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I own an [email protected], for almost 300 jumps. It is a swoop machine that makes you want to squeeze some more every time. Feels like a Crossfire2 of the same size, but has way longer arc. In fact you can make it never recover with right harness work. It cranks the Cypres Expert limits easily with just a 270. It made me switch to Speed. Strange thing is that it has relatively stiff front risers while having a long recovery arc. I've started to appreciate this canopy after trying a Scirocco. I've found a lot of similarities between these two. Odyssey definitely has a Scirocco soul in it, a beautiful piece of engineering from the mecca of the aerodynamic science of the former Soviet Union. For me Odyssey was the ultimate teacher of the way of riding gravity. I'm switching to Scirocco now.

You are just being hysterical. Probability that your Cypres locks up is like 0.0004. Probability that You'll really need one fired is something like 0.00000X (pessimistic estimate: activations devided by the total number of jumps). Together those make a probability for You to actually die of it like 0.0000000000Y. By pushing the button before jump You just make it REALLY unlikely to happen during this particular jump. It is almost safe to say it is impossible for you to actually catch this malfunction at a 600 ft doing over 35 m/s. With the Toyota You said there were 37 accidents. Do You know how many were dead? Somebody with actual mathematical skills could come up with more precise numbers. The bottom line is you are paying 1500 to be "more safe". 100% reliability is like 0% fat. It's never 100% nor 0%. There is no Santa Claus :)

This would suggest that a failed unit will be detected by the user the next time he tries to turn it on, as it will still be on and not reacting when given the "startup sequence". If this is the case, every occurrence should be known by airtec, and they could provide the exact number off how many units are effected, or am i wrong? Except if the unit shuts down after 14 hours and appears to be OK next morning.

If it's not blinking it means that it's not responding. Then it can't be turned off, can it?