Aerodyne

Aerodyne released Service Bulletin SB300426 on April 30, 2026, which mandates the AAD cutter placement move to above the reserve pilot chute on its Icon harness/containers. This is a mandatory service bulletin from the manufacturer that is required before the next jump.

Read the full service bulletin at this link.

ChutingStar is able to complete this modification on your Icon. Here is the info:

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A huge thank you to the 187 of you who responded to the main canopy survey the first two weeks of May at ChutingStar.com! This one was a bit more long-winded than our past surveys, but we felt that was the only way to truly get feedback on main canopies that are so varied by manufacturer, type and size as well as everyone's different experience level. We truly appreciate all of you that took the time to complete this survey. After sorting and reading through all the results, comments and feedback, we've found that we can't sum this up in one article. So we're going to be doing a series of articles over the next several weeks in our blog What we can tell you so far is that the 187 of you who took this survey have a combined 280,876 jumps! The average number of jumps for those responding was 1502 and the average mains you've tried is 9. So the responses were in-depth and rich with information. PD's Sabre/Sabre2 topped every category as the most popular first canopy, your favorite main canopy and the canopy most recommended to others as their first main canopy. It also tops the list as to which canopy you're currently jumping. Continue reading →