NEW Sabre3 Canopy from Performance Designs

Performance Designs did release a brand new canopy: their Sabre3! In this video, I go over its characteristics, improvements, and differences with its predecessor: the Sabre2.
Will you make the switch?

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00:00 Introduction
00:47 Thoughts on Performance Designs' marketing campaign
02:06 Short story about PD and their Sabre canopies
02:41 How the Sabre3 was designed
03:22 Who is the Sabre3 canopy for?
03:37 What sizes are the Sabre3 available in?
03:53 What Sabre3 size should you get?
04:23 What are the differences between the Sabre2 vs Sabre3?
05:01 Will the Sabre3 replace the Sabre2?
05:31 The Sabre3 openings
05:55 What are the tail ribs for?
06:26 What about toggle inputs on the Sabre3?
07:06 What about the front riser inputs on the Sabre3?
07:38 How does the Sabre3 react to rear riser inputs?
08:27 How does the Sabre3 react to harness inputs?
08:51 Packing the Sabre3
09:17 Demo a Sabre3
09:39 Where to buy a Sabre3 canopy?
09:54 Conclusion & personal thoughts

Hope you enjoy!

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[AugustMichael]

I am Sabre 2 owner. I demoed the same size sabre 3, I found the opening better, front risers require much less pressure to get more out of it, the brake lines were longer than I am used to but not crazy. I also demoed a downsize sabre 3 and I liked it so much I bought one! Great canopy

[AndyR]

I love my Sabre 3. By the way, your channel helped me when I was a student. My French is terrible now despite 4 years of it. Merci beaucoup, mon ami! J'aime votre soutien. I hope I got that right.

[RaffyCarvalheira]

As a noob, i find your videos great reference to have along with formal lessons at skydiving school. Youre really good at explaining and your videos are really inspiring!

[dpxtreme]

I use to Jump Sabre 190 as a (C) Jumper, Have not jumped in awhile but want to get back in. Impressed with Sabre3. Thank you for all you do. Enjoy all your videos

[MrRoland]

Excellent video. Keep it up.
Greetings from DZ Alta Gracia. Cordoba Argentina.

[valentinomeier]

i mean it sounds nice, but it's also what we hear about every new canopy
"Great openings"
"great performance"
"a wing for everyone"
"gentle when lightly loaded, a swooping machine when heavy loaded"
"can be used for anything"
"some of the most experienced pilots in the world use/used it"

etc... etc...
I mean i can't blame them. No one wants to advertise their canopy like: "opens like shit, flies ok, boring to fly, will break apart after 500 jumps. We spend years in R&D to be exactly where we were before. 40 Jump Jerry over there thinks it's alright" (not speaking about the Sabre3 here. Just in general)
But I'll believe it when i see it

[SkydiveVibes]

*Answer the Question of the Day* : Will you change your canopy for this new Sabre3 from Performance Designs?👇👇

[nandhannreddy]

Recently I got interest in skydiving.... ND was searching for some good Ur channel is the best 💓💓

[curtislangwell]

Yes... :), Already ordered one and will be ready July 10th :) I currently have a Sabre 150 and a Sabre 2 Love your videos....keep up the good work I watch them all.

[mikefinley]

If your a new A licensed jumper thinking about this canopy I suggest connecting with one of the places that offer demo jumps and making a few before downsizing from the size your used to flying. More responsiveness is something you should gradually build up to for your own safety gaining experience. If your hesitant in what to do in turbulence, maybe Leary of aggressive turns lossing altitude faster get a little more aggressive in your turns, better flight control and when truly comfortable and bored, go for a demo jump of this canopy in the same size. Make at least three jumps on it and if your ready downsize one size and live with it for the next 30 - 50 jumps . Have you stalled a canopy? Found yourself naturally doing mild swoop landings with ease? There was a period I had gone over a decade without jumping and retook the student course. My instructors crapped Thier pants when I started spiraling down and swooped in. Two were screaming and another laughing like crazy reminding them I had experience. My only question was how to get a canopy into a five. hit the brakes just right so you swing under and over the canopy in a 360. Where the hell did you jump they asked? Sheridan, Oregon. Oh hell no, we heard about you guys, not on our DZ.

[sevtowe]

Would like to demo a Sabre 3. Currently jumping a Storm120 and a Spectre 120. Is it possible to demo at Skydive Spain or Algarve?

[galt]

Ordering my vector this sunday but debating on whether to start with a 190 and have a container that will fit a 170. I'm still losing weight and jumping a 210 now at 1.13 WL. Definitely doable with a 20-22 week production time and definitely want a sabre3 but it's still so new and hard to find used. Crispy slick pack jobs in the new rig though!

[Karlsson]

Could it be possible for you to make a similar video like this except for the Echo from fluid wings?

[anderleo]

Sabre2 is a totally different project than Sabre1. In fact, the PD only took advantage of the famous name. Sabre3, on the other hand, seems to me to be an evolution of Sabre2 that presents more openings in the axis and consistent. I have the Saber2 /190 and I don't think it has bad openings, unless you pack like in Sabre1, as it will have slow, flickering and off-axis openings. The secret of Sabre2 for good openings, is not to wrap the tail too much, in fact roll the minimum to be able to pack.

[steffen]

If PD started designing the Sabre 3 from a new blank slate why didn't they come up with a new model name for it? Are they discontinuing the design for the old Sabre model?

[Dionisio]

4 weeks ago John Leblanc where with 15 central america skydivers in a meeting via Zoom from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and we where the first ones to know about a new PD canopy.

[stevekel]

Yep I have a sabre2, and sounds like I will be looking at the 3

[KeepinYouUp]

I have a crispy Sabre2. The long openings definitely get some getting used to. Other than that I love it. If I knew this was coming out I would have waited!

[Havenick]

Would this canopy be ok for wing suiting or is something more stable Better?

[stevenweiss]

Can you comment on the a comparison from the current PD Pulse and the new Sabre 3? Ie: what is a better overall wing for a light wing load on a novice jumper.