fredrikahl wrote:
Just want to say thanks to UP for making a really great glider. Got mine two weeks ago and had my third thermal flight yesterday and crushed my former record in the swedish flatlands flying 96 km on the XC3 only stopping because of a big lake coming in my way:
http://se.flightlog.org/fl.html?l=1&a=34&trip_id=416785 Being picky about gliders and never before been flying UP I was a bit reluctant to order without being able to try it before. This glider exceeded my expectations by far in every way. It's superefficient, light and nimble to fly, great handling och glide is excellent. Flew it on full bar many times yesterday and just rock solid. Wrestled with some feisty spring thermals down low in strong wind and the XC3 was easy to work with and stayed open even in some real shitty air. My former gliders are Carerra, IP6, R11, R10.2, Omega 8 and the Mantra series before so I have some gliders to compare to.
I can tell that alot of work was put down into developing this glider, I think it will not dissapoint anyone trying it. Only small critisism is the same as the others: the brake handles are crap and I ordered new ones from another brand straight away. Other than that, it's just amazing.
And no, I don't sell any paragliding stuff and not affiliated with UP in any way. I just love flying great gliders Smile
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