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Skydiving Gear and Equipment: Main and Reserve Parachutes: Icarus Canopies: EXTreme-FX

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Item: EXTreme-FX  Manufacturer: Icarus Canopies   (775 Hits) Purpose: Main  Shape Elliptical  Cells 21  Fabric: ZP      Description: The EXTreme-FX is not for everybody. It's built specifically for radical maneuverability and is ideal for turf surfing. It is for experienced elliptical pilots only. Added: 2001-01-07 | Item ID: 5

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3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Sweet ride
Rated by: JoosVos (more about me) on 2007-10-23 20:56:49 (user reviews) Review ID:1885

Pros: Predictable openings - long fast dives - front riser controlabilty
Cons: Hard to slow down - gotta run at end of flare

Just put about 80-100 jumps on my fx99. I compare it to a velo111 (my other crossbraced) The openings are very predictable - I've never gotten slammed unlike with my velo - the last bit of the opening can be a little stiff but I have no problem with it doing camera work. I've heared complaints about the front riser pressure - but I don't think it is bad at all! Maybe a little heavier than the velo. It dives soo fast - you can turn high - just keep both fr-riser down and it'll race to the ground. Then you'll enjoy a smooth long recovery arc. I've landed it in half brakes before, I weigh 205lbs... lands great... It glides very well, and is very responsive. The only downside is that this canopy doesn't slow down as much as the velo for a tip toe landing - you'll have to run! I prefer this canopy over my velocity. Very nice! AND often not too expensive when buying them second hand.

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0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Great canopy to introduce to XBrace
Rated by: dharma1976 (more about me) on 2007-07-24 06:35:48 (user reviews) Review ID:1845

Pros: Glide, flare, rears power
Cons: Openings are stiff

Well I love this canopy for fun jumping...as soon as I strap a camera on my head or am worried about perhaps having to dump in a track I break out a different canopy.... I got this canopy for free with some new lines on it from a friend...it was a good intro to crossbracing for me, definately need to fly it with rears to get optimum flare power at the end of your swoop... I will never get rid of mine which is one of the early NZ ones love it dearly and has some good memories with it RIP PJ thanks for the canopy

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2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Love this chute!!!
Rated by: mikempb (more about me) on 2007-05-30 11:13:59 (user reviews) Review ID:1811

Pros: Great swoops, very controllable
Cons: lack of flare at the end

I only gave the rating a 4 out of 5 because I was being very strict in my judgement. This may be an old design but I love this chute for sooo many reasons. First, its very controllable meaning its glide rate is somewhat flat so you can get back from a bad spot (important where I jump ) Second, it dives like crazy, and the front riser pressure is NOT bad at all! Third, the openings arent as bad as I've read, and I bought mine used from 2000 and it was made by Precison which are supposed to be the worst opening ones. Ok the Only thing that needs to be mentioned in a negative manner is the power of the flare and the Very end. Im used to my x-fire2 and when Im skimming the ground a mere inches above, I always had enough left to pop them that extra couple of inches and get a little extra lift. I dont with the FX my last landing I was doing what i always do cruising with my knees bent at an altitude of 6 inches and boom.. No extra lift I fell and wasnt hurt but its important to know its an older design and you have to get used to landing it as such. Hope this helps! I think the FX is the best x-braced chute to get when your like me and your just entering that spectrum of canopy. PS Im 170 ( 190 out the door) and I have a FX99 so Im not quite loading it at 2.0

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