Author: Ziad Bassil

Sky Appolo. It’s becoming obvious to the eye, that SKY Paragliders quality of construction is beyond any doubt, one of the best in the paragliding industry ! Their new B+ is the Appolo with a 3 line configuration and a shark nose profile. Launching the relatively light Apollo ( around 4.5 kg) is quite easy and simple. Any B+ pilot surely knows how to keep and control a glider overhead. At 92 all up on the M size 75-95, I found the best balance for XC use. The trim speed is quite fast as the M4 if similarly loaded. The…

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SWING Nyos After test flying the Nexus from Swing, here’s the new EN-B Nyos in M size for a test flight. The NYOS has a mix of sheathed and unsheathed lines with an average width comparing to other B’s . The construction is neat and its what you would expect from a 2016 glider, to the last detail. The NYOS with it’s 5.8 aspect ratio is in my opinion the best looking B glider to date. It doesn’t really look like a B glider and my friends frequently asked me if it’s a new C glider. I flew the Nyos…

Z-What’s your opinion about : “Softer leading edge do collapse often but they also recover faster and smoother, harder leading edge with a smaller AoA are very resistant but the collapses are more aggressive”. Do you agree? or no…and why? Luc: I disagree. I don’t see that at equal speed airspeed or AoA. from equal speed, fragile profile can easily have much worse recovery than more solid one. There is no strong rule here. Add to that the fact that collapsing is always more dangerous than not collapsing. In Ozone, we are searching for the best “real safety” design. We…

After later attempts on glide with an M6 SM, I think the Icon 24 has the edge in head wind efficiency with a slightly faster trim speed.