Inflatable protection | rebound?
A question that everyone was asking 20 years ago and which resurfaces! With the inflatable protection, how is the risk of rebound managed? Is there a valve or…
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A question that everyone was asking 20 years ago and which resurfaces! With the inflatable protection, how is the risk of rebound managed? Is there a valve or…
In Switzerland, most schools require their students to use only EN-A paragliders. But how to choose it to start an activity that we do not yet know? One…
Usefulness of safety buckles and what to do if we have to land in the water? Safety buckles, very widespread a few years ago, have almost disappeared with…
By Eric Laforge, on 25 May 2025 Recent evolution of the paragliding checks that we have been doing since the beginning of the activity, 40 years ago. At…
Yves developed his special wing system with reactors and made many tests at the Bex aerodrome, close to our company. We participated in the modification of the harness…
Yves developed his special wing system with reactors and made many tests at the Bex aerodrome, close to our company. We participated in the modification of the harness…
Fly more safely! Do not pull the controls a bit just to “feel” the canopy. With a modern paraglider, it is useless and dangerous to fly with a…
Is it useful to check an old paraglider? Yes, of course if you want to fly with it. Porosity: this is the first thing to check! Recent or…
In French they say “fourchette de poids” (weight fork) = weight range. The term “weight fork” refers to the weight range (take-off weight) for which a paraglider is…
All paragliders are subject to collapses! Even the EN-A school models! When the shear is too great and the pilot’s reaction too late or non-existent, it collapses !…
Provoke yourself what you agree to undergo ! When flying by a paraglider, we need to be prepared for collapses. We have to prepare ourselves by provoking them…
Fly more efficiently! An ACTIVE pilot serves With a modern paraglider, it is useless and dangerous to fly while slightly (less than 10%) applying the brakes “to feel…
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