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Op het paraglidingforum heeft iemand onderstaand review gepost. Deze piloot heeft net als ik lang een Aspen1 gevlogen, en heeft nu een Aspen 3 gekocht. Ik heb de Aspen3 nog steeds niet getest, maar als ik dit testverslag zo lees is daar bijna geen aanleiding meer voor. Eén van de meest interessante reviews over de Aspen3 die ik gelezen heb (vooral omdat hij zo goed ingaat op het verschil met de aspen1.
When talking in relative terms about the Aspen 3, I am only really able to offer a comparison to my Aspen 1 which I have flown for the last four or five years. I took delivery of my new A3 back in June and have since flown some 20+ hours in all sorts of conditions, both alpine summer thermal and UK dynamic soaring.
The first really noticeable difference: the A3 is much, much lighter on the brakes with a generally more lively, responsive feel. Compare this to the A1 where, in honesty, the brake action can be a bit soggy.
Second noticeable difference. The A3 is faster (flying the same 26m/90kg sail area/load profile as A1) and you find yourself generally catching up with other pilots on a dynamic beat. Glide performance is impossible to estimate in anything other than still air which it hardly ever is but I suspect it to be slightly better but not "gosh, that's money well spent" better.
Third noticeable difference. Accelerated performance is much, much, much better, both in terms of absolute speed, glide and, best of all, stability. Where the A1 was generally quite good in the polar curve but definitely twitchy (acceleration never really felt a safe option in anything other than smooth air) the A3 absolutely screams along on full bar with just a modest droop in the glide angle. Even when the air has generally been bumpy to rough, I have only experienced one loud bang and no significant change of direction in a rather heavy handed exploration of the flight envelope. Bar action is also progressive and relatively light. You really do feel confident in charging from one thermal to the next while making full use of the bar. I never really had this confidence with the A1, even after hundreds of hours. This factor alone is enough to justify purchase of the wing, at least for me.
Fourth noticeable difference. The ultra-thin sheathed and unsheathed lines seem to tangle if they come into contact with the most unsubstantial blade of grass. This wing definitely needs more care in laying out. The launch characteristics however are broadly similar to the A1 - easy, controllable and unremarkable. The Aspen 3 benefits from a little bit of C line restraint when bringing the wing up in strong wind.
Summing up A3 vs A1, this new wing feels superb. Light in control, fast, solid, but best of all, it seems to go exactly where you point it. If you want to go side on into a thermal. No problem. Bang it around and in it goes at the angle you select by whatever combination of weightshift and brake you happen to have fed into the wing (coordination appears built-in). It really is so easy to fly with the pilot being in no doubt that he has control of the wing rather than the other way about.
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