Ridonc 0 #1 Posted July 28, 2020 Wanted to find other people's takes on how they feel about "the mains of old" i.e. Sabre 1 and 2, Xfire 1 and 2, Stiletto and other popular mains released in the late 90's and early 00's versus new mains that have been released in the last 0 to 5years. Things like...in general do the newer class of mains have harder or softer openings/longer or shorter openings, steeper or more shallow trim, longer or shorter recovery. Let's exclude crossbraced for the moment and student canopies. Just trying to see which way the manufacturers are moving compared to older style mains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20kN 93 #2 July 30, 2020 If you're trying to figure out if buying a new canopy vs an old one will make you less likely to have a cutaway, the answer is probably not. The one exception here would be the condition of the lineset. Heavily worn lines are more likely to have tension knots than new, slippery ones and they are more likely to fail on a hard opening. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
