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Performance Designs' Katana is a high performance canopy designed for experienced canopy pilots. The Katana has been described as a "a perfect fit between the Stiletto and Velocity," and a canopy that is "very suited to modern flying styles." Like the PD Stiletto, the Katana is a highly tapered or "elliptical" nine-cell canopy made from zero-porosity fabric. Both the Stiletto and the Katana were designed using conventional cell structure, without cross-braces or airlocks. The Katana may look similar to a Stiletto at first glance, but beneath the surface they are two completely different machines. The Katana is very easy to control using front risers. The front riser pressure starts off very light, and tends to build up slowly. It is easy to keep the Katana in a front riser dive or diving turn, and to make adjustments to your turn rate and rate of descent while diving. By comparison, the Stiletto's front riser pressure starts out noticeably higher and builds up more quickly. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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