THE LAMINAR MYTH: Before choosing this wing and did a lot of research because let's face it high performance wings price is very steep. I would hear: Laminar's are trackers, hard to put into turn and even rambunctious. Some others experienced pilots told me buy it. The main thing that had me pick the Icaro Laminar over all others is it's constant technology innovations in materials, manufacturing continuum, manufacturing quality across the production cycle. I was willing to pay more (Euro vs Canadian) to get an excellent quality wing since I'll be flying this for a long while. So I opened my mouth to get a sponsorship and thank God I did. Thanks to Surgical Room and Q-Optics for sponsoring this.
This was my 3rd flight on Laminar 13.2. I chose a smooth evening and towed with the vortex smart winch at Instinct Pilots. The wing fits me like a glove. Super happy with my choice. It's fast, polite, handles well, predictable, LIGHT in weight, light on controls. Urban legend as some saying that Laminar's are made for tracking and are hard to turn in thermals. WRONG! In terms of forgiveness, it's as nice and polite as a Falcon but at twice the speed. ( For those who raise the brow on this and can't understand the nuances: It's a wing that will not play tricks on you). I had a weak link break on the first launch at around 200' and since it's winch towing the nose attitude is up (notice video wing position on climb). When the pull stops, the wing can stall on you if you are slow to pull in. The Laminar had a gentle response to this event which amazed me. This is hands down the best wing I've flown in my years of flying and I've flown many of them. You look at it and it wants to take off on it's own. It glides and glides and glides. Ground effect is a bit long but I'll have it land short in a few flights.
Enjoy the rest of your summer and see you up there.
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