but I don’t own one or know anyone that has one I could borrow. I would only put one or two jumps on it but I might need to actually have it for a few weeks. This is due to the fact that these jumps are very weather dependent because I’d be jumping from a paraglider and we never really know how the weather will be for flying until that morning. If you know someone that has a canopy in this size but lives far away and wouldn’t mind me using it I’d be more than willing to pay shipping costs and everything.
If you don’t have a 170 but you have a 150 that I could borrow please let me know because that would be the next size I’m looking for.

Thanks,
Russel

P.S. I’ve called PD and asked about demo'ing a canopy but they all have several week wait times and I can’t hang onto the canopy for a few weeks either. If anyone has any other ideas I’d love to hear them.

I have a Spectre 150 which is my wingsuit canopy, but I haven't been doing a whole lot of wingsuit jumps lately.

 

I heard that poor PCA technique is the primary cause of off heading openings...

Someone has graciously said I could borrow a Sabre 170 and someone else said I could borrow their Sabre 150. Thanks guys!