sethb74

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  • Main Canopy Size
    170
  • Reserve Canopy Size
    170
  • AAD
    Cypres

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  • Home DZ
    Chicagoland Skydiving
  • License
    A
  • License Number
    36292
  • Licensing Organization
    USPA
  • Number of Jumps
    80
  • First Choice Discipline
    Formation Skydiving
  • Second Choice Discipline
    Freeflying

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  1. sethb74

    Sabre

    The best way I can describe this canopy is that it does what you "tell" it to do. It flies straight, turns quickly, and can be a lot of fun while playing with front risers. As far as landing characteristics are concerned, it is very forgiving with a quick, smooth recovery arc, and I have never been caught "in the corner" doing hook turns (when I would have been with other canopies). Yet my swoops have covered a fair distance, and you can get a lot of lift with minimal toggle pressure. I have found it to be very stable in turbulent conditions, so it's pretty safe. Openings have been brisk, but I've never been slammed (although I lent my rig to a friend and she said she was). I found it's better to de-arch for a few seconds before deployment with it and then it's fine. I've never had a malfunction, and the openings are pretty much consistently on-heading. Overall it's a good canopy to enter the ZP world with, which has been said before. Packing is a chore at first, but after a few dozen jumps it gets easier.