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Katana

Item: Katana 
Manufacturer: Performance Designs   (3993 Hits)
Purpose: Main 
Shape Elliptical 
Cells
Fabric: ZP 
   

Description:
Performance Designs' Katana is a high-performance canopy designed for experienced canopy pilots. The Katana has been described as “a perfect fit between the Stiletto and Velocity,” and a canopy that is “very suited to modern flying styles.”

Like the PD Stiletto, the Katana is a highly tapered or “elliptical” nine-cell canopy made from zero-porosity fabric. Both the Stiletto and the Katana were designed using a conventional cell structure, without cross-braces or airlocks™ . The Katana may look similar to a Stiletto at first glance, but beneath the surface they are two completely different machines.

Added: 2004-02-13 | Item ID: 465


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9 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Katana 120
Rated by: bzreel01 (more about me) on 2008-12-12 19:51:09 (user reviews) Review ID:2107

Pros: Great openings and wonderful control
Cons: A little slow on the opening but I just pull a little higher with this rig!

32 year old Male 135 lbs 485 jumps 45 on Katana 120 3 years in the sport I really enjoy this canopy it is a great step up from a sabre 135. I feel it is not to advanced for my skill level. The openings are great and on heading but they are a little slow for me... like 1200 feet to open i'd rather be open in under 900 feet. Thats just me tho.I am learning to do high preformance landings and so far I have not been in the corner with my Katana 120...If you feel you are ready for a step up I feel this is a great choice.

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Rated by: serge32 (more about me) on 2008-11-06 07:28:08 (user reviews) Review ID:2092

Pros: swoops
Cons: none in my opinion

I have about 1000 jumps on a katana and obviously its a nice canopy when its open. I used to have none heading openings as well but now i installed the lazy bag system which provides you with a little harder openings than before(which is still nice n comfy on a katana) but they are on heading. I think the rest was mentioned in the other reviews already

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Last step before the Velo
Rated by: meinert (more about me) on 2008-10-30 06:24:52 (user reviews) Review ID:2089

Pros: Light riser pressure, nice dive and recovery made for swoop
Cons: Inconsistent openings

Had my Katana for a couple of hundreds jumps...was coming from a Sabre2-120, which i loved, but it was very hard to hit the "sweet-spot" coming out of my 270 because of its natural recovery-arc. Furthermore the riser pressure of the Sabre is pretty hard doing 270-turns. Jumped a Katana 120 for a while getting used to the canopy - which is completely different from the Sabre: Much lighter riser pressure, more responsive on harness (doing all of my turn on harness now), easy to keep in a dive when getting out of a turn to high an still getting the gate. Now I jump a KA107 and I am still in love... Only con is the openings....they are soft..thats for sure....but often off heading (everything between 0 to 360 degrees - if 360 degrees of heading opening actually can be called of heading :-)

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