ADVANCE Interview ( Valery Chapuis)
1-Ziad: Can you tell us please about ADVANCE new products for 2017 ?
- Valery Chapuis: BIBETA 6, SUCCESS 4, SIGMA 10, Companion SQR 220. Other products are not decided yet.
Please have a look at our homepage. http://www.advance.ch/en/home/news-pages/success-4-safe-and-comfortable-no-compromise/ , we’ll publish soon a complete information.
2- What can you tell the pilots about the new Sigma? What do they have to expect?
- Valery Chapuis: middle C wing with a very high level of performance (more than our OMEGA 9 photos from the beginning of this year) with a vey predictable behavior. With all the existing technology.
Any D glider for the future ? …
- Valery Chapuis : Maybe a OMEGA 9 end of next year. We are making new 3 and 2 liners photos.
3-Ziad: The Iota is a high B with a very high ratio of : top performance / comfortable behavior with a moderate aspect ratio ! Now it seems the Sigma 9 follow that same path . A concept for the middle C pilots as you mentioned. Could you please elaborate on this ? With an approximate idea for the aspect ratio ?
-Valery Chapuis: The Sigma 10 will be a middle C wing, I mean a real C wing, not a low D, not a high B. A normal sport wing pilot can easily fly a Sigma 10, the wing is very intuitive and predictable.
4-Ziad: What about handling versus the Sigma 9 ?
Valery Chapuis: Still very responsive but a little bit less direct than the 9, we were not far from a freestyle behavior, depending on the pilot weight of course.
5-Ziad: Will it have unsheathed lines like the Iota ?
- Yes, like the Iota and like the Sigma 9 as it is a wing aimed for performance and cross country flights.
6- Ziad: Also its nice to see 5 sizes ! Very interesting ! Can you please elaborate on that decision ?
- Valery Chapuis: 5 sizes will give more choice to the pilots and more possibilities to find the right size.
6-Ziad: What's a 3D panel shaping ? and what does it do ?
Valery Chapuis: The 3D shapping helps the leading edge to be more resistant as it reduces the elasticity of the fabric, that gives a better behaviour to the wing.
7- Ziad: Who are the people behind this design ? In R&D and testing?
Valery Chapuis: It is as usual our complete R&D Team. Silas Bosco and Hannes Papesh remain the computer designers and the test pilots with Kare Eisenhut as responsible make the wing as we decided in the design manifest.
8- Ziad:Will it be there an impress 3 replacement in the near future ?
Valery Chapuis: Yes we discussed already about a Impress 4 but we dont have yet a timing.
9- Ziad: What's the difference between the Beta 5 and 6 ?
Valery Chapuis: The 6 benefits of all the technology and knowledge we could acquire during the past 4 years after we made the Beta 5. A complet product presentation will be published next week in our homepage, please have a look it is really interesting.
10-Ziad: Anything you want to add?
Valery Chapuis: I’d like to add a big hello to all the pilots and don’t forget that you are not alone in your life, your family is expecting that you go back home tonight, then fly safely and always land happy.
Ziad: Thank you very much !
1-Ziad: Can you tell us please about ADVANCE new products for 2017 ?
- Valery Chapuis: BIBETA 6, SUCCESS 4, SIGMA 10, Companion SQR 220. Other products are not decided yet.
Please have a look at our homepage. http://www.advance.ch/en/home/news-pages/success-4-safe-and-comfortable-no-compromise/ , we’ll publish soon a complete information.
2- What can you tell the pilots about the new Sigma? What do they have to expect?
- Valery Chapuis: middle C wing with a very high level of performance (more than our OMEGA 9 photos from the beginning of this year) with a vey predictable behavior. With all the existing technology.
Any D glider for the future ? …
- Valery Chapuis : Maybe a OMEGA 9 end of next year. We are making new 3 and 2 liners photos.
3-Ziad: The Iota is a high B with a very high ratio of : top performance / comfortable behavior with a moderate aspect ratio ! Now it seems the Sigma 9 follow that same path . A concept for the middle C pilots as you mentioned. Could you please elaborate on this ? With an approximate idea for the aspect ratio ?
-Valery Chapuis: The Sigma 10 will be a middle C wing, I mean a real C wing, not a low D, not a high B. A normal sport wing pilot can easily fly a Sigma 10, the wing is very intuitive and predictable.
4-Ziad: What about handling versus the Sigma 9 ?
Valery Chapuis: Still very responsive but a little bit less direct than the 9, we were not far from a freestyle behavior, depending on the pilot weight of course.
5-Ziad: Will it have unsheathed lines like the Iota ?
- Yes, like the Iota and like the Sigma 9 as it is a wing aimed for performance and cross country flights.
6- Ziad: Also its nice to see 5 sizes ! Very interesting ! Can you please elaborate on that decision ?
- Valery Chapuis: 5 sizes will give more choice to the pilots and more possibilities to find the right size.
6-Ziad: What's a 3D panel shaping ? and what does it do ?
Valery Chapuis: The 3D shapping helps the leading edge to be more resistant as it reduces the elasticity of the fabric, that gives a better behaviour to the wing.
7- Ziad: Who are the people behind this design ? In R&D and testing?
Valery Chapuis: It is as usual our complete R&D Team. Silas Bosco and Hannes Papesh remain the computer designers and the test pilots with Kare Eisenhut as responsible make the wing as we decided in the design manifest.
8- Ziad:Will it be there an impress 3 replacement in the near future ?
Valery Chapuis: Yes we discussed already about a Impress 4 but we dont have yet a timing.
9- Ziad: What's the difference between the Beta 5 and 6 ?
Valery Chapuis: The 6 benefits of all the technology and knowledge we could acquire during the past 4 years after we made the Beta 5. A complet product presentation will be published next week in our homepage, please have a look it is really interesting.
10-Ziad: Anything you want to add?
Valery Chapuis: I’d like to add a big hello to all the pilots and don’t forget that you are not alone in your life, your family is expecting that you go back home tonight, then fly safely and always land happy.
Ziad: Thank you very much !