The Helios and XXLite are excellent, high performance DLGs manufactured in Belgium, and I am glad to say that they are available here in the US!
NEW! Website for the Helios and XXLite!
http://www.compositegliders.com/
The Helios excels in 2 areas that are highly criticial to DLG competition. First, the range of this bird is remarkable. No longer will you be afraid that the lift that just blew by you is too far away. In all honesty, what limits the travel range of this plane is your limit of vision. The increased range and penetration will feel MILES beyond anything you were accustomed to. The Helios has excellent penetration coming back home from deep down wind, even in strong head winds. Second, it handles turbulent air very well. A little bit of ballast added, and you can tame some monster wind and still make it back home for a hand catch. Both of these performance characteristics are due to the well balanced design and the very thin Zone V2 foils used for the wing. This foil is revolutionary, there is no other word for it. Don't let the high penetration and ranging fool you though, it is also perfectly at home slowing down to handle low lift/dead air. It does all of this, yet is still a very user friendly bird with easy flight characteristics.
***2013 update*** All Helios produced are now Helios 2. Prices will remian the same as the Helios 1.
The XXLite takes the Helios and goes a step further, more high performance, more radical in design. It's a new and very
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