![]() ![]() ![]() No charge if Coronet Peak Tandems has to cancel the trip due to unsuitable weather conditions.Ģ0% charge if customer cancels 48 hours before departure.ĥ0% charge if customer cancels 1 hour before departure.ġ00% charge if customer does not show or is late.Ĭancellation policy during Covid 19 times (updated ):Ĭoronet Peak Tandems operates tandem flights during all settings of the new NZ Covid Protection Famework. I got a Magic 3 and a Magic 4 Full Race, both as 166 square footer.Coronet Peak Tandems Ltd reserve the right to cancel or amend any trip or booking. ![]() I found her a great thing to fly, but I hated the landings hard to get right flare so sold her on. I flew a Magic four for about eight hours air time in five flights. Selon Corinne, le pilotage est assez physique et après 2h de vol elle est crevée. Je l'ai montée plusieurs fois au déco de la Forclaz, je l'ai vue voler et partir en cross, poser à Doussard en poussant, l'aile est précise et très saine. Mon amie Corinne ne vole plus en delta, elle vend son Magic IV, certes ancien mais en parfait état. It was easy to launch and at loose VG settings easy to land. Probably due to it's large wingspan and the light wing loading. It could be flown flatter in turns than any glider I ever flew. I flew it in competition against the best at Dinosaur CO and I could out climb everyone in a thermal but got left in the dust on the long glides. And it hasn't been flown since as it sets on the rack in the garage. I flew it 103 miles across western Kansas in 1999. I have a Magic IV 166 Cross-country model and it was the very last one ever made. Overall however in terms of absolute fun and the joy of the sport of hang gliding I award the Magic IVFR 8 out of 10! Also the battens would bend easily being made of very thin aluminium and checking the profiles was necessary quite often as the glider would develop a turn easily with only a slight increase in the camber of the outboard battens. The battens just wouldn't go in easily and would always catch the sail with much coaxing required to get them in. My only complaint about the glider was that it wasĪ real pain to set up on the ground if the ground wasn't flat. Maybe it was heavy compared to modern gliders?, but it was just how I liked it. The pitch reponse was very authoritive and had no surprises. That's probably what I liked best about the Magic IV. You could line up square into the wind and pick your landing spot and then adjust the pitch angle to come down right on it without fear of nosing in or being flipped over. Top landings were a breeze though particulary in strong condtions. If you left it too late the gilder wouldn't respond and you'd end up nosing in. Landings I found to be a little tricker with a good hard flare required to end up on your feet in light conditions. You could pull into a steep dive, pick up speed and roll into a 60 degree banked turn and push hard out until your triceps ached and not worry about stalling the glider. Steep coordinated turns were great fun on this glider. Not sure if it was, but the IV sure was a fun glider to try it on. I used to love how quickly you could reverse your turn direction the opposite way to test whether the lift was in fact better turning against the thermal rotation. Energy retention in turns was very good and I found the IV thermalled best with a good high speed turn until you found the core and then you could ease the bar out into an easily coordinated turn with only minor corrections to pitch and roll. I flew the majority of the flight with the VG 1/2 to 2/3 on. in 20+ knot winds and I only landed because I had to piss, not because I was too tired. My longest flight was 4 1/2 hours at the Kaimai Range, N.Z. (But this was probably caused by my crap takeoff technique!) Pitch pressure was good, increasing progressively as the bar was pulled back, and it was easy to maintain a high speed with the VG on full with roll corrections fairly easy to make provided you kept your arms in good condition by flying often. Pity that Airwave didn't continue this with the Kiss! Takeoffs were reasonably easy but I found that sometimes the nose would pop up followed by a rapid dive as the Magic picked up speed. It was easy to set up and the cam lever to hook back the crosstube pull back cable was a brilliant idea. Though I've never flown a contemporary glider having not flown since '99. I'd just like to add that the Magic 4 was also produced in the 155 ft2 size. Trust me it's a super wing, performant and handy once loaded. ![]() I have a Magic 177 Fule race, adapted on Veliplane Samourai trolley. ![]()
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