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But then again it's a 120 loaded 1.45 to 1... anything would be a little twitchy under such circumstances

that is not ture

maybe my perception is clouded by the frame of reference of having jumped that size canopy or smaller for more than 600 jumps now, but let me assure you that a Nitro 120 at 1.6 is not twitchy

a Diablo 135 at like 1.3 or something is twitchy, however

a Xaos21-100 at 1.9 is not twitchy

feet and knees together after pitch until the slider is down and don't fight it because it will win just about every time

that's my opinion based on my experiences so far

your mileage may vary but I still don't think it's fair to call any 120 loaded at 1.45 twitchy

[UDSkyJunkie 0]

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feet and knees together after pitch until the slider is down and don't fight it because it will win just about every time

that's my opinion based on my experiences so far

your mileage may vary but I still don't think it's fair to call any 120 loaded at 1.45 twitchy

Probably not fair... words like "twitchy" are subjective anyway. What one person thinks is a wild ride of an opening, another might think is tame.

I have about 500 jumps a Sabre1 135. It was very predictable; it would snivel breifly and then turn to the left 90-180 degrees, on every single opening.

I jumped a Diablo 120 for awhile, and agree it had a weird opening... if I tried to put any input into it, it would rock all over the place. I learned to go slack in the harness and let it do it's thing, and the openings cleaned up nicely.

Then with the Sabre2 120, it has been just the opposite. If I let it do it's thing, it'll take me for a ride... I have to wait for the end of the snivel, and then lean hard in the harness to counter the inevitable dive to one direction or the other.

Each canopy is different, even within the same model.

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[billvon 3,096]

>But then again it's a 120 loaded 1.45 to 1... anything would be a little
>twitchy under such circumstances.

I have a Nitro 108 loaded at almost 2:1. Not twitchy at all. In fact, I've had brake fires and it refuses to spin up - just turns hard until you release the other brake.

I've jumped a Mamba at similar loadings and that IS twitchy. It wants to go on opening, and until you release the brakes, it will dive at the drop of a hat.

It all depends on the design of the canopy, trim angle, brake setting etc etc.

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I've put probably 150 jumps on a Sabre2 170 with no slammers. I do have slider hang-ups but that's getting better since I started quartering the slider. I got used to pumping the rear risers. Usually about a 1000' snivel, and sometimes my dytter still flatlines at 2000' b/c the canopy isn't open all the way (I wave off at 3500). The openings are sometimes 90 degrees or so off heading but I always chalked that up to my Psycho pack...

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