Pocket on Safire 129

[billvon 3,118]

I had Adventure Sports Loft at Perris put a pocket on the slider of my Safire 129 this weekend, and it looks like it worked just about perfectly - when packing for hard openings I get hard openings, when packing for soft I get a good snivel. I only have two jumps on it so far so I'll have to wring it out a bit more before I pronounce it cured. Interestingly, when I measured my slider and they compared it to the demo Safire 129 they had, my slider was an inch narrower.
I talked with some people in the loft who seemed to reinforce my opinion that Icarus canopies are pretty good canopies overall but are inconsistent - some open fine, some open hard, some snivel, some land well and some need line mods. So far mine seems to fly and land fine - hopefully this pocket will fix the openings as well.
-bill von

[mountainman 0]

Hey Billvon...how do you pack? Laura and I both pack our Safires PSYCHO flavor. They open nice and slow and on heading. If you haven't tried that, you may want to.
I'm sure you know that they recommend it for the Safire.
Good luck.
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[billvon 3,118]

Yep, tried it, and half a dozen other tricks. By taking a lot of care I could get it to open firmly - not painful, but not exactly the kind of opening I'd want with a camera. The pocket was primarily so I wouldn't have to take an extra 10 minutes packing the thing.
-bill von

[mountainman 0]

You must be right about getting a good one or a bad one. I dont do ANYTHING with the nose or anything. I just pack it and jump it and it gives about a 600-800' snivel. I dont even really know how to modify the openings so I dont try. It opens good enough for me.
Glad to hear the pocket helps.
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