amjflyer

Im on the look out for a good heavy conditions glider. I have an Escape, Graphite and Ellipse 1, only the Ellipse really works well in heavy conditions (which we get alot of in the UK, the other Sunday in a comp even thre Ellipse was going backwards in a 30mph wind). The Pike Perfect seems like it might just be the ticket. I especially like the idea of a multi-section wing, this makes perfect sense and of course is also full size practice.

Has anyone any experience of its performance yet?

rattus

i have seen them fly and they handel the wind well and fly very very well. its going to be my next glider when i get some $ hahahahaha

charnwooduk

The pike perfect is still slightly better suited to slightly calmer conditions... although it would have no big issues in wind.

At the UK F3J competitions the xperience-pro seems to be the current favorite for all but the calmest conditions where the Shadow takes over.

No doubt next year we'll start to see a few more perfects and supra's pop up for the everyday conditions.

try http://www.acemodel.co.uk for both the Xperience pro and Shadow. The acemodel guys were all flying these models at the World Champs a couple of months ago in Slovakia.

The nice thing is as well as being fantastic models, they are quite affordable

I think most F3J models now have "multi-section" wings

Try the UK forum at http://www.flyquiet.co.uk for more advice on models to suit the UK conditions.

Richard Swindells