J’ai trouvé ça sur PForum, c’est sur l’Antea 2 mais comme le dit Marcus, à part 2-3 bricoles, c’est la meme que l’Insinia
[i]What exactly makes Antea 2 better
than Antea ?
SKY: „What exactly makes Antea 2 better than Antea?“
Alexandre: „Well, don’t expect me to provide the general public with
the recipe. Generally speaking what brings the improvement
is a different airfoil… and three more years of experience in exact
balancing and tuning of the aerodynamical features. The result
is stunning as it brings at the same time more performance,
a safer behaviour & a nicer handling. Maximum speed has
been improved by 10% and gliding ratio at half range of the
speed system of Antea 2 (48 km/h) is more than one point
better! Antea 2 does not only easily keep up with the best wings
of the C category in maximum glide, it also outperforms them
at maximum speed and outfoxes them through its agility in
thermal climbs.“
SKY: „What is the difference between Antea 2 and Atis 3?“
Alexandre: „There is not one difference, but a world of difference. Though
Antea 2 is an easy going paraglider in the C category,
it definitely requires more skills from the pilot than a B glider like
Atis 3. The difference might not appear stunning on a smooth
ridge soaring, but it will soon become obvious in rough thermal
conditions. As for the advantage of Antea 2 compared to Atis 3,
it is of course the performance and especially the speed range
and the glide at high speed.“
SKY: „What did you especially focus on in the process of ANTEA 2’s
development?“
Alexandre: „We focused on not being driven by trends and fashions,
but by technically well-thought-out features and we focused
on bringing performance which is not only pure performance
(best glide, lowest sinkrate or highest speed), but optimized
performance (excellent sinrate for thermaling from 30 km/h
to 38 km/h and excellent glide from 38 km/h to 50 km/h).“
SKY: „Who is Antea 2 designed for?“
Alexandre: „Antea 2 has been designed for experienced pilots with very
regular practise who are aiming for long distance flights.
The airfoil used for Antea 2 is clearly oriented towards good
performance at higher speed; it is therefore a nonsense to fly
the Antea 2 on the brakes. We clearly advise to fly the Antea
2 with a harness setting corresponding to the one foreseen by
the EN 926-1 certification standard (see detailed information
in the owners manual); a stable setting of the harness is the
key to a fine and precise handling that will allow the pilot to use
the stunning potential of the Antea 2 at its best.“
SKY: „What are the main advantages of Antea 2?“
Alexandre: „ • Antea 2 performs at the best level in the C category;
it glides at least as good as any three-liner on the market and
outperforms competing models in maximum speed.
• Antea 2 is just a well born paraglider, it does not need rods
to correct its nose and is not doped by huge aspect ratio.
It performs in a quiet and safe way and remains as easy to pack
as a paraglider should be.
• The spirit of lightness also makes the glider different.
The Antea 2 is almost 15% lighter compared to most the C
models available on the market. The Antea 2 is not only light
to carry but also light during launching and light in handling.“
SKY: „Is Sky planning to design another C glider?“
Alexandre: „Our decision will depend on the political decisions regarding
competition gliders. The idea is more to work on a nice
D class glider unless this category is completely spoilt with killer
competition machines.“[/i]
Etonnant quand-meme l’insistance qu’il a sur le fait qu’elle doit etre volé rapide pour vraiment donner son potentiel maximum. Un peu surprenant aussi qu’il la place comme une vrai C alors que de l’avis général tout le monde semble d’accord pour la définir comme une B sans compromis.
Au passage, si quelqu’un l’a comparée à une Artik 2 ce serait pas mal d’avoir un retour :roll:
