Pilots who loved the Summit XC² will feel right at home on the new Summit incarnation. It has the same reassuring feel, but being a completely new design it does offer a sharper handling and quite a bit higher performance figures in real-life flying.

And speaking of performance, the Summit XC³ is a wing designed with top performance in mind. The flat aspect ratio of 6.3  is high for this class, but with the design being quite a high-arc one the projected A/R is less extreme, to the benefit of handling and safety. As usual with UP wings, the new design has no hidden vices which could jump out and bite you when you least expect it. The handling has been refined until all our test pilots were happy, so that you can be sure to sit at the top of the stack, ready to glide out on new mile-munching adventures, every time you thermal.

Traditionally, high aspect ratio gives an advantage in light lift but is somewhat penalised in high-speed glides, since the extra lines needed to keep all that span in check add parasitic drag to the configuration especially at higher speeds. Our R&D guys have addressed that oxymoron by refining the line layout so that the Summit XC³, in spite of the high A/R, has even less lines than wings with much lower A/R - this translates into the best of both worlds; amazing thermalling properties AND top performance at high speeds.

The UP R&D team has chosen a completely new aerofoil for the newest Summit Series incarnation. We call it the New Generation Aerofoil, and it excells through the ability to maintain internal pressure constant at all angles of attack. This translates into more collapse-resistance and more solidity throughout the speed range.

As a high-performance wing, the Summit XC³ utilises unsheathed lines throughout (main brake line is the exception). The unsheathed lines are stronger and generate less drag than their sheathed counterparts, an important consideration when building wings with class-bursting performance. The speed system has also been carefully designed to bring ease-of-use as well as considerable speed increase at your, err, toe tips...

The new Summit XC³ comes in 3 all-new standard colour combinations (see below) and can be ordered in custom colours at a surcharge.

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In the box: Ergonomic Backpack in size L except for the XS size, which comes with the M backpack as standard, glider bag, compression strap, UP gift, UP sticker

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