ADVANCE Iota 2 (25) — A High-B That Traded Playfulness for XC

The wing's strengths form a single chain. It banks height in weak lift, then turns that height into distance on full bar without ever getting nervous. Frontals go in fairly deep and momentarily fold into a horseshoe, but the recovery is quick, and big ears reopen predictably. On glide alone, the verdict reaches up toward the class above. The price is just as clear: the toy-like feel the Iota 1 gave you. The brakes are neither short nor light, and the roll is tuned to report the air rather than to excite the pilot. A pilot who wants to play with the terrain and the core may miss that. For the pilot counting on the last thermal of the day to stretch the distance, that composure is the weapon.