NOTE: A larger capacity PPG engine does NOT make you fly faster, it is the wing that sets your flight speed, an engine only gives you the ability to gain altitude and maintain level flight. On the other hand, Flying an under-size wing increases your Flight speed & Sink rate, experienced acro PPG pilots prefer an under sized wing because it increase there flight speed, an under-size wing also reduces the effect and feel of wind and thermals buffering during windier days &/or cross country flights. That should be considered if your engine fails or stalls and you can't restart, as it is your Wing that will bring you safely back to earth, although distance from a clearing, wind, weather and other factors play an important part in your glide angle back to the ground. WARNING: Flying an oversize wing in windy conditions or growing thermals has a greater potential to cause partial or dangerous full wing collapse during flight, and making for a rough and un-enjoyable Flight. To select th e correct size Paraglider Wing, use the below Flight Weight Calculator. What Paraglider equipment is right for Me ?Īfter the Engine, the next most important equipment to purchase is the correct size Paraglider (wing), this must be calculated based on your Total Flight Weight! Navigation.Calculate the correct size wing based on your Flight Weight ! Wing into simple shapes which you can compute. Then from the equation for a trapezoid, theĪrea is one half the sum of the tip and root chords times the semi-span Įqual to one half of the root chord times the semi-span įor a compound configuration like the Space Shuttle, you have to break up the Is the distance from the root to the wing tip, and the chord length at the Of these shapes-a skill learned in high school and used every day byįor the rectangular wing the area is equal to the span (s) times the chord (c) įor a trapezoidal wing, we need to know the semi-span (s), which To figure out how much liftĪ wing will generate, you must be able to calculate the area of any Rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal, or even in complex combinations You can see that wings come in many different planforms: Modern aircraft typically have wings on either side of the The Wrightīrothers stacked their two wings one on top of the other, while Shown above, we are looking at only one of the two wings. Viewed from above while looking down on the wing-a view called the This slide shows the wing shapes for a variety of aircraft as
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