Cayenne Light...What do you think?!?!

[Chaw714 0]

I have been seeing that firebirds canopies are quite a bit cheaper than other makes but seem pretty solid on the reviews. What does everyone who has tried one or has one think?

[Cherubim 0]

I've owned a cayenne light 170 and my experience is:

+ Nice Design
+ Cayenne light 170 has near the same packing volume as my spectre 150
+- extreme flat glide
- weak flare power
- unpredictable hard opening sometimes

And the hard openings were the reason i sold my cayenne and bought a spectre.

[obatzda 0]

Cherubim

- unpredictable hard opening sometimes

totaly agree, this sucker canopy punched my nuts several times! tried it with different packing didnt work for me either, a random propack was pure russian roulette on the cayenne light.

im happy i dont have to jump it anymore since it was a rent rig, did about 20 jumps on it.

or as you can read in the gearbox -> "Like torture? get one!"

[asphaltpussy 0]

Hi,
it is true that the older Cayenne light 170 and 190 had sometimes hard openings.
Even though this can happen to every canopy, we have to admit that it happened slightly more often on ours.
Since 2011 we have therefore changed the nose design of the 170 and 190 and haven't had any complaints anymore.

George FBUSA

R&D Firebird USA
Skyventure Arizona Instructor
Eloy, AZ

[woppyvac 0]

asphaultpussy!? I think I know what your handle is intended to mean.... but sadly -- I'm now suffering from cold sweat flashbacks. HA!

Woot Woot!

[rwieder 0]

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Even though this can happen to every canopy, we have to admit that it happened slightly more often on ours.

Back in the day I bought a couple of brand new PISA 170^2 HeatWaves. Before I even jumped either of them, I listened to a friend of mine who was flying one already. He had an over sized slider on it to prevent said Sabre type hard opening. It worked, very well.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"