Dust Of The Universe

UP trango X-Race SM   (The hidden beauty) After flying practically every Trango, here’s the X-Race, the newest Trango version in its light material construction.  The Trango X-race has a new and beautifully engineered shark nose ! Semi circular, small opening cells, with a complete unsheathed line construction. I actually never seen this kind of lines before. The lower A’s and B’s are heavily coated and feels like a plastic wire ! Of course, this new technology will surely prevent the aging process ! My friend tells me it looks like the kite lines.  I flew that glider at 97 all up and the next day at 94 all up. I felt that the optimum weight under the SM goes around 95. Launching the X-race is really easy and without any hanging back at all. In strong wind, the brakes are needed to stop it from surging forward.  Before the first flight, i remembered the Trango XC3 and thought that the X-Race could bear some of its gen...

SKYWALK Chili 4   (The powerful package)  Yes …..They were a bit late to arrive !  Two SKYWALK gliders with an EN-B certification. One is the S size (85-105) and the other the XS size (75-95)  Both are the new CHILI 4 as a high-end B glider which will replace the floatable Chili 3 ! Lets see what SKYWALK did with the Chili 4 who took quite a while in development. I was very curious to see what are the benefits on the B category and i was keen to see if SKYWALK did manage to keep the excellent climb of the Chili 3. Looking closely at the glider showed a trendy approach with a shark nose, a  pure 3 line configuration, with very small minimalistic and finely tuned line width ! Some lower lines are sheathed and the higher ones are unsheathed. Putting all the lines on one hand, feels indeed very small, it looks smaller than the Mentor 4 ones. Launching the Chili 4 XS at 92 all up is an easy task with no delay or shooting forward. A simple glider to inflate. In the ai...