Willi91

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Gear Reviews posted by Willi91


  1. Okay, I'm editing an old review, since I have put more jumps on it now (60+).

    Let me start with the openings. Generally, they're okay. If you want a canopy with on-heading openings everytime and no end-cell closures, you won't get it from a Sabre2, but personally I don't really mind. Mine has a tendency to turn 90 degrees and sometimes up to 180, but I never really have linetwists. End-cell closures are always there, but they're easily dealt with. Pull lightly on your rears of pump once with your toggles, and they're gone.

    The flight of the canopy is awesome. The first times I flew it, I couldn't stop laughing. The turns are fast and precise. The canopy does exactly what you tell it. I also love how responsive it is on harness input.

    The landings are very, very fun. I have advanced to 270 HP landings, and I love doing them on the Sabre2. I start out with double fronts, but the last part of the turn is all harness. Before doing 270's, I didn't use front at all, only harness on 90's and 180's. This gives you a very comfortable slow turn, but still lots of speed.
    Landing on the rears is no problem either. Lots of distance and a nice shutdown at the end. I noticed on the first jumps on it, that flaring all the way to the bottom of the range wouldn't give you the best shutdown, but instead you have to find the right spot for maximal flare.

    All in all, a very nice canopy. I really love flying it and would recommend it to anyone. It's very versatile and it can offer you easy flying but it can also be agressive, if you want it to.

  2. After achieving my C-license, I borrowed a Sabre 170 from a friend and made two jumps in it. It opened like thunder and lightning.
    Afterwards a visited my rigger to see, if he had some gear that fitted my needs. He had a Sabre 170, which I bought, 'cause it was fine in price and was in great condition. I was afraid, that it would open in the same way as my friend's but I've made almost 30 jumps in it now, and have only had one or two openings i would prefere to call hard. All openings besides those two have been fine. It opens fast but smooth. Not fast as in painful. As far as I know, PD also put bigger sliders on the late models, which mine is. I'm not sure though.
    So if you're a beginner who's looking for an affordable canopy, I would strongly recommend this one.