Moxie PWR Review

What is the Moxie PWR?

The Moxie is a brand new design from Ozone. It is a beginner glider that is designed to maximize passive safety and ease of handling. While it is in the same class as the Mojo PWR 2, it has an improved inflation, better flare, better stability on the roll axis, and more passive safety. The only drawback compared to the Mojo is slightly less dynamic handling.

At the time of writing this, I have one flight on the Moxie which can be seen in the attached video. I look forward to using the Moxie as my new “go to” beginner glider.

Who is the Moxie PWR for?

The Moxie is purpose built for your first flights. It truly makes every aspect of paramotoring as simple and easy as possible. Similar to the Mojo, I believe this glider will become popular with schools. It is great for your first 25-50 flights, it will be a great option for pilots who just want to maximize safety, and can be used for some crossover free flight as well. I can see advanced pilots wanting a Moxie as a second or third glider when they see how easily it recovers from collapses.

Price, Colors, Options, and Sizing

One big advantage of the Moxie is the price. Ozone specifically reduced the price of this glider to make entering the sport cheaper. The 20-26m starts at $3,200 which is an entire $1,000 less than a Spyder. The 29m is $3,300 and the 31m is $3,400. Custom colors can be added for $250. Ozone is using the new color scheme, however, every stock color scheme has white bottom skin. When adding custom colors, you can make the bottom skin colored, it just has to match the “zone 1” color. There are no other special options available.

Similar to the Mojo, I would recommend loading the Moxie at the 60-80% mark for your first flights. For reference, I flew the 26m Moxie at an all up weight of 110kg. It felt very lifty, efficient, and docile. If you are an intermediate pilot, you may want to load it closer to 100% so that it is more dynamic.

Risers, Lines, and Cells

The Moxie uses a three liner design. The risers are very simple with split As, Bs, and Cs. Everything is color coded and very easy to use. The trims are locked closed out of the box but the mallion can be easily removed in order to access the trim range. I was not able to remove the mallion for my flight, but the trims were similar to the Mojo. Short and simple with neutral being fully closed. The speed bar was also relatively short, exactly what you would expect on a beginner glider.

The lines are fully sheathed and color coded. Ozone claims that the line plan has reduced the line drag by 18% compared to similar gliders in this class. I would tend to believe it, as I was very impressed with the efficiency and glide of this wing. The brake lines were a little long but fully usable on a low hang point motor.

The Moxie has a flat aspect ratio of 4.81 and a cell count of 38. This is a bit less than the Mojo, which contributes to its increase in passive safety and decrease in handling. Ozone claims the cell openings have been engineered to eliminate vibration or flutter, which I have noticed on other beginner gliders. I didn’t notice any fluttering on the Moxie, which is cool. I’m not sure how greatly that affects performance but it is always weird to look up and see your glider fluttering. Ozone also claims that the leading edge has been engineered to be wrinkle free to reduce drag. Again, I wouldn’t doubt this as I was impressed with the efficiency of this glider.

Winglets! I was honestly skeptical about winglets when Ozone first introduced them but now I have come to love them. As long as they are applied to the right glider. The winglets are used to improve the roll stability which reduces oscillations and improves spiral stability. Now that I have done my own testing on the Viper 6, with and without winglets, I can say they definitely work.

Inflation and Launch

The inflation of the Moxie was notably better than the Mojo. Ozone claims that the profile of the glider has been reduced in order to improve the inflation. Again, I believe them. The glider came up very easily and locked into position with no tendency to overshoot or fall back. Exactly what you want on a beginner glider. This was also with the trims fully closed, so I was impressed.

Once I gained speed and added a touch of brake, I was impressed with how lifty the glider felt. The whole launch felt like the glider was flying itself with minimal input from me. Stable and simple. It made me feel like I could launch the glider blindfolded. Or with no brakes at all.

In Flight Handling

As a beginner glider, you are not expecting speed or maneuverability. I would say the Moxie fulfilled exactly what I was expecting here. It required a decent amount of brake input to maneuver. Compared to the Mojo, the handling and maneuverability was slightly less. Still, I had no issue throwing it into wing overs, spirals, and a SAT.

What I was impressed with was the stability added by the winglets. As soon as I took off, I could feel that the glider just wanted to track straight. It had no tendency to oscillate which is a huge plus for beginners. As I exited wing overs, I could feel that the glider wanted to come right back to straight and level. It felt like autopilot. The winglets may contribute to lesser maneuverability when compared to the Mojo. After all, their purpose is to keep the glider flying straight. For a beginner glider, I would take winglets 100% of the time. The stability they provide makes the glider much more welcoming for a beginner.

Safety and Collapses

While this is a category that the Mojo shines in, the Moxie one ups the Mojo. The Moxie is A rated in all sizes. When I pulled an asymmetric collapse, the glider barely wanted to turn in the direction of the collapse. You just had to add a little opposite weight shift and brake to keep it flying straight. On the full frontal collapses, I was very impressed with how little the glider would surge on reinflation. I am definitely not an expert in these types of maneuvers, so this is where I stopped my testing. However, I would feel very confident that the Moxie would recover from B stalls, full stalls, and any other maneuver with ease.

Landing

After a very efficient glide down, I was impressed with the flare authority. Especially considering my wing loading and closed trim position. I did have a slight headwind, but I feel confident saying that the Moxie has a better flare than the Mojo. One of the instructors on the field noted that most students coming from the Mojo overshoot their landings on the Moxie because the glide is more flat. I feel like the Moxie is more efficient all around which makes the launch and landing easier.

Trike Use

As long as you remain within the recommended loading, I am confident that the Moxie would make a great beginner trike wing.

Free Flight Use

While Ozone doesn’t market the Moxie as a crossover free flight wing, I think it would excel in this environment. With its increased efficiency and better passive safety, I would choose the Moxie over the Mojo for thermalling or ridge soaring.

Advanced Skills

Similar to the Mojo, the Moxie is a great platform to learn all of your advanced skills on. Get used to operating the trimmers, speed bar, and dabble in wing overs on a safe glider like the Moxie before taking it to something with higher consequences. It would be a great glider to do your first SIV course on as well.

Cons

When writing reviews, I always have some cons. No glider is perfect. But after my flight on the Moxie, I struggle to come up with any. If I had to nit pick, the handling would be the only thing I could say isn’t the best. But then again, you don’t want dynamic handling on a beginner glider. It would probably take many more flights to find some real cons.

Conclusion

Whenever I start my own paramotor school, the Moxie will be the glider that I send my students up on. Ozone really did a great job in perfecting the beginner glider. I really look forward to getting more time under the Moxie.

Moxie PWR First Impressions