8.62 / 10

AirDesign Volt 3


2019-02-08
OverviewSpecsConclusion
8.33 / 10

Construction




7 / 10

Risers


9 / 10

Lines


9 / 10

Canopy



9 / 10

Build quality

9 / 10

Surface smoothness


9 / 10

Takeoff and groundhandling


9 / 10

Groundhandling


9 / 10

Takeoff



8.14 / 10

Flight




9 / 10

Glide


8 / 10

Accelerated flight



9 / 10

Speed gain

7 / 10

Speed system effort

8 / 10

Speed system travel

8 / 10

Soaring and sink rate



8 / 10

Sink rate in straight flight

8 / 10

Sink rate in spiral

7.33 / 10

Turn ability





7 / 10

Brakes efficiency

7 / 10

Weight shift efficiency

8 / 10

Rear risers control

8.5 / 10

Comfort and feedback



10 / 10

Comfort

7 / 10

Feedback

8 / 10

Dynamics and energy retention



7 / 10

Dynamics

9 / 10

Energy retention


9 / 10

Dangerous flight regimes


9 / 10

Asymmetric collapse


9 / 10

Spin out of thermal spiral



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  • Foto: I. Tarasova, A.Tarasov

Technical data

Flat area, sq. m.25,01
Flat A.R.6,5
Flat span, m12,75
Projected area, sq. m.21,15
Projected span, m10,22
Cells, total59
Lines schemeA2B3C2
Takeoff weight, kg90-105
Glider weight, kg4,43
SizeM

Materials and components

Upper surface, leading edgeDominicoDokdo 20D MF
Upper surface except leading edgeDominicoDokdo 20D MF
Bottom surfacePorcherSkytex 27 classic 2
Ribs, supportedMJ32 HF
Ribs, unsupportedMJ32 HF
Diagonal ribsMJ32 HF
Lines, upper cascadesEdelrid8000U 070, 090
Lines, middle cascadesEdelrid8000U 130, 190
Lines, main (lower) cascadesEdelrid8000U 190, 230, 280, 360
Risers, webbingLiros13mm Aramid/Polyester
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