Oct 26, 2022 | Paraglider, Top-News
The professional alpinists and trail runners Philipp Reiter and Jakob Hermann were looking for a very special challenge. The plan was to get as far south as possible from Werfenweng within 3 days – Hike&Fly style, only on foot and with a paraglider. Unfortunately,...
Oct 25, 2022 | Non classifié(e), Paraglider
skywalk R&D Stephan Gruber gives you an insight into the technical details and the development of our ultralight performance wing X-ALPS5. Which requirements should the design meet? How does the serial glider differ from the athlete version? What are the...
Oct 19, 2022 | Paraglider, Top-News
During a B-stall maneuver with a heavily used CHILI3 manufactured in 4/2014, several lines in the outer area broke. The pilot immediately deployed his reserve parachute and landed uninjured. The inspection showed that the strength of the Technora lines was...
Oct 4, 2022 | Non classifié(e)
During our regular series control, we noticed that a few SALSA rescue systems had a 4 mm rubber line installedon the inner container instead of a 3 mm rubber line. The strength of the rubber line and the associated elasticity determine how high the force must be to...
