8.33 / 10
Construction
8 / 10
Risers
9 / 10
Lines
8.5 / 10
Canopy
9 / 10
Build quality
8 / 10
Surface smoothness
9 / 10
Takeoff and groundhandling
9 / 10
Groundhandling
9 / 10
Takeoff
6.67 / 10
Flight
8.5 / 10
Comfort and feedback
10 / 10
Comfort
7 / 10
Feedback
6.5 / 10
Soaring and sink rate
7 / 10
Sink rate in straight flight
6 / 10
Sink rate in spiral
7.33 / 10
Turn ability
7 / 10
Brakes efficiency
8 / 10
Weight shift efficiency
7 / 10
Rear risers control
7.5 / 10
Dynamics and energy retention
7 / 10
Dynamics
8 / 10
Energy retention
6 / 10
Glide
6.5 / 10
Accelerated flight
6 / 10
Speed gain
7 / 10
Speed system effort
Good... except the speed gain which appears to be slighlty less than expected for an advanced EN B. My wireless Pitot tube measured +5 km/h at 50% of speed system travel, +10 km/h with pulleys beginning to overlap. Okay, not a class-leading level. But there are also good news: Funky's speed system is very usable in any kind of conditions including the rough staff. At full speed, the glider remains user-friendly and well-dampened, and the glide doesn't degrade appreciably. It means that you can push the speed system to the limit in almost any kind of conditions. By the way, the speed system travel and effort are quite moderate, encouraging to use the speed system quite intensively.
9.67 / 10
Dangerous flight regimes
10 / 10
Asymmetric collapse
10 / 10
Frontal collapse
9 / 10
Spin out of thermal spiral
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Copyright
- Foto: I. Tarasova, A.Tarasov
Model
| Year | 2019 |
| Brand | Swing |
| Homologation | EN C |
| Positioning | low EN C |
Conditions
| Flight sites | Chegem, Yutsa (North Caucasus) |
| Harness | |
| Total flight weight | 100 kg |
| Recommended TOW, kg | 95-120 |
Technical data
| Flat area, sq. m. | 24,9 |
| Flat A.R. | 6,1 |
| Flat span, m | 12,3 |
| Projected area, sq. m. | 21,6 |
| Projected A.R. | 4,6 |
| Projected span, m | 10 |
| Cells, total | 60 |
| Lines scheme | A2A'1B3B'2C2 |
| Takeoff weight, kg | 85-105 |
| Glider weight, kg | 4,1 |
| Size | M |
Materials and components
| Upper surface, leading edge | Toray | STA 15 27 g/m2 |
| Upper surface except leading edge | Toray | STA 15 27 g/m2 |
| Bottom surface | Porcher | Skytex 27 |
| Ribs, supported | Porcher | Skytex |
| Ribs, unsupported | Porcher | Skytex |
| Diagonal ribs | Porcher | Skytex |
| Lines, upper cascades | EDELRID | 8000U |
| Lines, middle cascades | EDELRID | 8000U |
| Lines, main (lower) cascades | EDELRID | 8000U |
| Risers, webbing | Guth&Wolth GMBH | 12mm |