Comments on: Am I flying the right wing? http://www.verbier-summits.com/blog/2009/11/11/am-i-flying-the-right-wing/ Verbier Summits - Paragliding and Hang-gliding Holidays in the Swiss Alp Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:44:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bruce Marks http://www.verbier-summits.com/blog/2009/11/11/am-i-flying-the-right-wing/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Bruce Marks Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:29:42 +0000 http://verbier-summits.com/blog/?p=26#comment-11 Firstly let me say that I am yet to find a wing with good underwater performance. They all seem to bunch up and the air cells flood, not to mention the lines getting tangled around your feet. I am amazed how many pilots around my local flying sites move on to 2's and 2/3's with as little as a hundred hours. Admittedly, coastal soaring is big here ..... but they are stuck with the same wings when they go inland. I have also had the pleasure in flying in Fiesch in tricky lee-side conditions, when many of the comp wings were twitchy, my Sprint woud power through and even accept the speed bar. Imagine beating a comp wing on a glide! Firstly let me say that I am yet to find a wing with good underwater performance. They all seem to bunch up and the air cells flood, not to mention the lines getting tangled around your feet.

I am amazed how many pilots around my local flying sites move on to 2’s and 2/3’s with as little as a hundred hours. Admittedly, coastal soaring is big here ….. but they are stuck with the same wings when they go inland.
I have also had the pleasure in flying in Fiesch in tricky lee-side conditions, when many of the comp wings were twitchy, my Sprint woud power through and even accept the speed bar. Imagine beating a comp wing on a glide!

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