over50 wrote:... but they seem to fly ... all the way! - Don't they?They better fly real good.
Johannes
jcsaal wrote:but If I was in Europe and ready to buy an SS, I would certainly rent ( if possible ) an RX2 and give it a chance.Thank you jcsaal!
over50 wrote:About two hours ago I went to the south bavarian Icaro 2000 - Partner; he could show me a RX 2, M-Size. Absolutely everything seemed perfect on it. Icaro "invented" the "Relax" in 2002; seedwings Europe took quasi a copy of it and named it "Funky" (2006); Icaro then refined it a bit 2010 and it seems nearly perfect now. There is much "want to have one" in me now. They import some of them each year. (btw: we had 76 new licensed HG-Flyers in germany last year and about 1600 new PGs!) I coud order one, shortly before in Italy is "Ferragusta" - then nothing goes anymore until harverst.That sounds great Johannes!
Maybe I order a RX 2 M in three weeks; the dealer before has the chance to fly a Malibu 166. I believe him, he will compare them realistic; to the Funky it seems a liitle bit more "professional" (is a bit more expensive, yes ...!) - sorry! If I indeed get better one day in some years, they promised to buy it back for a good price and sell another icaro-product. - And Icaros I find a bit "cool", aren't they?Icaro is here affordabele, much cheaper than the "overseas".
And what's the matter with the Aeros (Super-)Fox???
Johannes
Fawkes wrote:Comparing the Falcon with the Funky I would definitely go with the Funky. Both are great wings but the Funky has a lighter handling and better glide ratio. It is very very well manufactured.Her feeling mirrors my feeling about the RX2.
paicolman wrote:My instructor made a very cool, very light HG, with DHV certification and everything, but again - it's made in switzerlandHello paicolman,
Leggy wrote:The Malibu and the Northwing are not allowed in Germany...(No DHV Test)My Malibu 188 has a keel sticker showing a DHV rating.
psuguru wrote:I'm happy with my Malibu ... I'd say "Funky". Don't get the Perfex unless you live in a cupboard.Hello psuguru,
over50 wrote:I like the RX2 on paper Johannes,Jim Rooney( well respected instructor at The Oz Report forum) says he really likes that glider,really easy to fly.psuguru wrote:I'm happy with my Malibu ... I'd say "Funky". Don't get the Perfex unless you live in a cupboard.Hello psuguru,
no, I'm happy not to live in a cupboard; but what seems to be bad on the perfex?
Nice to hear, someone in windy aerea as our alps are too, can be happy with a malibu 188 (which indeed has DHV 1).
As the RX 2 sems to be the slightly better funky, I come just nearer to the italian.
Thank you for your post
Johannes
psuguru wrote:I'm happy with my Malibu but it IS quite slow, which is a nuisance on UK sites... it's almost too windy for the Malibu.Hallo psuguru,
over50 wrote:...... but what seems to be bad on the perfex?Don't think that there's anyone wrong with the Perfex. I just think that some people wonder what makes a new pilot buy a 20 year old design at full price with all the much newer alternatives available.
Johannes
over50 wrote:If I were reasonable ...Hey Johannes,
Just I have telephoned with IKARUS, Thomas Pellici, again. Talking about all these beginner questions (you know: which HG to purchase: RX 2; Funky; Fox, Mylar-Fox, Malibu, Finsterwalder ... ?), he just interrupted: There would be definitly no "Eier-legende-Woll-Milch-Sau" on the market (difficult to translate; see my head line: "... all purposes").
I'd have to learn to fly my way - and then buy ... ! But how "learn" without an own HG? Again he offered me, to rent either the FOX (not the mylar one: too fast, if getting wet), or the "390er" (you know, Pellici built it by himself: "IKARUS Funflyer 390" - just because of my weight: 72 kg) It's all the same with me: the old "... must have one", even "the best one"(best technique, best looking... - I not seldom got in a bit more than half a hundred years), -
Isn't HG-flying the best leisure? - and: almost "immediately"]!
But Thomas will be right; and there ist plenty of effort to me to learn to fly!!!
Maybe a double surface intermediate in some years, as he adviced, could be right (I replied: "Too heavy ("Try the finsterwalder funfex!(sc.@dontsink:later!"), too complicated to assemble ... . " He: "Get up five minutes earlier; and the "weight" will be training!" - Thomas is even almost ten years older than me ... ); or I stay with the simple single surface for "all the time", but then could try them all in reality, and buy the one, most accomodating to me. ... .
But then I couldn' t write here and argue with you, could I?!
Johannes
btw: I'm sure, no one here knows the IKARUS funfflyer 390, has flown one, got real pictures of it, do you?