The 45th edition of the Coupe Icare was, as always, an exciting amalgam of industry news, old friends and new, and swarms of flying humans, all joined together in the beautiful village of St Hilaire du Touvet, France.
This year we announced several new products that will be arriving in 2019:
Swift 5
Lightweight Sport-Intermediate Performance
The Swift 5 takes all of the performance of the Rush 5, transformed into a technologically advanced lightweight form. The lighter sail elevates the Swift 5 in the class, yielding higher overall performance with crisper and more agile handling thanks to reduced sail inertia.
Mantra M7
The Next Generation of Ultimate 3-Liner
The M7 is based on the now legendary ZENO, but with a reduced aspect ratio of 6.5. Compared to the ZENO, it is less demanding in strong air and more cohesive in turbulence. Certified EN D because of the use of collapse lines for testing, the M7’s character is more similar to the class below. It is a truly comfortable high performance wing. In Russ’s words: “It is literally the best handling wing I have ever flown. The feel through the brakes is close to perfect, with precise and agile handling.”
XXLite2
The World’s Lightest Aircraft
The new XXLite2 is …read more
Source:: Ozone Paragliders