Author: Ziad Bassil

Little Cloud introduction sentence: (It all started in 2008… with Tom’s vision of being able to enjoy flying as much as possible, all year long, and with maximum pleasure, LittleCloud was born).If you look in the Little Cloud range, you will see four mini wings and five regular gliders including a tandem! The Urubu King I am test flying is targeted for the C class pilots and it is not bonded by a certification label that sometimes restricts the feel and homogeneity and especially the soul of a glider. It means that Tom Bourdeau (Owner/designer) tuned it to satisfy his personal philosophy while delivering…

UP Summit X size S/M 75-100The Summit X is the new high EN-B from UP. A mix of Skytex and Dominico is used on this glider, with edelrid lines. The overall construction looks excellent. The shape of the nose is similar to its bigger sister the Trango-X as are the openings, risers, etc. It looks exactly like the Trango-X but with a lower aspect ratio.Launching the Summit -X even in nil wind is easy, without any hard points. In windy take-offs, The Summit X behaves quite calmly, no surging forward, and without any issues for the high B pilot. Overall smooth to…

It will be updated constantly over this year flying in summer conditions.

Finally, the Photon MS size arrived, and quickly airborne at 93 all up. Now I fly the Photon in my size. The MS size has a moderate launching behavior, not quick and fast to rise and fill like the light Mantra 7, but still ok for the category of pilots they are using it. The rise is steady, average to fill, and a bit similar to the Alpina 4 which is quite ok IMHO. In 2 hours in some moderate turbulent air, the overall movements are quite acceptable for the C category. For sure it moves but the overall movements…

NIVIUK PEAK 6 22 The leading edge holds a moderate shark nose, and as usual, the construction, to the smallest details is excellent on this Peak 6.Launching the Peak 6 is very straightforward, without any delay. The rise is homogenous, and moderate without any hard points. No shooting forward with little brake control, and even with windy take off the pilot has the authority of control. Overall very easy launch for that 7 aspect ratio 2 liner D. The roll movements are also much more dampened than the Peak 5, Zeno2, and resembles surprisingly the Peak 4 ones. I found out that…

OZONE PHOTON ML Writing plain reviews, empty of small details, will not satisfy any more aware pilots out there, especially for those 2 liner C classes. That’s why, I will take time to explain every detail to the advanced pilots. It could be boring sometimes, but I really cannot write reviews as I’m doing a low B glider test… The new EN-C 2 liner from OZONE is already since 20 days in ML size. I am still waiting for the MS size to arrive hopefully next week. I have flown the ML size for some hours, from 100 all up to 104 all…

In 2016, UP launched the Trango X-Race, with a 7 aspect ratio. If you have already read my test, then you would probably know that I fell in love with the handling, and overall performance at the time. Many EN-C gliders have emerged since then, but I can assure you not one has satisfied my spoiled and picky nature for breaking authority and handling. Yep…That’s me…Until PHI got the Maestro 2 as an EN-B size 21 and flew at 95 all up, to find a slightly similar feel and I was really happy to fly it and still, just to feel…

Felipe Flow Para: 1- This year alone we have released 5 new gliders. Cosmos 2, Panorama 2, XCRacer2, Cosmos Power2, and RPM2 – we are just about to release the 6th, on the Mullet. We finally have a factory we can work with and not hold us back. We had many problems in the past with the manufacturing facility in Thailand. The owner was really making our life hard.Dustoftheuniverse:Felipe Flow Para: 2 – The cosmos 2 is based on the Cosmos 1 but we improved a lot of things.it is a low and basic B for new pilots and cools to…

GIN Bonanza 3 S (85-100) The GIN Bonanza 3 is the 2023-25 new EN-C, 2- liner glider that replaces the Bonanza 2 which was a 3-liner with a 6.4 aspect ratio. The Bonanza 3 only has one A and one B. It is a pure 2-liner with a 6.3 aspect ratio and equipped with GIN’s new wave leading edge that was implemented on their CCC glider the Boomerang 12. GIN uses on the upper surface leading edge: Myungjin MJ40 MF and Myungjin MJ32 MF and on the Lower surface: Porcher Skytex, 27 g/m².The lines are a mix of: 8001 / 050 / 070…