Skydiving a BASE Canopy

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offshoot question. I've been recomended to hone my canopy control skills and familiarize myself with BASE canopies to get a BASE canopy and use in a skydiving environment. If they havnt been certified can I still use it as a main at the local DZ?

I've moved this into a separate thread, because it seems important to me that beginners are aware of this. ~Tom Aiello

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ofI've been recomended to hone my canopy control skills and familiarize myself with BASE canopies to get a BASE canopy and use in a skydiving environment. If they havnt been certified can I still use it as a main at the local DZ?

In the U.S., and most other places, any canopy can be used as a main, so long as the reserve and harness/container (and reserve deployment system) are TSO'd (i.e. certified).

So, you can skydive any BASE canopy (or any other canopy) pretty much anywhere, so long as you have an approved container and reserve (of the appropriate size).

I personally own two skydiving containers sized for BASE canopies (they're old accuracy rigs) that I use to test jump (and practice) BASE canopies. Many older skydivers, DZO's and riggers will have a container like these that you can borrow to practice with.

Making skydives on your BASE canopy prior to BASE jumping is absolutely essential.

-- Tom Aiello

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