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Falcon Reserves

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As a matter of fact, like its sister 7 cell Raven, the Falcon 9 cell was fully drop tested in accordance with TSO C-23c, Category B. As such, it carries the approval of the FAA's TSO stamp, allowing it to also be packed as a reserve. This is a little-known fact which Precision has never elected to use as a marketing tool in the civilian world, but is probably a key factor in the success of the canopy in military applications worldwide.

From PA's site.

The Falcon is old technology and is not reinforced near like the newer canopies like a PDR, Smart or even the Raven Max. The design came around in 1986, its a 20 year old design. Get your self something newer and more designed to handle the stresses of overspeed deployments like you'll have on a freefly jump.
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Does anybody know the details and specs of smaller falcon reserves. ie. falcon 120/135


Precision has never made a Falcon smaller than 150, even though they listed smaller in their literature. The only thing you'd get by using a 9 cell for a reserve would be larger pack volume and (probably) slightly less reliability.

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Does anybody know the details and specs of smaller falcon reserves. ie. falcon 120/135


Precision has never made a Falcon smaller than 150, even though they listed smaller in their literature. The only thing you'd get by using a 9 cell for a reserve would be larger pack volume and (probably) slightly less reliability.



And maybe a few curses from your rigger who's trying to figure out where all the extra ^@~# lines came from, before he mentally reprograms his flaking procedures for 9 cells. :)
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