In this category of the paragliding blog, you'll find all posts related to flight mechanics a paraglider.
We'll see how it flies, but also why it doesn't any more...

Stall, top sail, bottom sail are words soon to be familiar, if it is not already the case...

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Polar gears

What is the velocity polar? The speed polar is a graphical representation of the performance of our paraglider, as we will detail here. In…

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Wing load

To fully understand the wing loading, I often ask this question when I discuss the mechanics of paragliding flight: Obelix and Asterix fly under the same paraglider wing ...

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Landing precision: the stationary point

How do I determine the correct height for the final approach? How do you know if you will succeed in passing a ridge or an obstacle? These are the recurring questions of ...

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