There are also rather big differences in distance between bar and leading edge.
The further away the more line length to wind up before reaching the wing in order to fold.
Only Takoon Zenith publishes a line length: 3m: 1.45m 4m; 1.46m 5m: 1.48m which seem short (shortest?) on the images.
Gong has stated Pulse comes with long lines for speed / racing
Would be great if some could tell weight for each wing (dry & wet when re-packed); read somewhere that ensis was better than brm but sadly more heavy (?)
Hi Efoiler,
the weight for any FS Peak of generation 3 - 6 in the useful sizes 2,5 to 4 m² maybe 5,5 m² you can find in the link, just change the gen - Nr. to find the other generations:
I use 2,5 - 3 - 4 m² Peak-Parawings gen4-5 after non destructive removal of the mixer (always 0,07 kg) I have added wood handles with 32 - 38 cm (0,11 - 0,17 kg) so on the end the weight of for example for my Peak5 - 2,5 m² keeps nearly the same:
0,53 - 0,07 + 0,11 = 0,57 kg
Here is an how to install and also to see how my conversion works:
…sorry not allowed to post the link Horst Sergio you may find on youtube.
But weight is IMO not so relevant, it is much more important how stable the profile and everything behaves, especially when pumping up in low wind, mostly by leg force.
With my 4 m² I can do this in around 8 knts in flat water and it takes till around 10 knts till I can go on riding just wind powered without leg support. @63 kg
I use Peaks as Parawings since March 2024 the shown way with just tiny trim jobs, which on the end are not even necessary, but anyway still try to improve the handles and the rest a little bit further. But the most important advantage of the Peaks: the upwind, was already exellent on the first test days, thanks to the “high” AR of 4 of the Peaks. It could still be better than all new parawing designs seen so far with typical just AR 3. But hopefully we will see more advanced designs coming in the near future.
Wandering about the lightwind use case. Assuming getting up with foil-assist and then using the parawing for on the foil experience…
Gong suggest wings as low as 5m for winds <10kts.
Flow and Takoon suggest >10kts winds for their 5m and 5.5m. Why higher wind range than with the wing? 777 suggest even higher - >13kts for their even larger parawing - 5m and even higher AR=3.3, why?
At this early state of market, different parawings may vary a lot in their low and high wind performance. But I would not count to much on what manufacturers write about windrange, as also experience of test riders will also vary a lot.
When I started 11 month ago I was just trying in a very small and high wind range.
Today I can pump up a 4 m² when it starts flying stable by itself in likely less than 8 knts and already used the same parawing up to 27 knts gusts without any stress in the harness.
Important for lightwind starts is IMO NOT to grab the bar with both hands, as you see in many videos, but with just one hand using the free arm to swing, as you would do for a paddle free pump up. Here is an old example with the 3 m² in quite light winds:
If you want to train your paddle up skills or even paddle free pump up skills, then I recommend to let the foil assist at home. The parawing is an awesome teacher and can help you up in flight long before there is enough wind for only wind powered riding.
Thanks.
8-27kts - this is promising some great future for this sport…
At this point in time I am not interested in paddle up or pump up. At this point in time I am interested to combine foil assist with wing such as to use the same 40L board and be less depend on the wind strength to get up on foil.
I hope parawing will fill the wing role in light wind adding the benefit of being able to open it as soon as on foil and close it when not needed.
Thank You,
so somebody also helped Mr. Naish to get on the train . This would be manufacturer Nr. 20 in my list, all still in less then 6 month, crazy. Also agree that what I can see from distance: FLOW seems to be a step in front of the rest.
But knowing just the three Peak3,4,5-generations used a lot as kites and parawings, I am not sure about if it is possible to evaluate those singleskin by “depower” as for example the old Peak3 as Parawing had quite a good depower feel but not necessarily the biggest windrange. And you can fly all those Peaks just on the front lines as the FLOW, but this is IMO not such a relevant key feature to me. Much more important to me is that glide is good and tips are stable all over a wide windrange. But hopefully in the next time I am able to compare more than just Peaks inbetween.
. This would be manufacturer Nr. 20 in my list, all still in less then 6 month, crazy. Also agree that what I can see from distance: FLOW seems to be a step in front of the rest.