AirDesign X-Ped XS — A Lightweight Hike-and-Fly Two-Liner That Plays Like a Swallow

The X-Ped XS's strengths are unmistakable: the immediate feel of a light canopy in the hands, and the nimble turn that bites into a thermal core. What it is not is a glider that builds distance through glide. The responsiveness and portability won by lowering the aspect ratio are, by the same measure, efficiency given up. So the X-Ped XS belongs less to the pilot who wants to go far, and more to the experienced pilot who wants to walk to the summit, float the wing up lightly, and play with the air like a swallow. For the person buying feel rather than distance, this wing is the exact answer.