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DRIFT Hawk S 70-92

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DRIFT Hawk S 70-92 Drift is a new paragliding company. https://driftgliders.com/   If you want to know about the designers and team, please follow that link: https://driftgliders.com/about   Hawk is their high EN-B.   The construction details are very well made. Skytex 32 and 28 were used on the Hawk with Liros and Edelrid lines with very few lines and width. With a shark nose (beak) the glider looks like it was designed for performance. The weight of the Hawk is a bit less than 4 kg and could be narrowly packed.   In this test, I will compare it with some B’s, and mainly with a Base 2 Slight. Launching the Hawk S from 89 to 92 all up is very straightforward without any hardpoints to delays. It resembles the Base 2   light launching behavior which is really easy with its lightweight and very simple to inflate even in nil wind. I flew the Hawk (S size) from 89 to 92 in weak and strong thermals and could do some XC in our current winter condition.   The bra...