UP Misti
AN ACRO ALL-ROUNDER
The Misti project started back in 2015. The goal was clear: build a trademark UP glider for the acro scene - a durable product that pilots love to fly. At the end of 2018, UP went back to the drawing board with Ondrej Procházka to tease out the essential points of such an all-round glider; and build it.
UP were striving to come up with a glider that suits most pilots, starting with beginners. A wing that is as easy as the current "relaxed" acro gliders. In a big size, you can have it as a glider to enter the acro flying world. In addition, UP ended up with such maneuverability and usable energy that the glider in a smaller size will capture the heart of advanced pilots.
The project would not have had such a good outcome without the skills of the UP chief designer Franta Pavlousek. His many decades of glider development experience make the UP Misti a very complete and interesting glider to fly.
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What are the 4 essential point of the UP acro glider?
Predictable behavior
Similar to cross-country gliders, acro gliders must fly consistently and have predictable behavior. Over the last decade, acro gliders of all brands have advanced and made progressing in acrobatics safer. The UP Misti continues this trend. After hundreds of hours of testing, the results show that the glider doesn't do unexpected things. The backfly is very easy and creates a clean controllable backward motion if flown with freebrakes and hands wide open. The aggressiveness is damped, especially if flown around 4 kg/sqm, and stays very manageable even above 6 kg/sqm - precise brake travel and pressure feedback help keep control of the wing.Nowadays, it is easy to construct a glider with all kinds of cool inventions like vents and pressure valves. But are they really making the glider better? UP took a closer look at them during testing but opted with a simple design. The key will always be a well-chosen airfoil. If the airfoil is good, vents are unnecessary added weight. This saved weight contributed to a glider that is more robust and long-lasting. The construction of UP Misti follows the highest standards: reinforced leading-edge taped up between cells, tension straps on all cascades, specially angled attachment points, and the strongest line material available. UP have built a tank - made for hundreds of hours of heavy use.
WINGLOAD RECOMMENDATIONS:
Depending on your level and preferred style of use, you have to plan on getting the correct size of your glider. Follow the table below, and calculate your loading values as following:
TOW in XX
Kg divided by m2 flat surface behavior.
E.g. 100Kg complete Takeoff Weight / 20 sqm = 5,00Kg/m2>
Kg/m2 flat
4,25 beginner/first tricks
4,25-4,50 freestyle*
4,50-5,50 easy acro
>5,50 dynamic acro
*(Rythmic SAT/Infinit working)
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