Baitrunner wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2018 7:49 am
Damn Felix, you're living my dream
Thanks for sharing this incredible footage!
You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, I'll have to say that when I moved to the "middle of nowhere" in Canada (Edmonton) 2 years ago (from the Point of the Mountain in Utah) I thought my flying is going to suffer tremendously. Turns out I now enjoy it more when I do get a chance to fly, and being "forced" to go to warmer locations in the winter got me into seeing new places, meeting new people, flying new sites, etc... more than before. I like diversity, and white POTM was fun I found myself bored and somewhat losing interest.
blindrodie wrote:Great show Felix. What I liked the most was all the different wings you flew! Care to comment about that ?
Thank you! I was always interested to fly anything/everything I got a chance to. I believe it's a huge eye opener and great lesson, there's so much learning to be had with different equipment! I now clearly understand that most important in a wing is handling. A wing that responds easily and immediately is best, from any point of view you look at it and for any type of flying: Leisure, XC, Competition, etc. Design is important, but what I found is that sail material is just as important...for example the white Mylar for the top of the glider is a bad choice, it makes a glider stiff, heavy, feeling like it's bigger than it really is, tiring to fly and this kills much of the fun/performance/safety, etc...The best material in my view is the light Technora (UVODL04). Dacron probably too, but honestly I haven't flown a modern topless glider with a Dacron top.
I have no "attachment" to a particular hang glider maker, am open minded and will consider everything out there before making a decision on what to get for myself. I never got the idea of "staying true" to one maker, unless it was a sponsorship situation. Like, if you give me a new glider for free (or next to nothing) I'll fly that, for sure! But if I am going to spend my hard earned cash on a glider I'll make sure and sample all of them and pick based on what I feel and not what others are doing/saying/choosing (even if I will give attention to what they say)
As a personal preference I find the Aeros Combat C to be the best glider out there, it's hands down best all around, especially in handling. I then like the T2C 144 a Lot, and I am not really a fan of the Moyes topless gliders, I flew them all, in various set-ups. The first version of the Litespeed S is downright scary! I understand that was changed quickly after it came out...but then their Gecko is awesome! I expect the Icaro Laminar to be similar to the T2C, haven't had a chance to fly that yet though...hopefully I'll fly one soon!
I have an 1987 La Mouette Profil glider I fly when I go visit family in Romania, and it's a glider that normally we all would write off as old technology, scary, not worth considering, etc...but I flew it once and it's actually quite nice and so I bought it. And for example, I find the WW Eagle to be just about the same, but with no VG...so go figure.
This might be more than what you asked for, but there ya go