First honest review I've seen that addresses the low wind capability of this wing and doesn't try to gloss over it with "new pumping technique" excuses. This alone put your channel for wing reviews to the top of my trusted sources - well done. I wish other "reviewers" would keep it real and cover what the wing is good at and what it is not good at as there is no perfect design, no wing can be the best at everything, design choices have consequences both positive and negative.
I'm 175 cm or 5' 9" and I find the wingspan of the 5.0 Strike V3 too wide for pumping without catching the wing tips. The wing is very stable and pulls like a truck once you are up, but the hassles of getting up aren't worth it for me. I'm going to test the new Swing V3 for which I have high hopes....it has a much more compact design.
Great review - appreciate the "honest" feedback on the positives and negatives - and thanks for doing it in English! PS Any plans to review the new Swing v3?
Great, thanks, my V3 5 Sqm behaves exactly as you describe. You „praise“ the cwc for light wind. For the v2 cwc I agree. Question: doesn’t the V3 cwc have the same low wind pumping problem compared to the V2? I fear yes…? Thanks for an indication. Gerrit (expecting the 6 cwc V3 soon😮)
V1 and v2 CWC where basicly the same, different colors. The CWC always had a deeper, more 'baggie' design over the normal Strike. Same for the V3 cwc I think. But I did not try this one. It's been to windy here and the focus lately has been on 4m wings. 4m strike really performs well by the way! 6m cwc is on stock by the way.
Well there is no full straight answer. It does depend on currents and chop or not. But 13-15 knots I think the 5.5 starts to work for me with 56l board and 1000 surface area frontwing.
