Why is the Optimum the most popular reserve canopy worldwide?
The quick answer is, because it flies like a main and it packs up really tiny.
The longer answer is in this video, which explains the process PD went through, and why, to achieve these parameters…
PD Origins
The PD Origins series is a chance to look back at some of Performance Designs’ innovations over 40 years of designing parachutes.
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look into the PD Optimum Reserve, which was released in 2007 and is made from a 30 denier low-permeability, low-bulk fabric available exclusively from Performance Designs.
Fly The Optimum
Did you know you can order a demo Optimum (or any other PD canopy for that matter) to be shipped anywhere in the US or Europe so you can jump it. Find out if it really flies like a sport parachute, as Peter Barry, test jumper, said.
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- Tip Tuesday: Coping with a bad landing - 12th April 2022
- Tip Tuesday: When To Reline Your Canopy - 12th April 2022
- PD Canopies timelime - 11th January 2022
- Tip Tuesday: WS canopy choice - 11th January 2022
- Tip Tuesday: Line Stows - 26th November 2021
- Tip Tuesday: Locating A,B,C & D Lines - 23rd November 2021
- PD Origins: Optimum Reserve - 25th August 2021
- Tip Tuesday: Destination Events - 3rd May 2022
- Tip Tuesday: Coping with a bad landing - 12th April 2022
- Tip Tuesday: When To Reline Your Canopy - 12th April 2022
- PD Canopies timelime - 11th January 2022
- Tip Tuesday: WS canopy choice - 11th January 2022
- Tip Tuesday: Line Stows - 26th November 2021
- Tip Tuesday: Locating A,B,C & D Lines - 23rd November 2021
- PD Origins: Optimum Reserve - 25th August 2021