First impression BGD Cure 3 M

I flew the Cure 3 M at 95kg for only 3 hours in weak to moderate conditions. 

I really like the look from the Diva 2 and even more the Cure 3. I think their arc with the short lines and the racked wingtips really give them an amazing look. 

When flying the Cure 3 clearly has some features from the Diva 2. The sound it makes when you push speed bar and the feel you get is very similar, not quite a fast do. 

But the Cure 3 is clearly made to be flown on speed bar a lot. The moment you stop turning, it asks you to push bar. It feels like it has quite some reflex also, just like the Diva 2 or the Base 3. But the first thing you will notice is the firm brake pressure. From all the wings up to 95kg i have flown this one might have the highest brake sure. That said the handling is nice, it turns well and you don’t need to pull far for turning or active flying. Everything happens on a small brake range. The 2nd thing i noticed was how dampened in pitch it is. In calm to moderate conditions it just sits above you, very relaxed not doing anything. Even the tipps are very stable, i didn’t have a single tip collapse in 3hrs flying, it’s a reassuring feeling. But you can still take in the ears normally by using the A3 lines and they stayed in nicely even on bar.

The first impression is it’s really easy to fly for an EN-C 2-Liner with that aspect ratio. I didn’t get to fly it in strong conditions, but in moderate turbulence you feel it’s not a High-B wing and you need to work a bit more, but it stays quite compact and firm, it doesn’t move much in itself. 

It’s really comfortable to fly on bar; Very stable, precise, fast, no roll or yaw. The B pressure is quite high first, but when flying full bar it gets softer. However the B-lines never went slack as they do on the Diva 2, Mint, Sage, Photon, Delta 5 or others.

The stall point in calm air is low, you have to pull firm to stall or spin it. However i once accidentally stalled the tip when thermaling. I have the impression in situations where you have already a very high angle of attack, you need to be a little care full not to spin it. Similliar to a Mint, Sage, Diva 2, Artik R 2 or other wings. It’s not very sensitiv but if you are heavy handed and maybe come from an Ozone wing just be aware. On the Diva 2 i realized that this is also the case when it gets out of trim with more hours on it. The Ozone 2-Liners become collapsy on the tips when they get older, the Diva 2 more stable but easier to spin. Maybe this is also true for the Cure 3 and the one i tried is already a little slow on the tipps. That’s kind of how it felt for me. In fact it’s trimmed so „slow“ that i couldn’t control it on the Bs in trim. Just a few cm pull on the Bs stalled the tips immediately if i wasn’t flying on bar. I played around with the stall point a lot and got the wing 2x to stay in deep stall in one side, even with hands up. That’s why i assume it might be slightly out of trim my Demo i got with some hours on it.

Overall my first impression is really good, another nice En-C 2-Liner on the market that is stable and accessible. It reminded me quickly of my Diva 2 which i like a lot as well. I think it’s a good wing for long XC mission and it’s clearly easier to fly than the Diva 2, which is already rather easy for an En-D. I’m personally a big fan of EN-C 2-Liners, i think many pilots that fly En-Ds should switch to the C’s. They are a lot easier to fly but offer very similar performance! Without doing any comparisons i’m sure that is also true for the Cure 3. 

What we like

• Very stable on bar
• Very stable in general, also when thermalling
• Very stable tips
• Very pitch stable and dampened
• No roll on bar

Good to know

• Inflates rather slow on launch
• quit hard brake pressure

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