GD64 1 #26 September 25, 2014 Just a comment and not a criticism. It would be helpful to me, and maybe others when describing canopy opening characteristics if "soft/slow/fast/etc" openings could also be described in altitude used in deployment. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeceJIbIu 0 #27 October 17, 2014 Do you choose between PD Sabre-2 and Aerodyne Pilot only? Icarus Safire-2 is canopy with very smooth openings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theplummeter 15 #28 October 17, 2014 BeceJIbIuDo you choose between PD Sabre-2 and Aerodyne Pilot only? Icarus Safire-2 is canopy with very smooth openings. I agree. I have jumped roughly a dozen different canopies and the softest openings have been on a Safire2. Precision's Fusion takes second place in this category. I had one hardish opening on my Safire in 150 or so jumps, I have yet to have anything other than pillow soft openings in over 250 jumps on the Fusion, but they eat some altitude and occasionally hunt for a heading. Soft openings are a major deal to me also, I had an opening on a Stiletto that put me into an ER with a hemothorax and cracked ribs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Di0 2 #29 October 17, 2014 I like my openings on Safire2. Out of 250 jumps, I've had only 2 hard openings. One was a fairly hard opening, got tunnel vision for a couple of seconds, hurt a bit but no bruises, so it wasn't even that bad. That was probably from packing. Another one was more like a weird-ish opening, quite hard to start with but seemed on heading for an instant, then 720 degrees while sniveling, tossed me into multiple line twists. Probably body position, though, as I was moving away from a student about to dump his reserve, so I pulled when it was safe to do so, rather than waiting to be in a nice attitude. And even so, it wasn't really that bad. The other 248 openings have been quite smooth, generally around 8-900ft snivels, with a 1200 ft snivel, the longest I've had. I like it a lot, overall.I'm standing on the edge With a vision in my head My body screams release me My dreams they must be fed... You're in flight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 63 #30 October 17, 2014 No Dacron, no canopy for me. Safire2 does not offer Dacron, hence it is out of question. To bad for them! ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michalm21 2 #31 October 17, 2014 uhmmm a friend bought a Safire2 with dacron lines. It was a used canopy but with only 10 jumps on it (still very, very crisp). It was originally made for some demo/or was sponsored as it came with a logo. So they definitely make them with Dacron... Did you email/call them? (I guess it's possible they say no to you anyway which would be rather puzzling) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joellercoaster 6 #32 October 17, 2014 I have a lot of jumps on a Pilot 132, and some jumps on a Sabre2 135, loaded around 1.7 (I also have some comparison jumps on a 168 vs a 170, and a few on 150s but they were a long time ago and I don't remember them so clearly). Overall the Sabre2 opens more firmly (and I prefer it, though you are obviously after something different). The Pilot opens in about 800ft for me with a long snivel step. I feel like Sabre2s open less reliably on heading in big sizes (compared to Pilots) but that it goes away with load.-- "I'll tell you how all skydivers are judged, . They are judged by the laws of physics." - kkeenan "You jump out, pull the string and either live or die. What's there to be good at? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites