8.17 / 10

APCO Hybrid


2019-02-01
OverviewSpecsConclusion
8 / 10

Construction




8 / 10

Risers


8 / 10

Lines


8.5 / 10

Canopy



9 / 10

Build quality

8 / 10

Surface smoothness


8.5 / 10

Takeoff and groundhandling


9 / 10

Groundhandling


8 / 10

Takeoff



7.33 / 10

Flight




7 / 10

Glide


9 / 10

Accelerated flight



9 / 10

Speed system effort

9 / 10

Speed system travel

7.5 / 10

Soaring and sink rate



7 / 10

Sink rate in straight flight

8 / 10

Sink rate in spiral

8.67 / 10

Turn ability



9 / 10

Brakes efficiency

8 / 10

Weight shift efficiency

9 / 10

Rear risers control

7.5 / 10

Comfort and feedback



8 / 10

Comfort

7 / 10

Feedback

6 / 10

Dynamics and energy retention



6 / 10

Dynamics

6 / 10

Energy retention


9 / 10

Dangerous flight regimes


9 / 10

Asymmetric collapse



8 / 10

Quick descent techniques


8.5 / 10

Ears



9 / 10

Stability

8 / 10

Sink rate

8.5 / 10

Ears, accelerated



9 / 10

Stability

8 / 10

Sink rate


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Copyright

  • Foto: I. Tarasova, A.Tarasov

Model

Year2017
BrandAPCO
HomologationEN B
Positioninghybrid

Conditions

Flight sites
Harnesses
Total flight weight100 kg

Technical data

Flat area, sq. m.22
Flat A.R.5,1
Flat span, m10,6
Projected area, sq. m.18,6
Projected A.R.3,7
Projected span, m8,3
Cells, total48
Cord min, m0,45
Cord max, m2,54
Lines height, m6,35
Lines length, m324
Lines schemeA2A'1B3C3
Takeoff weight, kg85-110
Glider weight, kg3,1
SizeMedium

Materials and components

Upper surface, leading edgePorcherSkytex 33
Upper surface except leading edgePorcherSkytex 27
Bottom surfacePorcherS70032-E3W
OverviewSpecsConclusion