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Sabre

Item: Sabre 
Manufacturer: Performance Designs   (1889 Hits)
Purpose: Main 
Shape Square 
Cells 9 
Fabric: ZP 
   

Description:
The Sabre provides soft, consistent on-heading openings. At higher wing loadings, it exhibits more responsiveness to your control inputs and additional speed, while at lower wing loadings providing a longer control range and more forgiveness.

Added: 2001-01-10 | Item ID: 17


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7 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

great beginner canopy
Rated by: Fdriver (more about me) on 2009-05-28 02:09:41 (user reviews) Review ID:2189

Pros: On heading, soft opening, good beginner main
Cons: Occational hard opening

At about 35 jumps I bought a sabre 170 as my 1st canopy, been jumping solo 230 and pilot 190 prior to the purchase. considering weight to surface have a wingloading of 1.16 and it is great to fly. I actually got my A and B license using this canopy. the openings are soft and on heading, however you need to pay a lot of attention to the pack job, in particular to nesting the nose in the pack and making the cocoon. if at this point you loose a bit of focus, you'll be prone to a hard opening. as to flying the sabre, it is great, still being a rectangular canopy it is really responsive on the controls. I can surely recommend this canopy as a starter for those who are looking for their 1st rig.

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0 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Sabre 170.
Rated by: Willi91 (more about me) on 2009-04-10 08:22:06 (user reviews) Review ID:2163

Pros: Well flying beginner-canopy, fine openings ...
Cons: ... but can sometimes slam your ass in opening.

After achieving my C-license, I borrowed a Sabre 170 from a friend and made two jumps in it. It opened like thunder and lightning. Afterwards a visited my rigger to see, if he had some gear that fitted my needs. He had a Sabre 170, which I bought, 'cause it was fine in price and was in great condition. I was afraid, that it would open in the same way as my friend's but I've made almost 30 jumps in it now, and have only had one or two openings i would prefere to call hard. All openings besides those two have been fine. It opens fast but smooth. Not fast as in painful. As far as I know, PD also put bigger sliders on the late models, which mine is. I'm not sure though. So if you're a beginner who's looking for an affordable canopy, I would strongly recommend this one.

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Used Sabre 170 Review
Rated by: humbled1 (more about me) on 2009-03-09 10:27:52 (user reviews) Review ID:2149

Pros: Opens Nicely, Easy to Pack, Flares Great
Cons: None that I have found

This is my first canopy that I have actually owned. I had 77 jumps on student and pro shop rental gear prior to jumping this main. I currently have 110 jumps on my Sabre. It was GIVEN to me by a packer at Elsinore when he realized I had a container/reserve but no main. It was his original first canopy so he had it shipped down from Washington. It had about 850 jumps on it, I got a new line set right away. It does not have a pocket slider, but I do roll the nose and flip the slider in the front. I have 2 packers that sometimes pack my main, I do my share of packing but sometimes I get lazy about it. I have had a couple of "snappy" openings but NOTHING compared to the slammers I had on some of the rental gear I had used. I am a huge fan of the Sabre so far, I intend on jumping this main till I have 300 jumps total. At that point I will be looking for a Sabre 150.

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