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Spectre

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Item:	Spectre
Manufacturer:	Performance Designs (3732 Hits)

Purpose:	Main
Shape	Elliptical
Cells	7
Fabric:	ZP

Description:
Forget anything you have ever heard or experienced. The Spectre is unlike any other canopy you have you have ever seen! In its first months after release, our tapered, zero porosity seven cell has already become one of the most popular canopies we have ever produced.

Added: 2001-01-07 | Item ID: 9

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2 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

Spectre 150 (-98)

Rated by: jlevin (more about me) on 2009-05-31 13:52:46 (user reviews) Review ID:2192

Pros: Never had a hard opening, good flair
Cons: Not very responsive to front riser input, occasional off-heading openings

I haven't had a lot of canopies yet so I can really only compare it to larger Silhouettes and to the Sabre2 150. The openings are really nice. I have never had a hard opening, but the opening aren't as slow as some people say either (except maybe when doing hop-n-pops). The only draw back with the openings is that the canopy sometimes opens off-heading. It flies a lot better than I had expected after hearing what people at my DZ have to say about 7-cell canopies. The toggle turns are almost as quick as those on the Sabre2, but both the Sabre2 and the Silhouette respond better to front riser input. The Spectre's front riser turns aren't bad except they are fairly slow, but whey you try to do a front riser dive the canopy feels unstable and sometimes wiggles slightly from side to side.

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5 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Why?!?

Rated by: DoZ3r (more about me) on 2009-02-07 10:39:31 (user reviews) Review ID:2135

Pros: openings, heading.. Just try it!
Cons: The guy who borrewed me his wants it back...

I can honestly say that Spectre is my favorite canopy..! No discussion! The canopy is awesome, especially considering openings.. The most forgiving thing I've jumped.. Had some *SLAM* openings on my old Sabre2 in Russia... I started jumping a Spectre 190, the first canopy that was my own, therefore -> Pure love! After that I spend a year and 200 jumps in a Sabre2 before again jumping a Spectre... The one i borrowed from a friend of mine was a Spectre 135, and I still love it, even toe he needs it back.. Only did like 15 jumps in it, but the way a spectre flies.. Wauw! And the openings... My experience is that even the most crappy packing gives a good opening on a spectre... (At least compared to my old Sabre2, which i still like..) Simply: Try it!

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20 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

Just Love My Spectre

Rated by: MasterOfMagic (more about me) on 2008-09-17 05:04:10 (user reviews) Review ID:2068

Pros: Soft Onheading Openings / Forgiving Of (Rush) Packing Techniques / Fun To Fly
Cons: Packing A New Spectre

I bought a stock Spectre and it was delivered to me in Europe within 6 days. Loaded my Spectre 190 on 1.29 wingload. The Spectre opens very smooth and onheading. It had to get used to landing with the Spectre because in all my previous jumps I used 9 cell parachutes. My wingload is a little bit high in my experience (115 jumps at 1.29) but the Spectre is still very forgiving for beginners. (One time i didn't flare at all) Packing the (new) Spectre is a hell of a job for me, but I know this is due to my lack of experience. When other (experiend) skydivers are packing my Spectre they have no problems at all, so I guess I just have to practice more. I was looking for a slow opening parachute because of my high fallrate and I found it. I just love my Spectre.

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