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Mario Eder and Christian Gruber are competing in the classical team event:
The Red Bull Dolomiten Mann .
Christian asked us to develop a special wing for these kind of races some month ago. It should be small, light, good to launching and of course very fast with still having performance (l/d around 8). I was quite lucky with my first layout. It hit the target and even exceeded our expectations. The first proto (12sqm projected) had strong lines to be on the safe side in all tests but already showed very impressive performance and speeds. It was very easy to read a 3 digits speed on the GPS. Mario (105kg) got 95km/h horizontal speed (no wind)! Now the final version is thin lined, performance optimized and even faster (final measurements will follow).
During the first flights even our experienced test pilot Mario Eder got thrilled and had to suffer under a "Adrenaline overdose" during the flights with that bullet (trim speed 55km/h). In the meanwhile this wing demonstrated it's suitability for everyday flying. Chri flew it on the dune: often the others could not launch cause of the strong winds. But even in light winds, Chri had surprisingly nearly no disadvantage. We also didn't expect that it will be possible to launch with 12sqm at 10-15km/h backwards wind: it is! Chri was thermalling in in soft and strong conditions and even did some test maneuvers without troubles.
We're planning to build this wing in series: only for very good pilots and of course no DHV certification!
:-)
More details later ...
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