We've decided to give you a translation of the full conclusion to the article in Thermik Magazine 3/2015 - we couldn't have stated it any better ourselves.
Thermik Magazine does a number of very elaborate comparative reviews each year. They recently looked at the EN A class, and had the following gliders in for a comparative review:
It is that time of year again; a time of pent-up frustrations with the long winter hibernation that the European climate dictates (although some regions have experienced unseasonally good flying conditions this winter). But as the spring creeps closer, so do all the events that are there to showcase what the paragliding industry has been up to in their R&D departments lately.
With the new glider technology, specifically the rods that are used in the canopy to maintain the perfect aerofoil at all angles of incidence, glider packs have grown longer and longer in recent years.
Truth be told, not very many of these new wings have reached their end users yet - but one went straight off the production line and off to KK (UP Australia) for him to fly in the Bright and Corryong Opens Down Under, and KK has kindly provided us with his take on it:
Der Trango XC3 hat in der Größe M die Zulassungstests bei Mindest- und Maximallast mit EN C bestanden. Während wir diesen Erfolg feiern haben wir natürlich nicht vergessen die Produktion der ersten Schirme anzukurbeln.
On Thursday last week the Trango XC3 in size M passed the certification tests at the min. wing loading - the max. load had been done about a week earlier - in the EN C category. While celebrating this we fortunately remembered to order the first generous batch of wings from the production facilities.
We received an email from our rep in Argentina:
Latest news from the world of paraglider certification is that our Summit XC3 has now passed in size XS,
Unser Summit XC3 wurde in der Größe XS (60-80kg) erfolgreich mit EN B zertifiziert.
