Strong reserve

[atsaubrey 0]

Any information on the Strong Mighty Max reserve canopy. Any ideas where I could get some info on it?

"GOT LEAD?"

[sundevil777 102]

Don't know anymore than it is big. Probably just right for you if in good condition.

Try:

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/gear/jump.cgi?ID=105

Cliff

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[riggerrob 643]

According to the 1984 edition of Poynter's manual:

Strong "Mighty Mak: A nine-cell 337.5 sq. ft. ram-air canopy measuring 11'22"X 30'. Made of F-111 fabric and 510 Dacron lines. Ted Strong uses this canopy for his tandem jumps or passenger rides. Weights 11.2 lbs. First introduced to the market in 1983."

This canopy was soon extrapolated into the 425 sq. ft. Mighty Mak Master series of main and reserve canopies. The main version was replaced by the SET 400 in the mid-1990s, but the 425 reserve is still the only reserve approved for installation in Strong Tandems.

I have about 1500 jumps on Strong's 425 main canopies and 14 rides on 425 reserves.

[linestretch 0]

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I have about 1500 jumps on Strong's 425 main canopies

ouch, I feel sorry for you....he he he

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[riggerrob 643]

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I have about 1500 jumps on Strong's 425 main canopies

ouch, I feel sorry for you....he he he

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he he he

Looking back, I wonder how my body survived!
Druing that period, several co-workers retired from the tandem business complaining about bad backs, bad hips, bad knees and bad ankles.
Not all those jumps were on 425 canopies. Since I did not whine about hauling heavy students, I often jumped Strong 520 canopies made of F-111 fabric. 520s landed a bit softer, but they opened harder. I lost count of how many 520 canopies I tore up.
Did I tell you about the time I blew all the fabric off a 520 slider? After seeing that, I did not want to look any higher. Imagine my surprise when there was zero damage to the 520 canopy?
Looking back, it is amazing that I survived jumping all those F-111, first-generation tandem mains (Pioneer High-Lifter, PD-360, PD-421, Galaxy, Strong 425 and Strong 520)!
There is a pile of 425 canopies in the corner of my loft that you can have for cheap!

[atsaubrey 0]

So..is this considered a tandem canopy? Any idea what the weight limit or TSO might be? Anyone, anyone.

"GOT LEAD?"

[riggerrob 643]

According to Poynter's Manual, Volume 2 (published 1991):

"Mighty Mak Reserve.
Similar to the Mighty Mak Main.
Surface area: 335 sq. ft., PIA 360 sq. ft.
Cells: 9
Wing span: 31"
Wing chord: 11.1'
Aspect ratio: 2.79:1
Weight: 11.2 lbs.
Pack volume: 710 cu. in.
Maximum suspended weight: 325 lbs.
TSO certification to TSO-C23b.
First introduced in late 1983.

Fabric: 1.1 oz., 0-3 cfm ripstop nylon.
Lines: 700 lb. Kevlar."

While it is plenty big enough for military freefall (with a rucksack, rifle and snowshoes) or a large AFF student, I would not use a Mighty Mak Reserve for tandem. Example, Strong Enterprises quickly replaced it with a 425 sq. ft. reserve that has been the production standard ever since. And I know from personal experience (14 reserve rides) that Strong 425 reserves land quite nicely with heavy students.