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Kimfly River
The Kimfly River is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by Kimfly of Vodice. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X Design and development The River was designed as an intermediate glider. The models are each named for their relative size. Variants ;River S :Small model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 43 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.1:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River SM :Small/medium-sized model for light to medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 44 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.2:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;River M :Medium-sized model for medium-weight pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 43 cells and the aspect ratio is 5.1:1. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
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WikiProject Aircraft/page Content
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside. Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though flights of one to five hours and covering some tens of kilometres are more the norm. By skillful exploitation of sources of lift (soaring), lift, the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres. History In 1966, Canadian Domina Jalbert was granted a patent for a ''multi-cell wing type aerial device—''"a wing having a flexible canopy constituting an upper skin and with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, which is part of the Mediterranean Sea. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of approximately 2.1 million people. Slovene language, Slovene is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. Ljubljana, the capital and List of cities and towns in Slovenia, largest city of Slovenia, is geographically situated near the centre of the country. Other larger urban centers are Maribor, Ptuj, Kranj, Celje, and Koper. Slovenia's territory has been part of many different states: the Byzantine Empire, the Carolingian Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Republic of Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimfly D
Kimfly D.O.O. is a Slovenian aircraft manufacturer based in Vodice, Vodice. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as rescue parachutes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1986 and started producing lightweight alpine descent gliders for the Slovenian domestic market. The early designs were all done in conjunction with Michaël Nessler. The company is a ''družba z omejeno odgovornostjo'', a Slovenian limited liability company. Designs produced in the mid-2000s included the alpine descent Alpin and the intermediate River. By 2014 the company was producing the intermediate Light Wing M24 and the Mini Wing Q alpine descent wing. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by Kimfly: *Kimfly Alpin *Kimfly Light Wing M24 *Kimfly Mini Wing Q *Kimfly River The Kimfly River is a Slovenian singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro
The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the euro area or, more commonly, the eurozone. The euro is divided into 100 1 euro cent coin, euro cents. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by International status and usage of the euro, four European microstates that are not EU members, the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo. Outside Europe, a number of special territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency. The euro is used by 350 million people in Europe and additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. It is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside. Despite not using an engine, paraglider flights can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometres, though flights of one to five hours and covering some tens of kilometres are more the norm. By skillful exploitation of sources of lift (soaring), lift, the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand metres. History In 1966, Canadian Domina Jalbert was granted a patent for a ''multi-cell wing type aerial device—''"a wing having a flexible canopy constituting an upper skin and with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimfly
Kimfly D.O.O. is a Slovenian aircraft manufacturer based in Vodice, Vodice. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as rescue parachutes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1986 and started producing lightweight alpine descent gliders for the Slovenian domestic market. The early designs were all done in conjunction with Michaël Nessler. The company is a ''družba z omejeno odgovornostjo'', a Slovenian limited liability company. Designs produced in the mid-2000s included the alpine descent Alpin and the intermediate River. By 2014 the company was producing the intermediate Light Wing M24 and the Mini Wing Q alpine descent wing. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by Kimfly: *Kimfly Alpin The Kimfly Alpin (Alpine) is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collabor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vodice, Vodice
Vodice (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 32–33.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vodice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia, just north of Ljubljana. In addition to the main population center of Vodice, the settlement includes the hamlets of Gornji Konec, Na Vasi (), Lokarje, Jegriše (or ''Jegrše''), Mesto, Zaprice (), and Pusence. Name Vodice was first attested 1118 with reference to its church as ''in plebe sancte Margarete virginis'', and as ''Wodiz'' in 1257 (and as ''Woditç'' in 1265). The name is ultimately derived from the Slovene common noun ''vodica'', a diminutive of ''voda'' 'water, creek'. The name may therefore be based on the singular locative form ''*Vodicě'' (literally, 'by the small creek'), or may have originally been plural, referring to springs in the area. In the past the German name was ''Woditz''. Church The parish church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspect Ratio (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord. It is equal to the square of the wingspan divided by the wing area. Thus, a long, narrow wing has a high aspect ratio, whereas a short, wide wing has a low aspect ratio.Kermode, A.C. (1972), ''Mechanics of Flight'', Chapter 3, (p.103, eighth edition), Pitman Publishing Limited, London Aspect ratio and other features of the planform are often used to predict the aerodynamic efficiency of a wing because the lift-to-drag ratio increases with aspect ratio, improving the fuel economy in powered airplanes and the gliding angle of sailplanes. Definition The aspect ratio \text is the ratio of the square of the wingspan b to the projected wing area S, which is equal to the ratio of the wingspan b to the standard mean chord \text: \text \equiv \frac = \frac Mechanism As a useful simplification, an airplane in flight can be imagined to affect a cylinder of air with a diameter equal to the wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimfly Alpin
The Kimfly Alpin (Alpine) is a Slovenian single-place paraglider that was designed in collaboration with Michaël Nessler and was produced by Kimfly of Vodice. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X Design and development The Alpin was designed as a mountain descent glider. The models are each named for their approximate wing area in square metres. Variants ;Alpin 24 :Small-sized model for lighter pilots. Its span wing has a wing area of , 39 cells and the aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a geometry, geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangl ... is 4.6:1. The pilot weight range is . The glider model is Slovenian certified. ;Alpin 27 :Mid-sized model for medium-weight pilots. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimfly Aircraft
Kimfly D.O.O. is a Slovenian aircraft manufacturer based in Vodice, Vodice. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as rescue parachutes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 21. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. The company was founded in 1986 and started producing lightweight alpine descent gliders for the Slovenian domestic market. The early designs were all done in conjunction with Michaël Nessler. The company is a ''družba z omejeno odgovornostjo'', a Slovenian limited liability company. Designs produced in the mid-2000s included the alpine descent Kimfly Alpin, Alpin and the intermediate Kimfly River, River. By 2014 the company was producing the intermediate Kimfly Light Wing M24, Light Wing M24 and the Kimfly Mini Wing Q, Mini Wing Q alpine descent wing. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by Kimfly: *Kimfly Alpin *Kimfly Light Wing M24 *Kimf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
