Design Insights

Deep dives into the design of our equipment

Mini tandems – Little Cloud Puffin and Gin Fuse Mini

Design Insight: Mini Tandems

Smaller tandems can be flown in higher winds, or by lighter pilots. Marcus King finds out more about these niche gliders
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Porosity testers

Who’s checking the checkers?

Mike Kremers asks who is checking what when you get your glider serviced?
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BGD Base 3

Design insight: BGD Base 3

Discover the design innovation behind BGD's new compact EN B wing, the Base 3.
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Measuring cloth porosity

Design Insight: A better way to measure porosity

“We should be measuring flow, not time.” Bastienne Wentzel explains why
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Supair ALP

Design Insight: Hike-and-fly submarines

Ultralight hike-and-fly submarine harnesses offer cutting-edge performance and design. Przemek Marek visited Supair and Neo to learn more
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Veso in his magic trousers at the Snejanka Tower in Pamporovo, Bulgaria. Photo: Ivaylo Donchev

The seat of your pants

Tarquin Cooper talks to Veso Ovcharov about Fly the Earth’s new Pants 4 Life, a waterproof suit with an integrated harness
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A selection of paragliding karabiners

Design Insight: Making the right connection

Ever stopped and looked at your karabiners in flight? Bastienne Wentzel investigates our most critical links
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A selection of paragliding karabiners

Making the right connection: Explainer

Bastienne Wentzel explains more about the limited number of paragliding karabiner studies and what the results can tell us
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Coupe Icare 2024: All the new paragliders and harnesses

The annual Coupe Icare took place from 17-22 September 2024. We trawled the gear tents to find out what's new
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Coupe Icare 2024: Instruments and Technology

We round up the latest developments in free-flight instruments from the Coupe Icare Expo 2024
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