pete_b Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Saw this if anyone is looking for a wing. Dudek Reaction 27 in excellent condition and very clean. Gobi colours (orange and blue above,white below), TST fitted, regularly serviced at Aerofix with porosity measured at 284 secs (30 flying hours ago) Total hours by me since new 195hrs. I have replaced it with another Reaction. Fabulous wing, safe as houses and easy to launch and land with practice! The best wing for power launches too. Now costing around £2200-£2300 new. Here is a video link of the wing in question. http://www.vimeo.com/1441734 Comes complete with stuff sack/rucksack. £750. Tel. 01595 693765 (daytime at work) John Coutts Pete b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irm750 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Seems like a bargain. Shame I need fat B*****d size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Damn, do I go for motor or wing first? Was looking at the reaction or a revo...this is good price and just right size...but I have my eyes set on a top 80 at moment too.... Hmmmmm, decisions...it's one or tother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesplat Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 No brainer with the wing you can start your training but all you can do with the motor is run up and down the garden till the neighbours complain then sit and polish it till you get a wing and then some more while you learn to ground handle Just my pennys worth. Cheers col.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Im with colin. I have one and they are very good Pete b. At this price it wont be there long. Pete b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapperpappa Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 how long does a wing like this normally last?? how heavy can this wing take also as i'm kinda on the cuddly side lol and mostly is it still around to be taken?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 In these latitudes, (the UV question) around 400 hours tends to be the figure much quoted. If you spend all day ground handling when the weather is good or leave your wing unprotected in direct sunlight then that figure obviously reduces. Divide what is left of the wing by your projected number of flying hours per year. That Reaction probably has around 3-4 years worth of flying left on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza_c Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Ben, Reaction anyday just my opinion though get the wing first and do the grd handling then when the motor comes along up up and away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgy Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I would say get the wing first as the saying goes practice makes perfect.. I would ground handle till i was blue and couldnt walk anymore get a cheap harness ozone do a ground handling harfness cheep and i think dan the man had a great ground handling harness "sorry dont know who makes it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignos Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I would say buy the wing, get up your local park and get practicing! i bought a great harness from ebay for about 50 quid , its made of straps instead of a cheap paraglider harness - you dont sweat (as much)! incidentally, i will have the same wing for sale soon in blue and black, but with a paramotor also (for a bigger guy - im 18 stone) I found that the reaction tends to 'overshoot' when you pull it up, but you get used to it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer_Dave Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Be carefull with the training harness. They offer no protection. I know it sounds like Dave's harping on again, because I say the same about crumple zones on motors, but groundhandling in lively conditions can be alot more painfull than flying. You can get a gust, combined with inappropriate braking, and you're lifted and dumped on yer back (and head) A secondhand freeflying harness is a better bet. You might even use it if you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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