Niviuk Zion 15sqm

Submitted by Andsan on Wed, 2012/02/22 - 00:08

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Hi!

I'm a light pilot (50Kgs) and I have a Niviuk Zion 15 to fly with strong winds. I'm flying this wing at 65Kgs all up (take off weight 69-91Kgs). I feel this wing behaves like an acro wing.

I'd like to know if I can do some maneuvers like the "normal" wings. I can do wingovers and spirals without any problem, but can I do SATs and Helicos?

Sorry my english.

Cheers!

janek

Sat, 2012/07/14 - 12:42

I flown size 17 and 19 with 110kg and can tell, that with size 17 you can feel like on acro wing with over 5kg/m2 wing load. With your weight you are very light, but still should do wingovers, but will be much harder due to weight - timming have to be spot on. Sat is possible, but spins quickly due to size of the canopy - can be controlled (by amout of brake - steep and slow or fast)
Get full harness with to reserve and you will get +20kg of full gear.

hope this will help
Janek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77L-CLnR1Dk - zion 17 and 19 :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j46wPiJxQ0w&feature=related - SAT zion 19