04.05.2012

Litespeed RX

Here´s an email from Jonny Durand to Gerolf about the new Litespeed RX.

Hi Gerolf, thanks for the message.
My thoughts on the RX 3.5 is that I am definately climbing better than everyone. I keep climbing through Paris and the WW.. I told Paris before day 1 how good it climbs and after the last climb when he was above me and I climbed through him then beat him on the 20km final he realised. Day 2 I was with Paris again and did the same thing 3 circles and through him when we arrived at goal he came to me and said you were right about how well that glider climbs..:-)
So I think for me right now I’m climbing better than ever. I really noticed it against Andre Wolf in Brazil cause he would always out climb me in the RS and this year I was able to climb through him on occasions and he never climbed through me once..
I am 75 kgs right now and flying with no ballast. I have done quite a few glides with Paris and I feel I am not losing at all but sometimes gaining if anything. I think considering the span of the glider it's performance is very good I think as good as the RS 3.5 but the handling is something else.
I have never felt so comfortable in thermals and gaggles and I find that I am even using VG when thermalling for the first time ever. I’ve never used any VG on RS but this glider I’m finding about 1/4 to 1/3 is working well for me.
I think the sprogs are reasonably low and I know Steve sent me a...
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