As with the weight, the difference in volume between a Light and Standard version is generally 30%. It is very appreciable when it comes to storing your paraglider in a bag.
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As with the weight, the difference in volume between a Light and Standard version is generally 30%. It is very appreciable when it comes to storing your paraglider in a bag.
It is obvious that lightweight materials are less durable than standard materials, but to what extent? For a paraglider used intensively in school or to make several two-seater…
Light fabric is more expensive and so is manufacturing. Unsheathed and spliced lines are also much more expensive than standard lines. Light versions have long accounted for only…
A Light canopy is even easier to inflate than the Standard version. It takes less headwind (or speed of travel) for the Light paraglider to land on its…
For us, the answer is clearly “MAILLONS”! Soft-links or textile connectors (Connects) are of course strong enough, there is no doubt about it. They just complicate the handling…