Typical wingloading at diff. experience levels

[2cmyzx 0]

1-26 manta 0.85
27-103 Tri 190 1.3

[brits17 0]

Chuck,
good guidelines post.

Personal:
22-100: 1:1
100-500: 1.25:1
500-900: 1.7:1
900+: 1.7:1 or 2.1:1

CRW jumpers tend to prefer their canopies somewhere around 1:1 (CRW dogs can explain much more than I) while the swoopers are anywhere above 1.3:1. Most swoopers find their best performance from 1.7-2.3 (rough estimated large range) and this is dependent on what type of canopy they're jumping.

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CRW jumpers tend to prefer their canopies somewhere around 1:1 .

CRW jumpers tend to a higher wingload now, 1.3-1.4. For sequential, that is. For rotation, higher (up to almost 2, imagine that, on THOSE canopies ). These are competiton/record wingloads.

ciel bleu,
Saskia

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So is that true about the training at SDC? Cuz I was wondering about that. I see all these students here that are flying these huge canopies. I'm at SDC and they put me on a 190 at 1:1. They put everybody at 1:1, guys and girls. And some of my fellow students were okay'd to downsize towards the end of their progression so they'd be higher than 1:1.
Is SDC the only school that starts students at 1:1?? Is this to my benefit?

BTW, I'm not complaining, I have landed okay under the 190. I'm just surprised that other schools are using such big canopies for students.

Yes very true. SDC has pretty much the most progressive canopy progression for students. The training is top notch there though and this makes up for the quicker than normal canopy progression.

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