FREE FLIGHT WINGS DESIGN STUDIO


Stress-strain ripstop curves. Effect of the bias in grid angle
By Eric Fontaine


Bird-like shaped profiles for single-surface paragliders. In search of a new single skin airfoil, optimal triangle design, Stork project, analogy with suspension and cable-stayed bridges, and other questions, by Arnaud Martinez and Pere Casellas.


The month of may 2021 begins with important news! Four Barretina's Hyper Lite BHL* under construction, some almost finished!


Coleurs BHL5-TA 16 m2


BHL5-16 "Hautes Alpes", by Thierry Bosq


BHL5-16 "Tarnos", by Eric Fontaine

BHL2-16 "evo", by Arnaud Martínez

BHL2-19 "classic", by Alexandre


BHL6 high-performance single skin paraglider, aspect ratio = 8.01. Under study phase.

Leparagliding GUI Python version


Sagitta, by Paweł Lipski (Altair Paragliders)

Laxman Rawat special gnuA5 prototype (scaled to 15 m2) march 2021:

Barretina Hyper Lite 5 in 24, 20, and 16 m2, ready!
 


The art and science of hang gliding design


Enter the Laboratory...

 
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