SKY Paraliders

When I tried the Antea first time I wasn't happy. After some hours I loved the glider. The reason: the Antea show you a very high performance - you see it in the speed and the gliding angle. But - and I don't know how Alexandre Paux raealized this habit in the Antea - the Antea is comparing to his performance a very easy-flying glider, very simple and easy. You always aspect a reaction from the glider like from a performance glider - but nothing happens! The only thing is flying in thermal - than the has to be handle like a performance glider, you have to turn and thermaling fast and with less brake. I you are themaling like this you will have always a place on the very top in the Sky and you feel your Antea as an unbeatably glider!

Hi Kim, I believe also the gliders you named are good gliders. Espacially with Factor I flew once together, seem to be a very good glider. But every designer has different ideas in head when making a glider. Nova -gliders seem to be always on the top of the certification, mean performance is for them very important. Sky always build gliders which are "useable" for the pilot, a "intermediate " glider like Antea is not a hidden high performance glider. I like very much the nice handling, the good speed and the very stability of Antea. For me, after flying about 20 years with paaragliders, the Antea is a very simple but perfect glider!

hi, Martin, my opinion is, that the Antea is a very "easy to fly" glider, you don't need special tricks for starting, for turning, for thermaling. The simple mean, that the glider is very easy to fly for avarage experienced pilot. You don't have to be an expert to fly and enjoy Antea. The simple has nothing to do with the construction....Maybe the glider is that easy to fly because the aspect ration is not that high like other glider is this category. I flew many hours with Antea and felt always safe and relaxed, I never had a situation which was too difficult for me. Just a simple glider ;-) with very good handling, speed and stability!

You know, we think that the brake range is the vital safety manouvre. There are hundreds of injuries because people just stall the glider before the landing and therefore we usually keep trimming the glider to the maximum extent possible. Even though this is a high performance glider which is meant mostly for experienced pilots, we think that even exprienced pilots need from time to time to use the brakes range - the higher, the better.

Hi John, it is difficult to say. I think it is better to develop a skill of immediate reaction and try to control the collapses and not to avoid them by flying with more brake input. Collapses are regular part of our sport, so I would say it is pretty normal to experience some collapses but the crucial point is to be able to control them. Sorry, it is difficult to explain that in the forum.

Yes, I think I know what you mean. I think tat this can happen depending on the conditions you fly.