Dust Of The Universe

OZONE R&D department. Luc Armant interview ( 28-March 2018)   Luc Armant was so kind to answer a few questions for all of us flying vultures :-)   1- Dustoftheuniverse : What your personal insights on future paragliding designs? Will we experience some revolution projects? like the first BBHPP ?   Luc Armant : Great stuff still to come. Yes !   some revolution should come. Future will tell… 2-DOTU: What can you tell the pilots of the future M6 replacement project?  Luc Armant : Still experimental stage. Long term project. We want to create a new reference 3 liner wing. 2- DOTU: Will you be able to get more overall performance than the 6.9 aspect ratio M6 on a lower aspect ? and is it possible considering that the competition has lower aspect ratio close to 6.5 in the C class. Luc Armant : Yes, it’s possible. Current prototypes have 6.5 aspect ratio with much more performance.   3- DTOU: I personally Consider the Alpina 3 until this moment to have the be...

Swing Nyos RS   The last Swing glider i flew with the RAST system was the Arcus RS, and here’s the new high-end B from the same manufacturer, the Nyos RS in size S (75-95) flown at 93.5 all up with an X-rated 6 harness. The Nyos RS construction holds a normal nose. The lower lines are sheathed with the higher ones unsheathed. The lines are slightly thicker than the competitors in the B category.     Launching is quite easy in nil wind, and even in strong breeze. The Nyos inflates quite smoothly and evenly. First turn, i could feel the moderate to short response on the brakes, with quite a nice agility in thermals ! The Nyos RS turns quite flat with moderate pressure on the brakes and could be described as quite agile! It doesn’t handle like an acro wing for sure and it’s not suppose to, but for a handling seeker like me, it’s very satisfying ! Thermals can be cored very tight, even the turbulent ones.   The handling alone doesn’t really matter sometimes if the glider...

NOVA Sector S   After 10 years, NOVA finally released their new C replacement. A flat aspect ratio of 6.0, unsheathed lines all over and   a 3 line configuration setting.   The factor 2 is made with light fabric and the S size weights around 4 kg. Launching the light cloth Sector is easy in all conditions. Those light gliders can launch even without touching the A's !  I flew the Sector S at 95, 96 all up. This load enabled the Sector to be quite taught and efficient in all conditions. IMHO, Its better to put the exact pressure in a car wheel in order to take corners at high speed. Any less pressure in those wheel won’t give you optimum efficiency. It’s the same with gliders they will perform much better (when they reached their optimum shape design) by loading them precisely. I think 95 is a good balance under the Sector S size.   Of course the Sector S can be flown at mid-weight, but will loose it’s inside pressure flying it in turbulent air, as all other glid...

EN-C comparison (Update)  Easiest to manage in the category. 1 being most friendly user. (Most comfortable to fly for the average "C" pilot): After many flights, some changes occurred…Constant feedback…  1- Alpina 2 = Advance Sigma 9 = Mac Elan =Nexus = Volt 2 SM = Carrera plus M = Sigma 10 25 = Mac Para Elan 2, size 26 = Alpina 3 MS  2- ADVANCE Sigma 8 25 = Artik 4 25 = Ozone Delta 3 ML  = Ozone Delta 2 MS 3- BGD Lynx M = Nova Sector S = Alpina 3 S  4- GRADIENT Aspen 4 26 = Triple seven Queen = Cure M = Supair Taska = Mac Para Elan 2 size 24   = Colt 2 S  5- NIVIUK Artic 3 = AD Volt 1 SM = BGD Tala M = Cayenne 4 = SOL Lotus one M = Queen 2 MS 6- GRADIENT Aspen 5 26 =U-Turn Passion SM = Carrera = Sky Argos = Skywalk Spice XS  7- MacPara Marvel 25 = UP Trango XC 2 = Cayenne 5 XS = UP Trango X-race  8- NOVA Triton 2 S  9- Trango XC 3 SM  Handling in rough air: (The one that you can turn even in rough air) loaded at +80 % of ...