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Mr Ernst Strobl is the chief designer and founder of U-Turn and has been designing gliders and was a competition pilot since the first paragliders emerged ! Ziad: Hi Ernst, can i ask you a few questions regarding U-Turn new gliders for 2017 ? [Ernst: ] Hello Ziad, For 2017 we have: Motor Glider: - PYLO , competition motor race glider. (Technical Data and video attached below ) - PROGRESS , intermediate motor glider, technical Data in the email. Very easy start and landing, good performance and efficiency with engine! Awesome handling :-) . The glider is make for right after the School… - Close to finish is a small Tandem Hike and Fly , 120-175kg Start weight, EN/LTF-B, 4,85kg. We don’t have a name in the moment :-( A good name for that wing… ? :-)  , yesterday we have past Shock & Load test with DHV. Ziad: Sure ! I hope we will also get some pretty names from the guys on the forum !  :-) What can you tell us please about the ...

A few questions for Philippe medicus head of NOVA R&D department . 1-Ziad: Do you consider the new concept of the Phantom an open gate for future glider designs? Yes! Philippe Medicus: I don't think, that the Phantom is going to stay the only wing of its kind. 2- Ziad: What are the benefits of this concept on higher aspect ratio gliders? + 6, 7, 8 AR? Philippe Medicus: Current competition wings have a similar cell count already. Adding the complex internal structure of the Phantom would decrease weight and increase dimensional stability. But compared to the advantage of the concept in the "Low-B Class", the benefit would be a lot smaller. 3- Ziad: Does implementing this concept will increase the speed, the stability, or only the performance? Philippe Medicus: The concept does not increase the collapse resistance, but the dimensional stability benefits a lot. So the wing stays closer to its intended shape, which increases performance. A high performance glider te...

Questionnaire for OZONE R&D designer and Team pilot Luc Armant. 1-Ziad : A new concept of gliders with many cells is emerging with low and high aspect ratio. What are your thoughts about this concept? Especially on moderate aspect ratio gliders ? Luc Armant: The idea from Nova of proposing a glider for richer intermediate pilot is making fully sense. Any other serious mechanical sport industry is having such product. I have no idea what size is that market for paragliders. High cell number concept: for sure things are not simple like the higher the better. Zeno versus Enzo2 is a nice example showing that not only cell number count (78 vs 101). Not enough cells is not good and too much is not good too, even for performances. What we have experimented is that there is an optimum number of cell for a given design, and that optimum can be very different from one design to another. 2-Ziad : Almost every pilot is talking about the Zeno… The Manual is clear. Since...

SUPAIR Leaf EN-B The Leaf (nice name for a paraglider ! ) is the first Supair certified as a B glider and intended for a larger group in this segment. The take off is super easy for a B with no hang back or shooting forward. I flew the Leaf in different conditions from weak to rough conditions and i have now a solid idea about it’s behavior. In rough turbulent thermals the Leaf resembles the low B category gliders ex: Ion 4 by the comfort it delivers and ease of use. Inside the thermals, the Leaf S (75-95) loaded at 92 is a real pleasure ! The brakes have moderate pressure similar to the M4 or the Ion 4. A little more pressure than the Swift or the Rush 4. The brakes are linear, precise and direct, delivering a superb maneuverability! I could place the Leaf exactly where i wanted even in the roughest of air. The Leaf reacts like an extension of the pilot arm. I re-discovered flying pleasure on board this colored ‘toy’ ! Climbing with reference gliders showed me an impr...