Ozone WASP V2, too much trailing hand pressure

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WingOut said..
Hi,
at the moment I'm thinking about a new wing. My ozone WASP V2 is nice but has too much trailing hand pressure in strong wings.
Are there others some have the same experience?
which one do you like better?
Handels or boom?

I used to have a full quiver of Ozone's, upgraded 3 and 4 to KTs, still have 5 and 6 ozone's.
the KTs do everything better, they feel great, have better handles and behave really well overpowered.
I want to get a 5KT and I won't get a 6 again, the KTs have better low end.

I'm thinking that in the same way a small light windsurfing person have their harness lines in a different position to a larger heavier person that heavy back hand pressure might vary from person to person..

Long handles or mini boom handles should help with this issue..

I had a 5m Wasp v2 for a while - I found it very back handed in gusts. I'm used to more forward pulling wings so I found it a bit agricultural to be honest , esp for a v2 wing. I was surprised that the draft seemed to move around so much - always hated that feeling in a windsurf sail and hate it in a wing as well , considering that there are plenty of wings that don't get so back handed in gusts. Hopefully Ozone have raised their game for their v3 wings.

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mikesids said..
I had a 5m Wasp v2 for a while - I found it very back handed in gusts. I'm used to more forward pulling wings so I found it a bit agricultural to be honest , esp for a v2 wing. I was surprised that the draft seemed to move around so much - always hated that feeling in a windsurf sail and hate it in a wing as well , considering that there are plenty of wings that don't get so back handed in gusts. Hopefully Ozone have raised their game for their v3 wings.

Very opposite in fact to my experience. When the V2 is held vertical in its correct wind range the wing actually drives forward, like a kite racing to the edge of the wind window, towing me forward steeply upwind rather than pulling my front hand in a downwind direction.

Horses for courses i guess but yes when overpowered in gusty winds and needing to bleed power by letting the back hand out it will feel very backhanded but so do all the wings that aren't so spongy.

Would love to know what wings make the v2 agricultural

I only feel backhanded om my V2 6 in strong gusts, but oth it pulls like a truck in low winds. Meanwhile i use a harness with the 6, that helps a lot.
With the V2 5 and 4 i don't feel backhanded but i hold them rather vertical even in stronger winds where they deliver a lot of forward pull.
Key for this is the use of a fast foil that can translate the pull in speed. I guess with a bigger and slower foil that pull could get too much.