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... right Harsh..I won't even try a loop with droplets on my leading edge. But , try flying a saturated high performance glider with a dry leading edge (dried off before flight)..your bar position w...
Apparently not many on this NG.
Hello Joe!
I started paragliding about one year ago. I decided to go for a performance wing and have never regret this. It's a 'forgiving' performance wing, and I have never had any...
Definetley NOT for beginners, its was a good, but tricky high performance glider, but compared with todays standards you find a similar performance in a good intermediate.
...at right? Could someone please tell me the differences/ pros and cons of para/hang. Which has the best thermal performance, light lift performance etc. Which is safest? Would it be sencible<sp?>...
...e to get it ready to start and pack it after the flight and after a very short time you will anyway buy a high performance wing. I have started with paragliding too, and have changed to hanggliding af...
... extremely good way to get killed. Lots of people bought Sabers because they were suppossed to have such great performance and be totally safe. They aren't, and lots rapidly appeared on the used ...
...tandard setting, with nice loose handling. Making the thing stiffer will not in any way prepare you for higher performance gliders or increase the performance of your wing in any useful way.
Maxim...
...sue of course). Since you intend to fly quite a lot, a year's flying (or two) would get you all set for a performance wing - if that's the direction you want to go. Buying a new wing means l...
Why do gliders use ballast....does it reduce performance?
Does anyone out there know how the performance of an Avain Amour compares to the Airwave Pulse 2 ?
...s bored to tears, he even put it into a flat spin and before he could put any input in it had recovered! Their performance is not far off the so called hot ships at the moment but they're not far...
If it was white and looked like a high performance sailplane wing, it was probably a Swift. These are(were) made in the U.S.A.
...ive subject line Salvador!
Have you considered a foot launched powered hang glider? This gives the gliding performance of a hang glider and the convenience (for those who don't live neat the ...
How about a high performance sloper ... just Hortenesque to avoid vert stab(s) but still slippery fast.
...'Arcus' with a Paramotor out there... If there is, would you pease let me know what you think of its performance under power... I'm considering getting one soon as my current canopy is ...
: wind-in-your-face immediacy of HGing, but the performance : opens up a new world of soaring fun.
isn't there a foot launcheable sailplane made now? Swift, or Swallow or similar name? Anyone...
...ginal down tubes and new lower lines. Great for 140-165 pound pilot. Predictable flying traits with surprising performance. $1800 US...
'Rigid wing hang gliders' are hang gliders that, in pursuit of greater performance, are designed with wings of so little flexibility that weight shift is no longer effective in rolling the g...
I am looking for a vario, new or used. Good price, good performance... Any suggestions?
I would like one with a pleasant sound, not some irritating chirping.
It would kick ass if I could progr...
... this model would be good for a beginner or intermediate flyer, what kind of track record it had and it's performance characteristics. Email me please....
...ying a new glider this year and cant decide what to get. I'm looking for what might be descibed as a high performance intermediate and so far I have a list of one. A king posted Avian Java. A fri...
...dynamic efficiency, but rather decreases in weight, cost, and 'pack-up' size WITHOUT sacrificing the performance and safety of a modern intermediate level hang glider. Many would agree, I th...
I'm not sure on the new ships... However I do know that the airfoil on the Quicksilver B (a high performance ship in its day) used what Cronk and Lovejoy called the 470-15 airfoil. Take a precut ...
...1 sq ft) one? I am particularly interested in the ease of handling, any non-standard handling characteristics, performance relative to the rest of the topless gliders, and landing characteristics.
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...ading about a product I had seen those same few years back.
It is a glide slope adjustment device for high performance hang gliders, a small drogue chute that once deployed can be adjusted for the...
...yHawk in mint condition at a reasonable price but I couldn't find any information about the glider's performance on the Wills Wing Site. I also checked the Hang Gliding databases and it spea...
... (and there goes your chance for the championships.)
The latest rigid wing hang gliders meet or exceed the performance of the Mitchell wings but they are _really_ expensive....
...Nova Phocus as my first glider when I passed by club pilot. I think it was a very good glider, stable and good performance. The design my have been superceded by now, and with a glider from 1994 you n...
...elf, and the parts lists for each were daunting. Buying any decent used glider out there would give you better performance, better landings, lower costs (by far), and you would not need a trailer. Mou...
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