martyman said..MrFish said..martyman said..Martinez said..
I'm luck in that I get to ride quite a lot , perhaps four sessions per week on average. I tend to use 5m wings about 80% of the time. My issue is , that my main wing is pretty much destroyed after about nine months ( despite optimal care) I'm left with a bagged out wing which is only fit for the bin. I've used wings from Duotone (my current 5m - D Lab unit) , slingshot and F-one and the outcome is the same.
My question is, which is the most durable wing?
The new full Allula wings of any make really. Allula airframe tend to perform much longer than the canopies...untill these full Allula ones have been released.
Gotta payyy to play though that's f sure
Have you seen the price though !!, will they last 3 times as long, because that's about how much extra they cost !!
Like I said in my last comment-gotta pay to play...
marco said..MrFish said..martyman said..Martinez said..
I'm luck in that I get to ride quite a lot , perhaps four sessions per week on average. I tend to use 5m wings about 80% of the time. My issue is , that my main wing is pretty much destroyed after about nine months ( despite optimal care) I'm left with a bagged out wing which is only fit for the bin. I've used wings from Duotone (my current 5m - D Lab unit) , slingshot and F-one and the outcome is the same.
My question is, which is the most durable wing?
The new full Allula wings of any make really. Allula airframe tend to perform much longer than the canopies...untill these full Allula ones have been released.
Gotta payyy to play though that's f sure
Have you seen the price though !!, will they last 3 times as long, because that's about how much extra they cost !!
Well said - $4k is just too much for Alluula. ENSIS got an XPLY material which does not stretch together with Hookipa for the struts. So I use that for my go to wing.
The subject line didn't mention anything about cost, it just asked which wing lasts the longest.
One of my Allula wings is on season #3 and has over 100 days of hard use. The Airframe is probably 75-80% as stiff as stock. Hopefully they will be able to lower the cost a bit for us mortals, but in the meantime I'm going to save up for one of full Alulla construction...maybe.
You have 100 days out of an Aluula frame wing? In my experience (Ive gone through several A-Series Glides and ride them as my current quiver) the Aluula frame wings with standard ripstop canopies ride excellent, but they actually bag out as fast or faster than a normal wing. The super stiff frame isolates all load onto the canopy, vs a standard construction wing where the frame flexes to absorb some of the power. Yes the airframe remains rigid, but even standard construction airframes hold decent rigidity. The canopy is the issue.
The new ones have evolved to pair the stiff frame with a canopy that can better withstand the loads.
I suggest either buying one super-premium 5m wing (full aluula or similar) vs a quiver of lesser wings, or buying two current-generation, standard construction wings with tight spacing (0.5-1m spacing) so you spread your usage around two wings and get half of the wear.
