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Sabre2

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Item:	Sabre2
Manufacturer:	Performance Designs (5307 Hits)

Purpose:	Main
Shape	Square
Cells	9
Fabric:	ZP

Description:
The Sabre2 from Performance Designs is a slightly tapered, zero-porosity nine cell canopy. Like the original PD Sabre, the Sabre2 is designed to be fun to fly, easy to land, and to be a great general–purpose skydiving canopy. This is not just a modified Sabre, though. The Sabre2 is a totally new design, and takes full advantage of the research and technological advancements we have achieved in the decade that has passed since we released the original Sabre.

Added: 2001-10-03 | Item ID: 267

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Not For Me

Rated by: wildfan75 (more about me) on 2008-06-20 11:39:00 (user reviews) Review ID:1998

Pros: Responsive Flare
Cons: Slow openings, Glide Path

I demo'd a Sabre2 150 for several skydives and had them put my Silhouette back in my container. Openings are waaaay toooo slow for me. An ideal opening for me doesn't take 1000+ feet and end in closed end cells. The reason I was demo'ing was because I wanted more flare out of a canopy than I was getting with my Silhouette. The flare was great with the Sabre2. Also, I'm not looking to get into swooping or HP landings, and love the glide path of the Silhouette. The Sabre2's steeper glide path was not my cup of tea. Overall, I think the Sabre2 is overrated. If you love the Silhouette, the Sabre2 is not the canopy for you IMO.

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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

120-135

Rated by: scootstevens (more about me) on 2008-06-11 10:13:28 (user reviews) Review ID:1993

Pros: soft openings, range of flight, trash packs, bottom-end-flare, diving front riser turns, moderate recovery arc
Cons: .

I own two Sabre2 canopies and love them both. They are the 135 and 120 @ 1.3/1.45 respectively. The 135 was a great canopy to learn all of the fundamentals of higher-performance flight with. It is very tame, flies smooth and goes where you want it to but you can fly it really aggressively if you want to. After one hundred and fifty jumps on the 135, I was looking for more speed and dive for swooping so I got the 120, and I have to say I'm lovin' it! I'm glad I stayed with the Sabre2 because I am very aware and current with the Sabre2's flight characteristics and it was a beautiful transition to the 120. For the record, I have trash packed the shit out of the 135 for sunset loads and I've never chopped it away, granted I do have the occasional off heading opening, but IMO that's part of the game. If you want a canopy that is safe to develop your skills on, with an increased margin for error compared to a fully elliptical wing, the Sabre2 is for you. In the 1.3 - 1.5 range I have flown it has provided me with an incredible range of flight, and the ability to really step it up hard when you are ready to start swooping. Be aware that the Sabre2 will dive pretty damn hard with a front riser swoop, most definitely enough to break yourself, bad. Be safe, stay on the ball, have fun.

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Can't say enough about the Sabre 2

Rated by: mushimtkd (more about me) on 2008-06-08 13:30:46 (user reviews) Review ID:1989

Pros: Huge performance envelope, fantastic flare
Cons: None

I have completed over 100 jumps on my Sabre 2 170, wing loaded at 1.3:1. It is my first canopy, so I have nothing to compare to other than a lot of jumps on rented transition gear - Pilot 210, Sabre 190 and Triathalon 190. I absolutely love this canopy! I don't know what the recovery arc is like because I'm not swooping yet, but I will tell you this; I have tested the flight characteristics of this baby quite extensively in all kinds of wind conditions. It can get you back from a long spot, glides extremely well on landing with minimal toggle pressure, and turns are very snappy with front, rear risers and toggles. After more than 100 jumps on it, I have NEVER had end cell closure, NEVER had line twists, and, most importantly NEVER had anything but a beautiful, soft opening. Once in a while it opens slightly off heading if I have done a sloppy pack job. Bet for those who say the Sabre 2 has hard openings, check the line trim charts on the PD website. Talk to your rigger about getting new lines. Just don't blame the canopy. It has treated my like a king, and I would highly recommend it to anyone in the novice/intermediate range.

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