The 45th edition of the Coupe Icare was, as always, an exciting amalgam of industry news, old friends and new, and swarms of flying humans, all joined together in the beautiful village of St Hilaire du Touvet, France.<\/p>\n
This year we announced several new products that will be arriving in 2019:<\/p>\n
Swift 5
\nLightweight Sport-Intermediate Performance
\nThe Swift 5 takes all of the performance of the Rush 5, transformed into a technologically advanced lightweight form. The lighter sail elevates the Swift 5 in the class, yielding higher overall performance with crisper and more agile handling thanks to reduced sail inertia. <\/p>\n
Mantra M7
\nThe Next Generation of Ultimate 3-Liner
\nThe M7 is based on the now legendary ZENO, but with a reduced aspect ratio of 6.5. Compared to the ZENO, it is less demanding in strong air and more cohesive in turbulence. Certified EN D because of the use of collapse lines for testing, the M7’s character is more similar to the class below. It is a truly comfortable high performance wing. In Russ’s words: \u201cIt is literally the best handling wing I have ever flown. The feel through the brakes is close to perfect, with precise and agile handling.\u201d <\/p>\n
XXLite2
\nThe World’s Lightest Aircraft
\nThe new XXLite2 is …read more<\/a> <\/p>\n