Boulavogue

Not sure if this thread is dead but (meso?) would you mind adding the Icarus NZ Safire 3. There are multiple forum threads about the canopy and it would be great to have a central place for review. Life life, have fun, don't hurt anyone

The PISA Hornet is a semi-elliptical 9 cell main canopy that was produced by Parachute Industries of Southern Africa. I've put about 100 jumps on my Hornet 190 (1.2WL)and overall I love this canopy! I've also put 50jumps on a Pilot 188 and from the get go I found that the Hornet and the Pilot flew very similarly as the Hornet was the predecessor of the Pilot. From the snivel openings, to the long glide (great from a long spot) the Hornet shares many of it's characteristics with it's younger brother, it even has the colored packing tabs on the line groups like the pilot. There are a few things that the Hornet does lack in comparison. The hornet seems to give long sweeping turns which loses a decent amount of height from firm toggle turns. The hornet also takes a little longer to level out (without riser input) than the pilot. But as long as you don't take a low hook turn I can't see this being an issue. In summary, the Hornet is a fantastic beginners/intermediate canopy that will get you out of a long spot but also have some fun with. Highly recommended

After picking a guys canopy out of trees last weekend we hung it up to check for noticeable damage/debris. Cleaning a few twigs from the end cell I noticed the cross port vents on both end cells were pretty badly frayed and torn up to .5cm in one place. All other cross port vents seem to be fine and show a nice clean round edge. The canopy is an electra (190/210 ish) and wing loaded 1:1 or 1.2 max. Would anyone have seen this before or know why so much damage would be evident on just the outer vents? DZ does not have a permanent rigger so will most likely be checked next repack cycle. Life life, have fun, don't hurt anyone