HGFA Skysailor Magazine

SKY SAILOR 23 March | April 2018 New Products New AirDesign Eazy2 EN-A Now Certified EN-A gliders are generally regarded as safe, predictable, but equally also as boring, with no feeling, no great discernible handling, slow – only for beginners. The Eazy2 shrugs off these clichés and sets a complete new standard for EN-A wings – maximum forgiveness in combination with fun in flight. They’ve added a dash of agile handling ability, proving that an EN-A can be safe yet have the range to be nippy as well as flat and efficient. The long and progressive brake travel is forgiving for beginners but doesn’t inhibit evolving pilots from making direct and snappy moves – a real fun machine. The Eazy2 is highly stable, offering a new level of passive safety – nothing can really shake it. It drives through turbulence as if it wasn’t present, and the canopy stays where it belongs – rock-solid overhead. A great choice for your first flights – predictable, fun and confidence inspiring. Developed for the entry-level pilot as well as those developing pilots seeking a fun and reliable glider that supports extended progression with the added versatility of being Hike&Fly adventure ready. The Eazy2 has excellent trim speed and the accelerator gives more than you would normally expect from a glider in its class. AirDesign support a broad range of sizing, from the L (125kg), right down to a real-world XXS (50kg). All surfaces are smaller due to a newly designed, liftier airfoil. As a result, the glider is more compact yet with excellent climbing ability, higher overall stability and more speed – of greater benefit to lighter pilots than ever before. Optically, the Eazy2 follows the Rise3 with the slim design stripe on the bottom surface. Two new colours expand the possibility for combinations. The Eazy2 will be produced in two variants – Standard and Superlight, with the latter available in April-May 2018. Mark Rossi, Cloudbase Paragliding Australia Nova Ibex 4 – Versatile, Lightweight EN-A Nova’s new Ibex 4 is lightweight (from 3kg), compact packing, with an extra- ordinarily wide weight range per size. In 2007, Nova’s release of the first Ibex opened a whole new category of paraglider: lightweight wings that could be highly loaded but weren’t speedwings. The fourth Ibex generation basically retains this concept – lightweight, compact packing, safe AirDesign Eazy2 Nova Ibex 4