Category: Reviews
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2019 – a year in review…
Flyingwise, I’ve had a blast in 2019 – approx 85 hours of coastal soaring, xc, volbiv and hike & fly have made it a truly fun and adventurous year. You’ll notice that I’ve not mentioned comps – that’s because this year, for the first time in years, I didn’t participate in any of the British…
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Flyskyhy video walkthrough
Back in 2013 I wrote a review of the great iOS paragliding app, Flyskyhy. Obviously the developer, René Dekker, has added many new features since then, so a couple of weeks ago I recorded a video walkthrough of the main features of the app as it stands at the moment. I hope you find it useful…
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XC-Tracer Bluetooth GPS/Vario + Flyskyhy iPhone app – is it time to ditch my Flymaster?
Edited 15/06/2016 to take into account new developments since I originally wrote this article I’ve been flying with Flyskyhy for 2.5 years now and love it, especially when running on the iPhone 6 with its barometric sensor, but when I heard about a new Indiegogo funded “lag-free” Bluetooth GPS/vario called XC-Tracer, which works with Flyskyhy, I…
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Sigma 9 review after 30 hours
I’ve now had about 30 hours on my Sigma 9 29 (all up 112kg + 5kg ballast for the comp) in a mix of boisterous mountain air (Grindelwald and Gemona mountains), smooth air (Gemona flatlands), and weak thermals (above Interlaken) so feel I’m ready to post my thoughts. I think the main thing I’ve come…
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Is this the perfect GoPro mount?
Ever since I bought my Isaw A2 ACE (GoPro ripoff) camera I’ve been searching for the ideal mount for it. I first tried telescopic poles (the first was a cheap Chinese one bought off eBay however there was nothing stopping the sections from rotating relative to each other, so I ditched that in favour of…
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Epsilon 7 review by Ziad Bassil
Nice review of the E7 by Ziad Bassil in Lebanon, although I think the paragraph “The E7 inspires confidence immediately after take off. It has a very taut feeling like a very solid piece of concrete.” might have lost a little in translation 🙂 Read it for yourself here.
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Flyskyhy – possibly the best paragliding app in the world…
I’ve been using my trusty Garmin GPSmap 76C with Simon Headford’s airspace maps (and Ben Friedland’s heights layer) for years now, however whilst it works ok I’ve always found the screen way too small and have thought for some time that there must be a better solution, especially since I now carry a portable computer,…
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Review of the Advance Pi…
Mark Shaw (Instructor and previous owner/CFI at Peak Airsports) writes: My first impressions of the Pi: First of all, I couldn’t believe how small the bag was – we are talking complete package here – glider and harness / rucksack. Next to a standard paraglider backpack, the Pi package looks to be about a fifth of the…
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Re-live those low saves or beach landings…!
A friend of mine recently brought an excellent Windows program to my attention… It’s called “IGC Flight Replay“, it’s free and it can be downloaded from here. It’s perfect for wet and windy days when you want to re-live those special moments from an epic flight, all from the comfort of your armchair or desk! Hours…
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My first sit in an Impress 3 – sadly not mine though… :-(
I took delivery of a customer’s new I3 last week and got around to rigging up some hangpoints when a friend came round yesterday to look at it (with the purchaser’s permission of course!), and I must say it’s a lovely piece of kit. Of course the first thing you notice is the weight, or…
Advance paragliders in the West Country 