This is a great comparison video of how each parawing holds up when really lit up.
www.facebook.com/share/v/18s8kSMVkR/?mibextid=wwXIfr
His conclusion seems accurate (Ozone and BRM) but there's not enough information there to draw any irrefutable conclusions. If you watch closely you can see he's actually causing much of the unwanted deformation at the bar on a couple of the brands. Were all these pwings tested in the same winds, on the same day even? Too many variables.
The comment section in the video is pretty heated lol.
I think a lot of the V1 wings, if similar to the BRM Maliko V1, require you to harness in and hike over into the wind and sheet in/feather the rear lines as much as needed. Riding speed typically falls quite a bit and the load gets pretty high, but I was able to ride the V1s in this manor to pretty good success. I quickly learned flying off the front lines was a disaster waiting to happen. The moment of getting the board to turn into the wind and getting stuck in a broad reach was always spicy.
Now with the V2s, you get the benefit of being able to sheet out and fly more off the front lines when overpowered. Using the same technique to compare the two isn't really fair. I'm still getting used to the V2s, which to me, feel kinda like training wheels, but generally in a good way.
Select to expand quoteMidAtlanticFoil said..
The comment section in the video is pretty heated lol.
I think a lot of the V1 wings, if similar to the BRM Maliko V1, require you to harness in and hike over into the wind and sheet in/feather the rear lines as much as needed. Riding speed typically falls quite a bit and the load gets pretty high, but I was able to ride the V1s in this manor to pretty good success. I quickly learned flying off the front lines was a disaster waiting to happen. The moment of getting the board to turn into the wind and getting stuck in a broad reach was always spicy.
Now with the V2s, you get the benefit of being able to sheet out and fly more off the front lines when overpowered. Using the same technique to compare the two isn't really fair. I'm still getting used to the V2s, which to me, feel kinda like training wheels, but generally in a good way.
Spot on again as usual MidAtlanticFoil. Using a combo of good edging technique while flying off the front line is pretty amazing but takes a lot of awareness and greater input from the rider. I'm glad I got familiar with the edging technique to control gusts and over powered conditions before simply riding off the front lines.Now I just need to get better at combining the two. Already starting to happen and the stoke factor is off the charts. Usually not enough depower or too much edging can result in a slight stall when wind drops a bit suddenly which reduces upwind efficiency I'm finding. Once awareness and practice of these two techniques translates into muscle memory I feel the range and upwind ability of all the new wangs is really pretty amazing.
Select to expand quoteSheps said..MidAtlanticFoil said..
The comment section in the video is pretty heated lol.
I think a lot of the V1 wings, if similar to the BRM Maliko V1, require you to harness in and hike over into the wind and sheet in/feather the rear lines as much as needed. Riding speed typically falls quite a bit and the load gets pretty high, but I was able to ride the V1s in this manor to pretty good success. I quickly learned flying off the front lines was a disaster waiting to happen. The moment of getting the board to turn into the wind and getting stuck in a broad reach was always spicy.
Now with the V2s, you get the benefit of being able to sheet out and fly more off the front lines when overpowered. Using the same technique to compare the two isn't really fair. I'm still getting used to the V2s, which to me, feel kinda like training wheels, but generally in a good way.
Spot on again as usual MidAtlanticFoil. Using a combo of good edging technique while flying off the front line is pretty amazing but takes a lot of awareness and greater input from the rider. I'm glad I got familiar with the edging technique to control gusts and over powered conditions before simply riding off the front lines.Now I just need to get better at combining the two. Already starting to happen and the stoke factor is off the charts. Usually not enough depower or too much edging can result in a slight stall when wind drops a bit suddenly which reduces upwind efficiency I'm finding. Once awareness and practice of these two techniques translates into muscle memory I feel the range and upwind ability of all the new wangs is really pretty amazing.
Thanks Sheps. Great description as well. It really is all about finding the balance between the two techniques with the new V2s. My first few sessions I had the harness line too far forward on the bar, so I wasn't getting as much drive from the wing, as it was defaulting towards the front line stall. I've only had one real session since (summer is upon us) and I was able to slide that back to get more drive and then slightly pull the front of the bar to depower (as opposed to pulling the rear to sheet in).
I've since got a reverse hook harness, so playing with the balance will be really easy on the water while flying. Looking forward to testing it out.
