Not only does it out perform a stiletto all the way around. Before i owned a cobalt a friend let me jump his 119. he told me it was designed to be opened head down. Me being a idiot i asked him do you mind if i give it a try? he said no. so next jump i got out of the porter at 13.5 and got in a head down flower with 6 other jumpers. When my pro trac started telling me it was about that time i dumped. 800 feet from head down!!! nice and smooth with a very nice snivel. what more can i say . Atair had their shit together when they built the cobalt.