Now, I'm ready for anything that Gradient can get by the EN-D testing. And I'm ready to enjoy the great handling I've come to expect from the Gradient team. I won't be worried about competing against the ultra-specialized, exotic, 2-liner comp wings rolling off the factory floors - I'm a serial guy, and happy to be flying a little less performance with much better handling.
I didn't want to complicate my order, so I went with the stock blue colors. It should be here within a couple weeks. I plan to fly it in the US Nat'ls in Sun Valley in August, and the PWC in Chelan, WA in July.
The XC3 is advertised as having a better-than 10:1 glide ratio with a nice wide speed range that exceeds 60Kph accelerated. The 6.8 aspect ratio is right between that of the XC2 and the Boomerang 5 I flew this year. The 3-line configuration eliminated almost 25% of the line length (read drag) and it looks like the line diameters haven't been increased substantially, like they have been on the 2-line designs.
More info to come when I get a chance to wring it out -
Here's a nice video of the XC-3 in flight.
The XC3 is advertised as having a better-than 10:1 glide ratio with a nice wide speed range that exceeds 60Kph accelerated. The 6.8 aspect ratio is right between that of the XC2 and the Boomerang 5 I flew this year. The 3-line configuration eliminated almost 25% of the line length (read drag) and it looks like the line diameters haven't been increased substantially, like they have been on the 2-line designs.
More info to come when I get a chance to wring it out -
Here's a nice video of the XC-3 in flight.
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