One pilot has asked me about the differences between the Airborne Sting 3 and the Moyes Litesport. The Sting 3 is an intermediate glider built to have intermediate handing and intermediate (but better than the Sting 2 XC) performance. The Litesport is an advanced glider with advanced performance and advanced handling.

The fact that they both have kingposts is not necessarily a sign or symbol that they are equivalent gliders although most hang glider pilots seem to be very symbol oriented (this is encouraged by the manufacturers). There is a lot more than goes into a glider and its performance than whether it has a kingpost or not. This is a problem for Moyes as they are marketing it against the symbol of the kingpost, which tells most hang glider pilots that this glider (the Litesport) is supposed to be an intermediate glider (which it is not).

I remember a few years ago when I first flew the Litesport after flying the Wills Wing U2 and how much "stiffer" it felt. Of course, now it feels like a baby doll to me.

Just subjectively on a scale of handling/performance I would rank the gliders in this fashion. Airborne Sting 3, Wills Wing U2, Moyes Litesport, left going to right more performance, right going to left easier handling.

As we have seen the Litespsort is an advanced glider that performs almost as well as the topless gliders in glide at speeds below 40 mph. It climbs as well as or better than the Litespeeds (and equivalent topless gliders). Blay was calling it the "Lighterspeed" after seeing its performance, especially on the seventh day of the NSW State Titles at Manilla.