this thing! this thing. I rate this thing.
350 grams! so it takes at least 500 grams off most kit. For hike-and-fly racing it's very
cool. I've got a QLIGHT in here which is very bulky for a light wing so
I think your semi light wings will work too. I've got my sort of basic flying kit
and that's quite a good tip from Stephen at Flybubble, you strap this down to
help it not expand in the bag. this thing!
I rate this thing. Supair Strike. I've had a Strike for three years and I
like it so much I've just sold my old Strike which is in damn good condition
for three years of flying and I bought myself another Strike because it's just
the best: it's the most comfortable lightweight harness in the bracket
around 2 kilos it gives you superb feeling of the glider and it's super
light and compact, so excellent. and check what I've just picked up it goes on like
that, it straps like that and it's 320 grams so it's the lightest certified
paragliding helmet that I know of. I think there might be some sort of climbing
hybrid ones that may be lighter but this is very light and it's got no
things to hook on, so I rate it. For hike and fly, if you take this, you put in a
supair strike, I've got a Beamer 3 Light (Small) in here super light,
steerable as well, and a light instrument we're good to go for hike and fly
racing all you got to decide is what's your wing of choice!
The Q-LIGHT? Super performance
it feels like a Niviuk Peak 4, it has those kind of genes and it's got that like
full bar performance feeling solid feels a bit like a two liner. it feels like a
comp glider. super efficient in turns fast but it does feel like it's a little
bit planky in the corners like it's a little bit hard to bring it round in the
light stuff. I think its forte is gonna be
strong booming cross country conditions where you can push out on the bar and
really glide, do long glides, not so much the sort of scratchy light on the slope
type of flying but it's good, it launches fine. it's a bit of a challenge
on the ground handling if you are launching in light conditions or tricky thermic stuff
your game needs to be right up there for your ground handling
I put it as our high C if I look at the whole wing in total the pilot demands
and the ground handling demands and the sort of pilot that's gonna love it
is a pilot that's excited by comp gliders and that comp feeling but they
want the 'C' class safety
so going ultralight ... what you are trying to achieve is you don't want to go so
light that you started losing feeling and enjoyment of your flying because
really the whole thing is about in your enjoyment. I mean you're doing this for
the love of flying so even if you're doing hike and fly racing you don't
want to go so light that you start not enjoying the actual flying part of the
race because that's what fuels you. so try and go light and optimize
where you can.