8.21 / 10

777 Queen 2: the speed queen

"Perfection is the only deadline" — this is 777's motto explaining the long R&D process for each Triple Seven glider. For Queen2 it has also been very long. But when you take this glider for test flight, the things become very, very fast!
📅 2018-12-25
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Construction

9 / 10

Risers

9 / 10

Lines

9 / 10

Canopy

9 / 10

Build quality

9 / 10

Surface smoothness

9 / 10

Takeoff and groundhandling

8.5 / 10

Groundhandling

9 / 10

Takeoff

8 / 10

Flight

8.23 / 10

Glide

9 / 10

Accelerated flight

8.5 / 10

Speed gain

10 / 10

Speed system effort

7 / 10

Soaring and sink rate

8 / 10

Sink rate in straight flight

8 / 10

Sink rate in spiral

8 / 10

Turn ability

8.33 / 10

Brakes efficiency

8 / 10

Weight shift efficiency

8 / 10

Rear risers control

9 / 10

Comfort

6 / 10

Feedback

8.75 / 10

Airspeed feedback

8 / 10

Brakes feedback

8 / 10

Rear riser feedback

9 / 10

Risers feedback

10 / 10

Dynamics and energy retention

9 / 10

Dynamics

9 / 10

Energy retention

9 / 10

Dangerous flight regimes

7.33 / 10

Asymmetric collapse

7 / 10

Recovery

5 / 10

Collapse resistance

9 / 10

Frontal collapse

7 / 10

Spin out of thermal spiral

8 / 10

Quick descent techniques

8 / 10

Ears

8 / 10

Stability

7 / 10

Sink rate

9 / 10

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