Anyone have any thoughts on the new ppc orbit parawing? Big wind range claims in the marketing. It is a double skin, which everyone else seemed to give up on, but maybe third time’s the charm
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I’m getting one shipped when they are ready to try I’ll report back.
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Their brake line trim idea is definitely promising, although there is nothing to be found with the claimed patent pending number 883068.
Sroka’s just released system has a similar effect but might make even more sense, at least for single skins or hybrids, as it is a dynamic adjustment of profile not static like the PPC.
I heard it scared away at least one company into backing off from production for their parawing.
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u mean Frigate V2 ?
No, not Fone
I just rode my 3.5 for the last 35 min of light when a storm popped up. It handles amazing so user friendly compared to my hybrids. Jibes great! So the PAL definitely adds grunt. It puts it deep and will back stall if you don’t handle it correctly. However if you point downwind and start pumping with the bumps it gets you right up. The craziest thing is this wing doesn’t see to collapse you can run downwind with it or go crazy close to the wind. As soon as I got the foil in the air I would release the PAL as I liked out it flys open. It was really rough and lots of current I can’t wait for an easier day to really test it. I am completely sold on it. I would say low end is close to a single but not quite there. So my 3.5 had more low than my 777 3m but less than a 3.5. It has so much depower you can just ride a half size up and have a blast
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