The Hungarian pilots received through dealer Ference Medi and Ilona Balog our invitation to Miskolec. They wanted to take part in discussion about sport flying. The presentation was prepared by Michael Suchý and Crispin Williams, Attila Aklan said his experiences with a balloon Grand Prix, Sandor Vegh expressed requirements on top competition balloon in general.
Although the weather was poor for most of the time, the sun appeared for a while and Atila was able to inflate his balloon on the ground. In a nice surroundings of a nice hotel with good Hungarian meal and beverages, together with thermal spa, took place a lively conversation about pilots requirements to sport balloons, how well can producers implement and what are the difficulties during the construction and a dangerous related to extreme competitive flying.
Crispin, who has been flying GP type for three years and had the opportunity to fly with various rival types as well, judged the advantages and disadvantages of Racer of individual producers. Kubicek BB20GP "Grand Prix" has been given a good mark, its output parameters are almost as good as of the slendest and the sharpest sport balloons from England and Spain, however its construction is more safe. The clear advantage of the GP balloon is its precision of vertical descending, where the balloons even at the fast speed doesn't swerve from a vertical, but descends right at the cross.
If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask.
Grand Prix type presentation
2. October 2004, 9:27