I have 130hr on my Luna 20m. I've taken it on lots of big XC trips (including the Wingman challenge). My opinion is that it's a very PRACTICAL xc wing, but not a high performance one. The well behaved launch is a lifesaver when you're exhausted, loaded with gear, and launching from a tight spot in switchy air. The gobs of flair will save you a skinned knee on you land at high elevation carrying 30lb of extra gear. Your buddies on freerides and warps will come screaming in at light speed. The passive safety and "tame" handling saves you from collapses while going through the real stuff in mid day mountain flying. You can fly hands-off more of the time while your buuddies on spicy high efficiency wings wincing through the pain of holding their arms up on the brakes toggles for 4hr straight through rough air. It does all that while having enough performance that you wont be handycapped on range. You can still go plenty far on a tank. Its a PRACTICAL xc wing with just enough performance keep up.

Love the Luna 2

Very nice review! 🪂 I love the Luna! 🤩

I hope you do a review off the cyclone

Great review! Love my Luna 2 :) Chase cam footage looks great, how did you configure it? To what lines is the chase cam connected?

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

Chase cam is hard to get right! And it changes for every glider. This glider it worked out well, stock line length, a good size bolt taped to the top of the chase came to balance the weight because it wanted to point down too much, and I attach it to the center most D line, through the loop on the fabric where the line attaches.

Love my Luna on my trike, but really want to start foot launching it. A little afraid it is too fast for me to launch and land

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

If you get the timing right and nail your launches it's not too fast at all. And landings are nice and slow too. But if you don't get your launch quite right you could have to run. But Luna is easy as can be to foot launch and land. Don't be afraid if you can actually run decently well

Also would the 20m be a little faster at 115kg?

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

Smaller is almost always faster. But I wouldn't expect to gain extraordinary amounts of speed from one size smaller

@577buttfan

Жыл бұрын

@@JustOutHereTinkering Yeah probably a few mph either way thanks man!!

Is this a thin or thicker fabric.

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

By weight and feel it's a thicker fabric. It's thicker than the new Nucleon 4 for example. But inflation is an absolute breeze and thats the only potential downside of heavier fabric.

I'd like to see the Nucleon 4 comparison

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

I would too!!! Hopefully that will be coming soon.

@sexonlegs666

Жыл бұрын

@@JustOutHereTinkering I get 28-42 mph on nuke 4 26m Im 104kg which probably puts overall with about 150kg. I think that's a bout middle of weight range. People often talk about speed but never talk about what they weigh.. As my weight fluctuates it affects the wing speed. When flying with friends makes a difference.

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

@@sexonlegs666 yes weight and wing size are very important

@MyNameIsJef

Жыл бұрын

I've flown both and posted my thoughts on my channel, if you're interested 😉

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

@@MyNameIsJef I have indeed watched your video on them. Your review was better than most that I've seen!

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@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

My all up weight is me standing on a scale with the motor on my back fueled up, helmet on and ready to fly. As for fuel efficiency. The lower the rpm the lower the fuel burn. At its base this means the Luna is not very efficient. You also have to factor in speed because if I'm doing 25mph at 5400rpm on one wing and 30mph at 5400rpm on another wing, the 2nd wing is more efficient. In this case though, the Flow RPM is smaller, faster, and has a lower RPM for cruising at that higher speed. So it's more efficient in every way I can measure it.

@celataiankupusavariswamy7546

Жыл бұрын

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Have heard people saying it is less pitch stable and also not so efficient. What are your impressions on these aspects ? I currently fly Magic 27mtr and thinking to step up to Luna 2 23 mtr.

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

It is not very efficient, that's my only real complaint with the wing. But I've had absolutely no issues with instability in any axis. It's a very stable and predictable wing

@dhanaybarbhaya

Жыл бұрын

@@JustOutHereTinkering what size did you fly ?

@JustOutHereTinkering

Жыл бұрын

@@dhanaybarbhaya At the end of the video where i input all the numbers in a chart it said the size. however i fly the 23m

@MyNameIsJef

Жыл бұрын

That's my observation as well. Regarding pitch stability, it flies more similar to Ozone gliders, a little less pitch-stable than Dudeks. But man, it's a very fun wing to fly!

Was this in nil wind?

@JustOutHereTinkering

10 ай бұрын

This video encompasses many different flights. Some in wind, some in nil wind. The Luna handles all conditions well honestly