SWING ARCUS RS & RS LITE
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Over the last few months, Philippe Lami has flown the Swing Arcus RS regularly, in both the classic and the lightweight version. He has also used it in school. Here’s his initial assessment.
TEST RESTUBE SPORT
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For pilots who are looking for a lighter, more compact solution than a real life jacket: the Restube Sport is a floatation aid, which fits into a little pocket attached to the waist belt.
WARNING TRAPS IN THE WATER
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Water, especially the sea, is great to fly over but can also be a trap. Some reminders and solutions…
Readability
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Anin-flight necessity:being able to see at a glance all the importanti nformation displayed...
The XC-Tracer family is getting bigger.
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The XC-Tracer instruments are pioneers in integrating sensors such as the accelerometer and gyrometer so that they can detect the slightest thermal.
SKYTRAXX FANET
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For several months Skytraxx has integrated, as an option, a FANET receiver/transmitter in their instruments. The first trials show that the ‘collaborative flying’ function is very effective.
FLYING WITH AND WITHOUT COLLABORATIVE HITECH INSTRUMENTS
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Fly by feeling, by sound, with a screen, collaboratively or in a network. Paragliders are one of the few aircrafts where all of these are possible…
Seven Virgin Summits, Antarctica
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At the end of last year Juraj “Ďurifuk” Koreň and Michal Sabovík started the first part of a unique seven-part project – seven unclimbed summits on seven continents, which they wanted to climb and fly down from on a paraglider. Linking together earth and air, and a third one, water, by using a sailboat, kayak or raft.
FIRST TEST NIVIUK ARTIK 5
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The Artik 5 is now available. Philippe Lami has flown it a few times and gives us his first impressions…
Flying norms
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The EN norms govern numerous aspects of paragliding, but where do they come from and who draws them up?