WAVE LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGY 🐋 EN-C 2 Liner Gin Bonanza 3 Paraglider Review

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Thanks, glad you found this video interesting! 😊 Lots more to come...

Hey Scott, thanks for commenting! 🙂 I'm glad you're finding these Flybubble reviews helpful. 😊 I know my presentation isn't as slick as some but hopefully some can see past that (and I'm trying to worry less about that) and in the end the content is useful. 🤞 It takes a lot of time to make these reviews, especially since I'm having to learn as I go, making many mistakes along the way. 🤓 For example, this review was filmed over several days and took up about 20 hours of my time to film, before transferring, reviewing, editing, reviewing, re-editing and publishing, then reading and responding to comments. ⏲⏳⌚⌛ But if in the end pilots find it helpful, then I'm happy to do it. 😊

Our next EN C 2-liner wing review will be of the Skywalk MINT 🍬🪂 flybubble.com/skywalk-mint - worth waiting for! ⌚ 👀🎦

@@flybubblecarlo Hey Carlo, you're doing a great job mate! Here in Australia, my fellow pilots and I discuss your videos whenever they come out. (we talked about this very video last night over a BBQ). We find them very helpful. As a content creator myself, I fully appreciate how much work goes into producing and editing a video. Looking forward to the Skywalk Mint review!

​@@scottc2892 😁👍📽🪂

Glad it was helpful!

Hi Arne, thanks for commenting! 🙂 You are correct, Gin Gliders recommend that when doing big ears it's a good idea to use some speed bar, to compensate for the higher angle of attack caused by this descent technique, and so reduce the chances of the wing deep stalling. ☑ (I must've misread the manual when I said Gin says don't do big ears with any speed system on, which is incorrect. As this was confusing we've edited this out of the review. Thank you.)

Thanks David! 🙏 Our next EN C 2-liner wing review will be of the Skywalk MINT 🍬🪂 flybubble.com/skywalk-mint - worth waiting for! ⌚ 👀🎦

ps. But we might have other videos coming out first! 👀

Great to hear, thanks for sharing! 😁🤓🪂

Packing is interesting story for sure! 🤭

Glad that was helpful Sonny! 🤓 Would you like us to publish a more detailed version of this packing technique, showing how we pack wings with lots of long rods? 🤔 So far I've filmed this for both the Gin Bonanza 3 and Skywalk Mint. 🎥 I might do the same for the Photon too. ⚛

@@flybubblecarlo I don't have the Bonanza yet, but looking forward to demoing it and I'd love to see that packing technique as well!

​@@flybubbleparaglidingIf it doesn't bother you, I can ask you to answer the questions. Were there any defects with risers (increased A3 wear) or rigid foils during the operation of Bonanza 3? How often does a wing want to collapse and how easily does it get out of such situations? If you've tried Avid or flown nearby, does Avid bonanza 3 lose out in terms of climbing?

Arrrggg we hate rain! ☔ Fingers crossed for a lot of good flyable days this season! 😍 Happy flights with your new wing 🦅

To my knowledge, in Holland / the Netherlands paraglider pilots mainly launch using winch but also foot launch from dunes - see visiting pilots info by the KNVvL department of Paragliding: www.knvvl.nl/paragliding/organisatie/visiting-pilots

Hi Isaac, thanks for commenting. 🙂 In answer to your question about the Myungjin fabric, I think it's great - essential - that at least some paraglider manufacturers invest their resources to keep trying to find better materials, which I'm sure is key for paraglider development - the same as the development of just about anything, I suppose! I'm not sure why you write "experimental" since it seems like it's a well-proven fabric, tested by Gin for years already. For example, Gin test pilot Michael Sigel wrote about the Myungjin fabric: "We tested it for quite some years in Korea and were really happy with the performance, especially because of the weight/durability. It seems like the air porosity is very good, even after many hours. It is a fabric that we developed together with Myungjin and we first used it on the Fuse 3. All in all we are very happy with the fabric... " Like everything, only time will tell - the same for all materials ever used to make paragliders with! 🤓

Carlo are you planning to try and review Nova Codex?

ps. But we might have other videos coming out first! 👀

Skywalk MINT review (Comparing With Other EN C 2 Liners) - krplus.net/bidio/k62nhYFolqG4mpQ

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Hey "Motivation Nation" thanks for commenting. 🙂 Short answer to your question: As we don't have enough spare resources - time and money - probably not. 🤓

ps. Longer answer: As we already don't have enough spare time or money to buy, test and review all of the gear we already offer - as seen the Flybubble website - probably not. If we had more spare time and money then we'd be able to test and publish even more free Flybubble reviews of flying gear than we already do... but even then some will still ask why we didn't test something else anyway. 😏

pps. In case you're interested, the primary reason we test gear is so we get to know it and so can best advise Flybubble customers on which is the right and best gear for them, as part of our Flybubble MATCH service ( flybubble.com/flybubble-match-service ). The Flybubble reviews we publish are just a happy by-product of this process, sharing some of our professional opinions for free with the freeflight community. 🪂 We only have enough spare resources to publish about 10% of the gear we actually test. Plus, mainly due to resource constraints, the reviews we publish are only a small % of what we have to say about the gear. To say everything we have to say would take far too long! 😉

If you'd like expert advice on which is the right equipment for you, including size, see our Flybubble MATCH service: flybubble.com/flybubble-match-service

ps. quick simplistic answer, for flying in the Alps most pilot prefer to fly well loaded. For more free advice, see our series of articles (often updated since first published): Choose The Right Paraglider - Flybubble: flybubble.com/blog/choose-the-right-paraglider

pps. these articles are part of the Flybubble Knowledge Base: flybubble.com/knowledge-base

From my testing of both, the Bonanza 3 is not much more demanding than the Alpina 4 in strong conditions, if at all. It's more solid, with a significant improvement in performance. I prefer using a semi-cobra launch for strong conditions i.e. brining the wing up from the edge of the wind window, as you'll see me doing in some videos. Flybubble Carlo

@@flybubbleparagliding thank you for your answer! The only problem with cobra launch is that take-off sites are sometimes rocky and hazardous 😞

We'll certainly compare performance with the BGD LYNX 2 when we get the chance - hopefully soon! 🧪🪂 Comparing to the BGD CURE 2, the Bonanza 3 has a performance advantage ; especially accelerated but also at trim. flybubble.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=bgd+lynx

@@flybubblecarlo Excited to see this... the glide into mixing air and sink rate is impressive on the Bonanza3, especially at full bar, and the glider turns well. A comparison to the Lynx2 would be v.interesting as that wing has 60mm more speedbar travel.

@@andrewaustin6878 Andy, you swap wings like I swap underwear 🤣🤣

@@DarrenGoodlad Ha yes it’s taken a few goes to find the goldilocks c wing!