The histories of DaVinci and Flow companies are closely connected from their beginning. The first product ranges from both brands were developped in close collaboration, the differences between glider models were mainly in naming and color schemes. But in 2019 the game has changed: being still in collaboration, each brand now follows its own way. The Funky (high EN B) is the first child of this approach. So let's see what is the modern EN B vision from Jihun Lee, DaVinci owner and designer...
8.17 / 10
Construction
8 / 10
Risers
8 / 10
Lines
8.5 / 10
Canopy
9 / 10
Build quality
8 / 10
Surface smoothness
7.5 / 10
Takeoff and groundhandling
7.5 / 10
Groundhandling
9 / 10
Groundhandling in low wind consitions
6 / 10
Groundhandling in strong wind consitions
7.5 / 10
Takeoff
9 / 10
Takeoff in low wind consitions
6 / 10
Takeoff in strong wind consitions
8.08 / 10
Flight
8.5 / 10
Turn ability
9 / 10
Brakes efficiency
8 / 10
Weight shift efficiency
8 / 10
Comfort and feedback
9 / 10
Comfort
7 / 10
Feedback
9 / 10
Soaring and sink rate
9 / 10
Sink rate in straight flight
9 / 10
Sink rate in spiral
8 / 10
Glide
7 / 10
Dynamics and energy retention
7 / 10
Dynamics
7 / 10
Energy retention
8 / 10
Accelerated flight
8 / 10
Speed gain
9 / 10
Dangerous flight regimes
9 / 10
Asymmetric collapse
9 / 10
Frontal collapse
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- Foto: I. Shingarev, A.Tarasov
Model
| Year | 2020 |
| Brand | Swing |
| Homologation | EN A / C |
| Positioning | miniwing |
Conditions
| Flight sites | Chegem, Yutsa (North Caucasus) |
| Harness | |
| Total flight weight | 100 kg |
| Recommended TOW, kg | 80-105 (EN C) |
Technical data
| Flat area, sq. m. | 23 |
| Flat A.R. | 5 |
| Flat span, m | 10,7 |
| Projected area, sq. m. | 19,9 |
| Projected A.R. | 3,8 |
| Projected span, m | 8,7 |
| Cells, total | 34 |
| Takeoff weight, kg | 65-80 (EN A) / 80-105 (EN C) |
| Glider weight, kg | 3,4 |
| Size | 20 |
Materials and components
| Upper surface, leading edge | 27 g/m2 |
| Upper surface except leading edge | 27 g/m2 |
| Bottom surface | 27 g/m2 |