SUPAIR SAVAGE

SAVAGE EXPLORE NEW FRONTIERS A light glider to move far and fast. At 15m/s stepping on the bar or at 3m/s pushing on the hiking poles.   WHETHER YOU ENDEAVOUR TO CROSS THE ALPS NORTHWARDS, FLY OVER THE FLATS OF SOUTH AFRICA, GO ON A HIMALAYAN VOL-BIV OR START IN COMPETITIVE XC; THE SAVAGE IS UP TO THE TASK.   FAST AND SAFE, IT HAS BEEN PICKED BY SUPAIR’S R&D DEPARTMENT PILOTS AS THEIR PERSONAL GLIDER FOR 2020.   SAVAGE We received the first prototype at our head office in Annecy during fall 2018. The glide ratio was already good between 40 and 50km/h and the control very direct but we found the glider too demanding in active air at the time. So we spent the next 6 months setting up the canopy curve and brake distribution to get the ideal control over the glider. We finally went for a setting that enables a high-efficiency turn while maintaining a fair margin to the stall point. The effort on the brake line is increasing and reaches its maximum right before the stall point. The “ca