PD Reserve
7-cell reserve that Performance Designs calls its best-selling canopy of all time; known for responsive handling, good glide in brakes and soft landings. Sizes 106 to 281 sq ft.
Category: Reserve Canopies
Optimum
7-cell reserve made from PD’s own 30-denier low-bulk, low-permeability fabric, so it packs about one size smaller than a traditional reserve; drop-tested beyond TSO C23d loads and speeds, with a strong flare. Sizes 99–143 released in 2007, 160–253 in 2009.
Standard-7
7-cell reserve tested to TSO-C23d requirements with a margin; F-111 (PIA-C-44378 Type IV) or optional PN-9 fabric for about 11–13% less pack volume (from $1,600). Spectra microline.
Space-II
7-cell reserve in lightweight low-porosity PN9-type fabric with a ZP front third of the top skin.
WP
MarS reserve series used in all MarS containers, built from 0–0.5 cfm fabric; 7-cell in most sizes, 9-cell in the WP 235. Certified TSO-C23d and ETSO-C23f. Sizes are named by nominal area; the listed size is the actual area from the manufacturer table.
WP 370
9-cell 369.7 sq ft tandem reserve of the WP series, used in the MarS-T tandem system; max load 227 kg, max opening speed 324 km/h.
Patronus
9-cell, 366 sq ft tandem reserve that the manufacturer calls the only semi-elliptical tandem reserve; shares design elements with the SET-366 main. Approved for the TNT and Dual Hawk tandem systems; PRO pack only.
RUSH
7-cell F-111 square reserve with I-beam chord-wise construction and Dyneema lines, made by Firebird USA; the manufacturer publishes maximum weights by experience level (student to expert) for every size.