Stilettos: New vs Old

[Elisha 1]

I was looking at the classifieds and saw a Stiletto that was about 10 years old and only 100 jumps.

Is there any difference between older and newer Stilettos besides just age? Any year cutoff where anything even minor changed (e.g. slider collapse method like with Sabres - drawstring vs velcro)? Thanks.

[pilot-one 0]

According to PD they are exactly the same.

[JohanW 0]

I seem to remember early Stilettoes were meant to be sold to skydivers with at least a thousand jumps. Later models were fit for skydivers with 'only' 500 jumps. If you order a new one now, it might be fit for just any skydiver regardless of jumpnumbers as long as you pony up the cash.

So there must be some cut-off date for those models, even if physically, they are exactly the same.

Caveat: I may be wrong about the 1000 jump limit.

Johan.
I am. I think.

[pilot-one 0]

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I seem to remember early Stilettoes were meant to be sold to skydivers with at least a thousand jumps. Later models were fit for skydivers with 'only' 500 jumps. If you order a new one now, it might be fit for just any skydiver regardless of jumpnumbers as long as you pony up the cash.

So there must be some cut-off date for those models, even if physically, they are exactly the same.

Caveat: I may be wrong about the 1000 jump limit.

It was 500 jumps. If you want to demo one these days they call your dropzone to find out if you can handle it. They really don't enforce any jump number in particular.

[Genn 0]

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They really don't enforce any jump number in particular.

When canopies are new, it's much easier to enforce jump numbers.

There used to be a jump number for Velos, too. However, as they start to become sold as used canopies, it's impossible for manufactures to enforce jump number requirements.

[pilot-one 0]

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They really don't enforce any jump number in particular.

When canopies are new, it's much easier to enforce jump numbers.

There used to be a jump number for Velos, too. However, as they start to become sold as used canopies, it's impossible for manufactures to enforce jump number requirements.

Ummmmm....Duhhh?
I'm talking about a demo from the manufacturer.

[Elisha 1]

That's ok...I think I'll pass on the Velo for a while.
I don't know if I'll buy any canopy with less than 100 jumps or so anytime soon. I hate packing new sh*t.

I'm looking at next canopy options and was looking at the classifieds. I have 345, w/ about 150 on my current Sabre-120. Have done 6 on another jumper's Xfire1-99, 7 on a Katana-107 (that was fun), 1 jump on someone's Stiletto-107 (rather ragged out - over 2000 jumps) and 1 on wondergirl's former safire2-119. I was thinking Stiletto for the shorter recovery arc - not as radical.

Thanks for the answers.

[phoenixlpr 0]

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I was thinking Stiletto for the shorter recovery arc - not as radical.

Than try a Heatwave or Cobalt too.

[DougH 270]

A Nitron is another eliptical with with a shorter recovery arc and more behaved openings.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
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