Paragliders are:
- a weight shift controlled glider, that looks like a parachute, and use the air pressure in the cells of the paraglider wing to maintain its aerodynamic shape.
- These aircraft have a glide angle of about 6:1 up to 10:1,
- Fly at speeds of approximately 15kph to 40kph.
- Typical Stall speed - 20 kph
- Typical Min sink speed - 30 kph
- Typical Top / VNE - 50 kph
- Typical Min Sink rate - 1 m/s
- Typical L:D 8:1
- These aircraft easily fold down to the size of a 1 metre long by .5 m wide bag and weigh 15kg to 30kg.
- The PG comes in different sizes to match the pilot weights.
- Typical weight ranges are: 50kg = extra small 125KG = extra large
- The PG comes in different configurations depending on the ease and performance of flying
- DHV 1 - Gin Boost
- These gliders are the easy handling stable wings to learn and play on
- 7:1
- DHV 1-2 Ozone Rush 2
- These gliders are the in between recreational machines
- 8.5:1
- DHV 2 - Airwave Cobra
- These gliders are the in between recreational - performance machines
- 9:1
- DHV 2-3 - Niviuk Peak
- These gliders are the high performance competition machines
- 11:1