The FreeX FXT is a German single-place,

paraglider Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a :wikt:harness, harness or in ...

that was designed and produced by

FreeX FreeX GmbH (usually styled freeX) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Lenggries and previously located in Egling. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft.Bertrand, Noe ...

Egling Egling () is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states ...

in the mid-2000s. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 18. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The FXT was designed as a

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descent glider and was only built in a single size. It has shorter lines to facilitate taking off in smaller alpine spaces. The aircraft's span wing has 37 cells, a wing area of and an

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of 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . Like all FreeX wings it features internal diagonal bracing.

Specifications (FXT)

References

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