[Members] Icarus Canopies -- Safire2/Omega

[Lori Bausch]

I want to be cool, will you teach me to swoop 

Alex - I absolutely loved my safire 2 149! I thought flew very similar to a sabre 2, but with snivelly soft on heading openings and a great flare.It was zippy, but not overly so and could land it anywhere in about any wind. I made around 350 jumps on it. Frankly, everyone I know that's had one has loved it. 

I didn't like the omega as well, but probably liked it as much as the triathlons I've flown. The openings were fine, but it didn't like a 2-stage flare even after it was relined. It just didn't handle as well as the safire. As a warning, most of the used Omegas you will find were measured the non-pd (but now standard) way and are actually smaller than listed, including the one I had. So a 145 Omega is actually closer to a 135 triathlon. 

Honestly, if I wouldn't have gotten such a smoking deal on my crossfire, I was planning to buy another safire 2 and would definitely recommend it or at least demo it.

Happy Shopping!
Lori

PS - not sure if you are already on this, but there is a facebook group with gear for sale that you might want to post on and watch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/SkydivingGear/





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 From: Alex Bucevicius <bhareck at gmail.com>
To: Roberto Olazabal <roberto.olazabal at gmail.com> 
Cc: "members at skydivelspc.com" <members at skydivelspc.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Members] Icarus Canopies -- Safire2/Omega
 


I'll always trust anything Roberto has to say. Anyone have a Petra I can buy? I don't need to demo it first.



On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Roberto Olazabal <roberto.olazabal at gmail.com> wrote:

Get a velocity 84  you can ask Rudy or Nick B. They are really good canopies or get a Petra;-$
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>On Feb 11, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Mark Kolesik <kolesik_81flh at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Alex, 
>>When I was getting back into the sport I bought Lori's old Omega 149 and I put about 50-100 jumps on it.  I was about 160-165 lbs. at the time.  I really liked it for a 7 cell.  Much faster than a Triathlon & flared better too.  It would dive out of the sky & had a real nice swoop/flare.  The Omega is a semi-elliptical 7 cell. Probably a lot like the old Diablo from Aerodyne.
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>>Check on Dropzone.com.  There are quite a few independent opinions about the Omega.   I also demo'ed a Safire 2 at 2013 Redemption.  It is a very nice canopy as well.  I think the Safire 2 is an all around better canopy than the Omega.  I now have a Pilot 150 & I love it.  I bought the standard ZP fabric.  I'd talk to Lucky Chuck.  He can get you a better deal than Icarus.  FYI: Both Icarus & Aerodyne have demo programs.
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>>Just my 2 cents...... hope this helps.
>>Mark Kolesik
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>>From: bhareck at gmail.com
>>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:33:33 -0600
>>To: members at skydivelspc.com
>>Subject: [Members] Icarus Canopies -- Safire2/Omega
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>>Anyone have any experience flying with either/both of the Icaruse Safire2/Omega?
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>>I'm looking at quite probably purchasing one or the other new, and would value any opinions between the two as well as how they might compare to a Triathlon. 
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>>Thanks,
>>Alex Bucevicius
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